Remove Granite Tile Fireplace

Tap lightly on the screwdriver s handle with a rubber mallet.

Remove granite tile fireplace.

Jiggle the handle of the putty knife until it slides freely underneath the tile. Repeat this process for all tiles. Slide a pry bar underneath the tile and press gently to lift the tile from the floor. Ask this old house mason mark mccullough teaches apprentice krysten how to reface a granite fireplace.

Before you do or damage anything i would call hd and insist that they send someone out to remove the tiles and install them properly. You must remove all nails or staples. A small 4lb hammer did the trick. Continue hammering until you break all the way through the grout.

Thinset mortar should be the only adhesive used to install granite in this fashion. The tile on the wall area was much easier to remove by using a smaller hammer. Slide a putty knife underneath a granite tile. The floor tile took a lot of work and was not as easy to remove.

This way if the tiles break during removal they can foot the bill next time around. The grout will crack. Subscribe to this old house. Faux paint stones over the existing granite slab to disguise the granite line left by the old mantel.

Be sure to work in small sections in order to protect the integrity of the stone wall. It also helps to use a chisel like this one to get under the tiles and then hammer.