DIY FIREPLACE TRANSFORMATION with a CUSTOM HEARTH!
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Hey Gang! We're excited for this one, we're finally tackling this fireplace! It's time to upgrade this red brick fireplace eyesore into a modern, stunning centerpiece in this home. Putting ledger stone on an existing fireplace or even a custom centerpiece is fairly easy, and it's a great project you can tackle over the weekend that will change the look of the space for the better.
We had some unique challenges on this one with our vaulted ceiling and our custom hearth. Let us know some of the unique things you've had to tackle while laying similar stone. Thanks for all the support gang, thanks for watching, and we'll see ya on the next one!
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The only thing you guys forgot was the finished product! We need to see it all together in one single shot
I know 😔 Video almost got delayed another day due to the fact that I didn’t get any shots of it finished. Totally my bad
Absolutely, im into seein the work not guys, I don’t do guys.
24:30 shows the whole thing, just watch the whole video dude.
Yeah, kinda notice that too. I kept waiting for them to pan back for the full view, but....
Beautiful!.Job well done
Wonderful job. At the end of the video, it would be nice to see a completed project showcase set of views from multiple angles including a wide-angle shot that shows as much of the work as possible.
Congrats on hitting 100k subscribers, guys !
Thx for the support JL 👍
Well deserved 100k mark! I'd guess Stud Pack has a really good average view duration.
I agree 100% with the "no casement look" at the top. And you know... the reason many would have to because they're lack of workmanship would have forced them to due to a un-necessary gap. Another great video, guys.
Much appreciated 👊
I ❤️ the stone and granite combo. Paul, you have a great mind for problem solving-must be the years in the business. Jordan, I wish you had shown us a wide shot of the finished fireplace. I kept waiting for it 😕. Otherwise, the framing was spot on. 🎯
I agree…wide shot
Eat his milk 🥛 lol
"Have his cookies, eat his milk" @1:08 Haha
Great video as always gentlemen. This project has come along way and is looking fantastic!
Maybe Santa prefers curds and whey now?
Congrats on hitting 100k subscribers, guys!
and the finished project looks like...oh wait, you never show it. aaargh!
Man you guys are an amazing team the commentary is always energetic great video editing and your craftsmanship is incredible
You guys going to replace all the tan rocker switches with the modern white ones throughout the house?
Yes 👍
You guys are awesome together. Your youngest would be well advised to tag along on the regular, he would find that these skills will never not be marketable. Carry on dudes!
That must be so cool to work with your boy and Teach him work ethic and a trade... Father's Dream!!
Majority of the video is your face, we can’t see the finished project or how you’re doing this project because we’re so up close. Camera needs to back up significantly.
🎯🎯🎯😂😂😂
Exactly nothing but giant nostrils
Only thing missing in this video is some b-roll of the finished project at the end.
Is it bad that I think this dates the fireplace now? In 20 years someone will be doing another video on this fireplace saying, “This stacked rock tile dates this fireplace so we are going to change it.” Brick is real and it is more authentic… the finished product looks like what it is… like someone bought rock tiles and put them over something else. If that’s your look, it was a super professional installation.
No CA glue on that 22.5 outside corner? Does CA glue even work on stone
I love the brick. It's a shame to cover it up.
I have done a few dozen of those for customers so far. Your techniques are perfect and well explained.
I would just add to not let the customer select the stones are the quality varies greatly and the bad ones are such a nightmare that you should decline to install them.
Also price yourself to include grouting touch up for gaps. Trust me, you will need some grout here and there. You will also need to air clean the whole wall with air from a compressor to really clean it (you will be amazed how much stone dust will come out). Then brush some stone sealer over the whole thing. These last three steps (grout, air, sealer) will make the wall look like a million dollar job.
I am usually a fan of the original brick spruced up rather than covering it but I have to admit that looks really good. Great work!
Agree! So vintage and goes with the old house.
I am currently exploring options for covering the brick that is halfway up the wall on my fireplace. I’ve noticed people either love it or hate it!! For now, the red brick is staying….. 🙂
Love some Sunday morning stud pack!!!
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I've been subscribed since the time Paul wouldn't reveal his name. I've loved the journey since then and I'm excited to see how far you go. I wish nothing but success for Stud Pack, congrats on 100K!
I think it is great, but I worry about the join lines being so visible. My wife notices everything. We got a new kitchen put n and she walked in and immediately said the cabinets were 2mm lower down on one side. She was right, but that 's the crappy floor we have.
