How to Cut a Stone Veneer to Place Over an Old Fireplace

A lot of types of stone veneer products are available to aid homeowners complete their fireplace surrounds. Both natural stone veneer, which is cut from real stone, along with cast-stone veneer, that is made to mimic the appearance of stone, can be found in a broad array of styles and colors. All these are easy enough to install that a confident do-it-yourselfer can take about the job of resurfacing a fireplace. Once you’ve prepared the surface with builder’s felt, metal lathe along with a scratch coat, it is possible to lay out of your stones and make the necessary cuts.

Create a template of your fireplace. Measure the dimensions of the area you’ll cover with stone veneer. Tape a drop material to a horizontal surface, then transfer the measurements onto it, and summarize them with painter’s tape.

Lay the border pieces which will fit around fireplace opening and beyond the fireplace surround onto the template. These bits have 90-degree bends to fit around corners. Catch a finger’s width between each stone to permit space for grout.

Lay the area pieces within the border pieces. Move stones of different colors and sizes around to make the look you want.

Calculate the thickness which you would like the corner bits to stretch in the fireplace opening. Transfer this measurement on the corner bits, measuring out from the inner corner of this stone. Mark the stone together this point. Repeat this process for those stones which will wrap around the outside corners of the surround.

Score the stone together your mark with a stone grinder. Cut about a half-inch into the stone together the mark.

Set the stone in the edge of a workbench or other sturdy work surface so that the portion you are cutting off hangs over the border. Hold it securely and strike it with a brick hammer to remove the section you are cutting off.