Fireplaces, Heating Stoves, Flues and Chimneys - granite vs marble over a brick fireplace
Doityourself.com community forum was created to provide answers to all questions related to home improvement and home repair. Doityourself community can help you find information about how-to topics on small fixes to large remodeling projects. With comprehensive how-to content and expertly moderated community forums DoItYourself.com makes it easy to tackle even the most complex home improvement projects.View Full Version : granite vs marble over a brick fireplace
peggieKH
05-28-03, 11:36 AM
I also posted this on the tile forum.
aaaahhhh...the ongoing saga continues.... The kitchen cabinets are in. StoneSystems came today to do the template for the counters (Silestone's Stellar Snow).The kitchen floor tile is down. used through body porcelein (Iris Eboni -- stunning deep charcoal grey and lighter grey clouds) tile extends into the backroom addition (dining area/full of windows)--ties it together beautifully. Now my husband has decided he doesn't like the dark panelling (thank god for small miracles)in the backroom. He's going to tear it off and paint!!!!
Into the "parlor" on the opposite side of the kitchen. The old wallpaper is gone off the three 1/2 "walls" (one 1/2 wall looks into the kitchen., one 1/2 wall is the side of the stairs to the second floor, third halfwall is the front of the house with large flat picture window. The only full wall has now been stripped of the dark panelling (hooray again).
In the center of this wall is a red brick fireplace. Guess what???? I want to change it to either granite or marble. preferably white! This is a small room and I want to keep it light. My thoughts are to paint the wall around it a deep vibrant color (?? mauve,teal, etc) with the white fireplace in the center. The other walls would be a lighter shade of the vibrant wall. I had thought of grey or black for the fireplace -- but that would (i think) be too much of a contrast although white with some grey or black in it would be ok....
questions: which is better granite or marble?? which will hold up better, be easier to clean, more durable, etc....
someone responded to another question about a "surround kit".
(?? two legs & ??) What is this....where would you purchase it.
I went on the recommended email recommended in previous postings & viewed the various suggestions for installation
Any suggestions appreciated
thanks
peggie
aaaahhhh...the ongoing saga continues.... The kitchen cabinets are in. StoneSystems came today to do the template for the counters (Silestone's Stellar Snow).The kitchen floor tile is down. used through body porcelein (Iris Eboni -- stunning deep charcoal grey and lighter grey clouds) tile extends into the backroom addition (dining area/full of windows)--ties it together beautifully. Now my husband has decided he doesn't like the dark panelling (thank god for small miracles)in the backroom. He's going to tear it off and paint!!!!
Into the "parlor" on the opposite side of the kitchen. The old wallpaper is gone off the three 1/2 "walls" (one 1/2 wall looks into the kitchen., one 1/2 wall is the side of the stairs to the second floor, third halfwall is the front of the house with large flat picture window. The only full wall has now been stripped of the dark panelling (hooray again).
In the center of this wall is a red brick fireplace. Guess what???? I want to change it to either granite or marble. preferably white! This is a small room and I want to keep it light. My thoughts are to paint the wall around it a deep vibrant color (?? mauve,teal, etc) with the white fireplace in the center. The other walls would be a lighter shade of the vibrant wall. I had thought of grey or black for the fireplace -- but that would (i think) be too much of a contrast although white with some grey or black in it would be ok....
questions: which is better granite or marble?? which will hold up better, be easier to clean, more durable, etc....
someone responded to another question about a "surround kit".
(?? two legs & ??) What is this....where would you purchase it.
I went on the recommended email recommended in previous postings & viewed the various suggestions for installation
Any suggestions appreciated
thanks
peggie
maadi_griffin
06-03-03, 01:28 PM
it appears we're in the same boat, peggy. my fireplace was finished in brick with a maple mantle. throughout the years i've sat there and wondered what i'd do to change the appearance and pondered several possibilities. i liked the marble idea, especially with a hi-gloss finish. and there are plenty of colors to choose from. granite is just as nice and can be polished to a hi-gloss as well.....decisions decisions.......ceramic tile is definately OUT!! but, any color for me would have to be a neutral tone because of the number of times the room has been painted different colors. :) looking at the same old walls gets boring after a few years, so........
watching too many "trading places" gets me in the remodeling mood and the fireplace is next to be changed. sounds like you've done alot of nice remodeling. good luck with your choice. lol
watching too many "trading places" gets me in the remodeling mood and the fireplace is next to be changed. sounds like you've done alot of nice remodeling. good luck with your choice. lol