Changing the tile around my fireplace
can I just break it out?
November 18, 2009
When my home was built, the fireplace came with 12" tile on the inside of my mantle and on the floor in front of the fireplace. I would like to change the tile to match a new color I want to paint the room. For the tile on the wall, can I just break it out without having to replace the drywall it is attached to?
Melinda Richardson responds...
This depend on how the tile was installed. Typically if the tile comes off relatively easily, any blemishes left cam be filled in with just a touch up spackle. However in rare cases if too much of the underneath wall is ripped off some repair work would be necessary. Unfortunately the only way to find out is to take it off and see what is underneath.
About the Designer
Melinda Richardson finished her interior design training at Mount Royal College. She began her career with Paul Lavoie where much of her sense of style and design developed. Melinda also worked at Abugov Kaspar Architecture firm in their design department and later at Mosaic Interiors, and then Ingenium Design Group. She worked on commercial, health-care, and retail design projects, but it was residential design that brought out her passion. It seemed a natural step from there to work in the home-building industry at Shane Homes. Melinda decided to start her own company, Premise Design, in 2005 working mainly within the residential design field. She is a member of Interior Designers of Alberta and is now studying to take the NCIDQ examination.
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