Tiling Your Fireplace

Get tips on tiling your home’s fireplace. Find out if you can apply a mosaic over an existing tile background on your fireplace’s surface.

LESLIE: June in Utah has a tiling question. What can we do for you today?

JUNE: OK, we have a fireplace in our home. The home was built in 1960. And it is stone and we would like to modernize it with granite squares. Can we put the granite squares right on top of that tile stone?

LESLIE: Well, you should be able to just use a mastic that’s appropriate for granite – correct? – and adhere right to that as long as the surface is smooth. What do you think, Tom?

TOM: Well, I think if it’s fairly flat, then I don’t see a reason why you can’t go on top of it. As long as it’s flat and secure, I think you can go over it.

LESLIE: (overlapping voices) Yeah.

JUNE: OK. And it is and that’s very helpful. OK. Thanks so much.

TOM: You’re welcome. Thanks so much for calling us at 888-MONEY-PIT.