What did you do to finish the open edge around the opening to fireplace? I know the edge of them tile's look just as bad as the backside..showing bits of glue and not being finished of course due to the cut. I probably would have trimmed it out with small angle iron or some kind of metal sticking out like 3/4"-7/8" and painted with that same black paint and butted the cut to it. I used that same stone a few different times. I remodeled a master bathroom a few years ago and we reframed the bathroom and changed the layout and customer's wanted to add a free standing bath but with the massive shower we just built I didn't have a ton of space but had a huge hallway on outside so I bumped the wall out like a bay window so didn't take up 2 much space and looked as if was a planned detail. Customer's picked the white stone to be installed on the 3 alcove wall's and choose a spout to be centered on long wall but with the stone not being flat and also wanted to push it off the wall I made up a 2 piece block out of 5/4" Azek and step the blocks to give detail and routed the edges. Worked great. Only suck part of it was not even a yr later tbey called me back and said they didn't call to point fingers and already purchased new materials but if I can come give them a labor price to pull tub,remove white stone and backerboard and install new black stackstone bc the white started to yellow. I thought maybe it was a little in their head but when I got there I was shocked. I never reached out to msi to look into it and the only thing I could come up with was maybe due to them having well water and it having alot of iron in water. The only water that touched these walls was just maybe some moister that wasn't sucked out by the exhaust fan. The white was the only color I ever had a problem with. I also used them stones in other spots around that house..one spot was a accent wall that was 14'w X 22'h in one of the tan colors and all the other spots looked just like tbe day we left but that white looked like it was around a family of smokers that only smoked in that room with doors and windows closed for 20yrs. And this was also a smoke free home. It was crazy but maybe something to look into b4 using the white stone
PBS has This Old House. Another network needs to pick you guys up. Fantastic work.
They could probably make a lot more on RUclips than on public television.
Man you guys are awesome. I love how you show the hard parts not just the easy stuff. Keep'em coming. Great work!!!!!
I liked the brick better. LOL, just kidding!, that looks awesome. Once again, I can't let my wife see this. You guys are going to work me to death.
The red brick will be more timeless that that glue on stone for sure, as a mason we do this all the time but I almost think it’s a mistake. The brick was done by a real mason because it has to be (not a homeowner job) and that makes brick more expensive to install and better than the glue stacked stone and the brick is definitely something that will go away and come back in home design.
We do brick all the time. I’m not saying it’s a bad idea or this is not a good video , I’m saying the brick is better, more expensive to install and timeless!
Brick looks ugly
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Congrats guys on 100k. You’re truly one of kind. So much knowledge shared!
Always look forward to your videos. By far my favorite thing to watch period.
Much appreciated Cory 👊
why in god's name would anyone want to cover that gorgeous brick with cheap fake stone?
Congratulations Paul and Jordan on 100K subscribers. All your hard work is much appreciated. Thanks.
Are any of the product you used rated for use on a fireplace? A fireplace puts off a lot of heat and may cause problems if the tile and mortar is not rated for that amount of heat. Some of these products may also off-gas toxic fumes if they are exposed to high heat.
Except for the truly awful music, great video!
do you have to use special tiles and mortar that is heat resistant because of the heat that will come from the fireplace
Wait, no mantle? I would like to see how you install a mantle. Can you do that?
We will. It’s being painted 👍
@@StudPack very curious as to how you’ll be attaching it. I watched your other video were Jordan was able to get behind the fireplace to attach the threaded rod. But it doesn’t look like you can solve the problem the same way this time.
My fireplace steps out as it goes up, so to get this look im most likely going to have to remove most of the brick, I might as well go right back down to the firebox, and use real bricks/blocks, eliminate the need to get creative with the sides of the opening and since my hearth is flush with the fire box floor I have to disasemble this as well, am I opening pandoras box by doing this?
Damn, why cover that nice brick with that crappy stone.
I grew up in a house with a brick fireplace like that one; I have to disagree with you on that change!
Ditto! I would’ve liked to seen some heavy duty cleaning applied to the original brick. I think the original is classic.
Great Job guys! KEEP UP THE GIOD WORK!!
Thx Miles 👊
What did you do about all the big gaps between the stone?
Yes, it looks good from afar, but upon closer inspection looks tacky with the painted brick! You guys did a good job otherwise. My father was a contractor, the one thing he said, and it has stuck with me all these years, was " do the job like it was your house"! that has always been my mantra. I think it looks unfinished with the painted brick! too bad because you guys usually do a nice work.
Paint in white and put a new dark mantle....easy
Looks nice from the glimpse we got.
It would have been nice if we saw the fireplace longer than a flash.
But it looks nice nonetheless.
100K BOYS!!!!! WOW! WAY TO GO!!!
