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16 Comments on Before and After Fireplace Photos - Add space and value to your home - Remodeled Brick Fireplace
Sam, what a beautiful transformation! We have a fireplace that looks exactly like your "before" photo in our livingroom. I'd love to change it up. Your post is very encouraging...thanks!
Looks great! Updated & contemporary. Gives the entire room a facelift!
BIG difference....Great job!!!
I'm so glad you didn't paint the brick. Covering it is a far better idea. Looks great!
Wow! So worth doing, though...adds huge value to a property.
Sam - what a transformation! I love the step-by-step photos you took. Thanks for the idea!
Sam, it looks great! I assume you could do the same thing with synthetic stone?
Sam -- this is a great idea. Those old brick fireplaces are just so "yesterday" aren't they? Thanks for the step-by-step easy to follow guidelines.
Hi Sam, great transformation. It really puts off buyers seeing these fireplaces made with brick that was used for the exterior of the home. Your before and after photos showed just how easy it is to transform. I did my own fireplace 4 years ago myself. I even made a stainless steel look surround for it from aluminum flatstock. It looks just like a real stainless steel surround except it cost zero dollars instead of $1500. Cleaning the black smoke off the brick is worth the effort as well. It is always off putting in the online photos to see this. Kudos to you for a job well done.
LOVE this transformation....it totally updates a room and the heart of the home!
It looks great. This is what I have been trying to find for over a year. How did you attach the sheetrock to the brick?
Hi Stefanie, I had actually seen this refabrication done by a local drywall company after selling a remodeled home for an investor who hired them to do the work. I wanted to take photos of the process on this job because I thought it was a pretty impressive transformation. The person laying the drywall over the brick had applied some type of adhesive from a caulking gun onto the brick. I'll do some research and respond in a later post what type of adhesive this was.
It looks like you had to extend the height of your fireplace since the actual box wasn't near the floor, is that what you did? I have the same problem where the contractor stuck the fireplace a bit too high off the floor. Can you tell me how high off the floor the bottom of the fireplace is?
Hey there,
Yes, the fireplace was raised to meet code. I think it is 12". Hope this helps!
What is the aproximate cost to do something like this?
Hi Julia, the cost of this remodel was approximately $1,800 which included contractors fees.