Drywall Or Cement Board Around Fireplace

Instead it was designed to be a subfloor or backing material for another material installed on top of it.

Drywall or cement board around fireplace.

Password please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members it s free and quick. I would use a roll of field mesh and mesh the entire thing with sheetrock. Around a fireplace you can use hardiebacker board to prepare an area for tile installation either stone or ceramic. Cement board is pretty rigid and has pitting little holes in the board.

Hardiebacker board is not designed to take the place of stone drywall or other materials used near or on your fireplace. On the ground and drywall use thinset and screws to attach the cement board. But on the metal surround use high heat adhesive to attach the cement boards. Homes with outdated brick fireplaces can be brought up to date with a new tile fireplace surround.

Some forums can only be seen by registered members. Tile around fireplace drywall vs cement board my fireplace paint ceiling user name. Before the tile can be placed cement board must be installed. An old fireplace can be an eyesore.

Im doing a stucco application this weekend around a fireplace and im very excited to start it. Almost like a stucco. We had a plan of attack. But thats what we do with stucco.

Cement board is notorious for cracking its very hard to finish simply with mud. It might make sense to use concrete board then a sheet of 5 8 fire resistant drywall on top of the concrete board.