Whiskey bay mention! If you’ve ever driven to NOLA coming from Houston you know Whiskey bay…..if you’ve got tools in Whiskey bay….they gone! Great usage of existing fireplace.
Thx TJ 👊
I think 3 strips of that black granite would have looked better around the fireplace opening than black spray paint.
When you put your thinset on do it horizontally and it won't sag
"And now you're ready to tackle this project on your own, gang!" That's like Alvin Kamara showing a move by move video of him running a 70 yard touchdown, and then saying, "And now you're ready..." You guys are the Alvin Kamara of construction!
Congratulations on that 100k subs definitely well deserved, both of you are great
Really liked this video except would appreciate seeing a full picture before and after. You showed a lot of closeups (sometimes with hands covering the work 😉), but maybe step back so we can see the impact & true difference it makes. Thanks for posting. 😊
I hope Santa is not EATING his milk LOL, that would be kinda gross. Love you content though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (-;
You never backed up and gave us a shot of the entire completed fireplace. :(
Wanting to do this to my own brick fire place thanks guys. Super confident now. Was hoping for a good before and after shot to show my wife haha. Looks great!!
No before and after??? Sheeessshh what are we doin ova hea gang??
Hey G, Jordan here. After we released the video we got tons of comments about the lack of finished shots and to this day I regret not taking that into consideration. Since then this is something we are sure to include in all of our videos. Had to learn this one the hard way. Thanks for reinforcing that 👊
How did you finish the inside edge at the fireplace where you have the profile of the painted brick, thinset, and edge of the stone? Great video as always. Thumbs up for 100K!
3:25 and 24:31
@@cdurkinz I did catch what the plan was at 3:25, and had seen the fireplace opening at 24:31. My question was more about the profile aesthetics of where the three materials will be seen side on (I'd hoped for a closer look at the finished results). But I do thank you for the reply.
@@benefitthirteen oh ok thought maybe you just kinda scrolled through it I do that sometimes. Ya one of the side shots you could definitely see some thinset squeezeout, not sure if that's a problem or not maybe just at an extreme angle. Still kind of surprised if they didn't finish that edge somehow. The 90s they showed in the beginning looked like they would be nice, maybe they're expensive or something
It's a nice, light sound, it's just a good thing, I'm just going to see the video, thank you, thank you, always be with me, just a good video, please,👍👍
Would have been nice to have a finish shot !!❤️🙏😎
congrats on hitting the 100k mark.
Looks great ! Great tile work. Wish you had transformed that tired old gas fireplace as well, as the title indicates while you were at it.
Hey Santa doesn't ''eat'' his milk lol. you're just being Silly lol! 241K SUBS. Nice work guys. But remember... Santa drinks his milk
@ Stud Pack ... Just found your channel... Nice work. Subscribed. Hey, what's that song at 17:40? It's got a good vibe.
Good work but brick is much nicer 🤔🙁
Do you do work in Texas? I would love to hire y’all to upgrade our fireplace because I’m disabled and can’t walk up ladders or lift over 5lbs since I have had 12 major spinal surgeries! LOVE YOUR WORK!
This looks good, but I liked the red brick as well. A new mantel was all it needed.
Good job you're not in England. You would be shoot for this. Taking a perfect beautiful brick wall and ruining it with fake stone. It doesn't look better but worse I am afraid. Love the hard work though and the technic . What a shame.
Nice job but talking about the 80s....We had this same stone in our front parlour room fireplace...in the 80s lol....But looks lovely, maybe it is making a comeback x
That last bottom row angle cut to go around that corner looks 100% CERTIFIED BALLER. Amazing work guys
Uuhhh...., would have been nice to see the ENTIRE finished product. Not everybody should be making youtube videos. Just saying- it doea take some story boarding. This is the result when you wing it.
What are your thoughts if you plan on re-mounting a ledge to the wall or having to drill into the rock after it’s been hung and all set?
Nice work as always! A question.. You always use a wet sponge before mortar or thin set on many substrates, don't you use primer or is it just me in Europe? Do the mortars over there have a different formulation to stop the wall/floor from sucking too much moisture out of the mix?
This just reminds me of the fad of covering beautiful hardwood floors with linoleum, carpet, tile, or paint. This is just a bit more permanent. It's excellent work, but dang... I died a bit seeing them destroy this chimney. In 5 - 20 years, some person in this house will want the exposed brick look again, but there won't be a good way to clean off all of that thin-set.
Yeah ok….. did you get the $2,000 rebate for deleting the wood burning unit ?
In Ca , State legislation ; one page form and over the counter permit .
