https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/63fed200-2dbc-4c2b-a9a6-8626dd5dc8ab Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough teaches apprentice Krysten how to reface a granite fireplace. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Time: 3-4 hours Cost: $2000 Skill Level: Moderate Tools List for Refacing a Fireplace with Granite: Prybar Brick hammer Bucket Notched trowel Level Rubber mallet Shopping List: Granite pieces, cut to size Drop cloth Mortar Concrete construction adhesive Steps: Handling heavy masonry materials is a two-person minimum job. Do not attempt to do this alone., Carefully pry away the old granite using a prybar. Start from the top and work your way down., Protect the floor with a folded drop cloth. A scrap piece of 2x4 can be used as a lever to pry the hearth., Apply a layer of mortar on the subhearth using the trowel. Add a few blobs in key areas to allow the hearth to be wiggled into place., Place the hearth on the mortar and check for level. Hit it with the rubber mallet to make adjustments., Generously apply concrete construction adhesive to the back of the legs and the top granite piece., Place both legs on each side and check them for level., Place the top carefully and check for level., Resources: Refacing a fireplace is a two-person job. Use caution when handling heavy materials. It’s challenging to match granite, so it makes more sense to order four new pieces rather than just one or two replacement pieces. A local stone fabricator can template the fireplace and cut and round each piece to the appropriate size. In this case, Mark used granite in the color Black Pearl, fabricated by International Stone, Inc. (http://www.internationalstoneinc.com/). To adhere the granite to the fireplace, Mark used a concrete construction adhesive manufactured by Quikrete (https://www.quikrete.com/). The other materials Mark used for this job, including the chisel, hammers and buckets, can all be found at home centers. About Generation Next: This Old House’s Generation NEXT initiative shines a light on the urgent need for young people to enter the building trades and fill the skills gap in America today. “There’s a critical need for people in home construction,” says the This Old House master carpenter Norm Abram. The initiative has involved recruiting apprentices—some with no skills, some with a few years under their tool belts—to work alongside the TOH TV pros. Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://bit.ly/34RYEP5 Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How to Reface a Fireplace with Granite | Generation Next | Ask This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ Sun, 17 May 2026 05:33:29 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/63fed200-2dbc-4c2b-a9a6-8626dd5dc8ab All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.