Any suggestions for fireplace wall?

[03mustangdude]

Was thinking either wavy tile or maybe marble, looking for ideas on how to cover the whole wall.

[mk5.0]

Stone

[03mustangdude]

too much?

[Hmbre97]

Friend of mine is using some stacked stone interlocking tiles.

http://www.sbmtx.com/Golden-Honey-Quartz-6x24-Interlocking-Panel-_p_3766.html

[03mustangdude]

Friend of mine is using some stacked stone interlocking tiles.

http://www.sbmtx.com/Golden-Honey-Quartz-6x24-Interlocking-Panel-_p_3766.html

I like those but they would be a pain to shave off on a corner wall or I would have a 3" gap all around.

That's not even taking into consideration the top V cut that would make it look off. Those are some of the ones I first thought about.

[likeitfast55]

Fireplace

I wanted a simple design on mine. I have a similar shaped wall my fireplace is on. I tore down the pre-fab gaudy one the builder used. I used a piece of granite off of Craigs list for 40 bucks. The mantle is a piece of cypress from an old plantation in Louisiana. The stone is the "featherweight" Airstone from Home Depot. Easy to install. Then I put down wood floors. All is left is to paint the walls.

This Airstone can easily be installed on the entire wall with little problems. Very easy to work with and cut.

R

[03mustangdude]

^^^ I like that but I want an entire wall of stone/tile.



Found this as mentioned earlier its growing but how would you do a V cut on the top?

[likeitfast55]

I like that clean look. Had my wall been any thinner in width, I would have gone with the ceiling to floor look like that.

[03mustangdude]

^^ how wide is your wall, i'm going to need about 30sq ft of the stuff

also did you put up cement board or just attach it to the wall via thinset?

[8mpg]

If you are using thin stone, a tile saw will work or grinder. If you were to pay someone, they would use a brick saw.

[03mustangdude]

If you are using thin stone, a tile saw will work or grinder. If you were to pay someone, they would use a brick saw.

got both still dreading cutting the v on top

[likeitfast55]

^^ how wide is your wall, i'm going to need about 30sq ft of the stuff

also did you put up cement board or just attach it to the wall via thinset?

My fireplace wall is about 7' wide. The air weight faux stone weighs almost nothing. No backer board is needed. Just the thinset that they sell to go with the air weight stone. It dries in minutes! You put it right on the painted Sheetrock. Very easy to work with. I used a miter box and a hacksaw as recommended. Go see it at Home Depot. You cannot tell the difference between it and real heavy stone!

[03mustangdude]

Found some at lowes but its sold by linear feet so thats a little confusing. If I need 30 sq ft how much linear feet do I need?

[likeitfast55]

30 / 0.125 = 240 linear feet

[8mpg]

Airstone on Lowe's website is sold by the 8sqft box according to the site.