Management- where the profit is 🤣
Can I do this to an exterior brick column and small duplex exterior wall? It would definitely be alot nicer appealing duplex with this stone. Thank's
It is rated for exterior use 👍
Twenty five minutes and SURPRISE! We have no clue how the finished project looks.
Y’all have no designer bone in your bodies. That ugly faux stone to cover up classic brick is horrible. In less than a few years someone’s gonna rip it out. That faux stone is cheap looking. .
When placing a board for tiling the top first. Ive always just used hot glue and it works like a charm!
Can't get past the gap at the upper right of the fireplace opening - eyes go right to it. Should've started the stonework after the hearth extension was in place and masked off with Trimaco X-paper and there wouldn't have been any need for kickstands on every course.
The black spray painted bricks is another one the eyes can't get past.
Covered true brick masonry with cheap veneer…? Ughhhh. Look at the front of the houses you’re working on, brick! It was also a great idea in the 80’s to cover ‘dated’ wood floors with wall to wall shag, that aged about as well as that veneer is going to.
When you made the 22.5 degree cut... you marked the floor to guestimate where to cut. Why not mark the backside of the tile? Hypothetically, with the tile held in place, scribe the pencil on the backside against the brick and you'd get the exact place to cut the tile. Not saying it's better or worse... Just curious over one method versus another?
I know MSI lvt flooring is terrible. Had 3000 sq ft of it and it didn't lock end to end, was brittle as could be. Just complete trash.
I’ve been following you guys for a few weeks now watching your videos. It’s nice to learn new skills especially for me a lady. The only thing I have to say is, I don’t like the black stone you chose for the base. It’s just too in your face harsh. It probably wouldn’t hurt to partner with a designer on some projects. Men and women have different tastes when it comes to decorating. Having a trained professional that can see both sides of the coin would probably be very helpful for you
I have a very similar project, but it would be for the outdoor front of a house. Lower 2/3 of the house is brick, that we'd like to cover with a façade similar to what you did with the fireplace. Issue is that in my case the mortar joint is square-recessed rather than flush. Given that, do you recommend that I first have the mortar filled in to make it flush, or can I just use a thicker layer of thin-set to make everything even for the façade installation? Thanks
Awesome job. Are you anywhere near South Dakota?? We're about do take on the same type of project, 21' feature wall and we're novices.
I have a square gas fireplace with tiles around it. two beautifuo windows with shutters on each side and 3 avobe fireplace. Can I reshape fireplace to a rectangular shape and make it longer so I can place my 75 inch tv avobe ? right now it looks akward because tv is too big for fireplace. Maybe if I make fireplace rectangular and longer than tv it will look better? Is this a big job or not really?
Hey, you didn’t show a full shot of the fire place complete, just snippets of each area….would have been nice to see a full view of it as if we walk into the home and saw it! Would have been amazing to see. But great work, and you narrate very well, and love your energy!
High temp sprat paint on brick, laying from the top down and propping up with sticks visible panel gaps…Lol How embarrassing.
Where is the Mantle? I know the trend is fireplaces without mantles; but not for me. A mantle is essential to
my yearly seasonal decorating. Otherwise; I like you guys work very much.
Man.... I watched this whole damn video and you never show the completed product! Just corners and edges.
Too bad you can't move that red brick to a NY Loft where some rich person and their designer would LOVE to have it.
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Hello! How would you recommend installing the ledger stone if the red bricks has been painted over multiple times. Furthermore, I tested the strength of the paint by trying to scrape some paint off and a lot of the paint comes off without too much effort.
Great work as always. But good god- why replace authentic brick with fake stone?!? I was cringing at the fake stone corners when you can see all of the real full brick returns. These days folks are gluing up fake brick to add style to their rooms and you had the real thing right there!
Hey. Love your job. Question, the gap between the hearth and the stone beneath the hearth… how did you finish that? I built a fireplace a year ago and never went back to filling that in. Is that finished via grouting?
Since you forgot the edging to cover the raw porcelain and c to close off those grout lines. Schluter gray bullnose, that would be mortared in, you might find porcelain pencils.
you need to show more medium and wide shots and not so many closeups shooting up. It's distracting. Other than that, the content is great. And like the previous comment, a wide shot of the finished product not the contractor.
If my fireplace is drywalla with just a large stone piece around the fire place would you add cement board before putting up the stone???
Less talk, more action please. You sound like you drank 3 pots of coffee. Otherwise great information.
Looks nice but....I would have painted the brick white. Quick and easy!
ummm...is there a part 2. Never saw the whole fireplace really wanted to see what the black quartz piece really looked Iike with the brick🤔
If only we could see the finished product. If you would stand back and have the person filming to stand back and take the camera off of you and show us the end result it would help a lot. Thanks for sharing though 👀