Stone and Brick Fireplace Limewashing in Cedar Park

Typical cost in Cedar Park

One brick or stone surround$500 – $2,000+

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Cedar Park Limewash Painting limewashes fireplaces in Cedar Park homes, in limestone, stacked stone, brick or plaster, as an alternative to painting them or tearing out the surround. Limewash can take the yellow out of cream limestone or quiet an orange brick while the stone shapes, joints and texture stay visible.

The area is small next to a room, but the detail is high: soot cleaning, protecting the mantel, shelves and hearth, and judging color against your floors. Fireplace work covers Cedar Park and Brushy Creek, Round Rock, Jonestown, Volente, Hudson Bend, Lago Vista and Liberty Hill.

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Living room brick fireplace limewashed in chalky warm white

Fireplace limewash options

Limestone and stacked-stone fireplaces

Bare limestone and stacked stone generally take limewash well. A thin first coat evens out yellow, gold or gray stones, and the second coat sets how far the color moves. Cast stone veneer and anything sealed may shed water, so a few stones are tested first.

Brick fireplaces

On bare brick, one or two coats lighten the color and soften a strong red or orange while the mortar joints stay readable. How heavily each coat goes on decides how much of the brick’s own color is left.

Painted fireplaces

A painted surround no longer absorbs. The options are to repaint, to strip it, or to clean off anything loose and use a limewash whose maker offers a primer for painted surfaces. The result looks more like masonry than flat paint, with less variation than bare brick or stone.

Plaster and drywall surrounds

A drywall or plaster surround is primed with the system the product names and then limewashed, which gives it a smooth, plaster-like face. Hand-finished corners make the surround look like one solid block.

Full chimney breasts and built-ins

If the limewash stops at the mantel, there is a seam where stone meets painted drywall. Taking it up the whole chimney breast, and if you like across the built-in shelves, makes the fireplace wall read as one piece.

Ivory limewash on a living-room wall in low morning light

Heat, soot and the firebox

Limewash goes on the outward faces: surround, chimney breast and the front of the hearth. Nothing goes inside the firebox, where flames scorch the lime and soot coats it. Soot and smoke stains are cleaned off first; like paint, limewash will not hide soot bleeding through a pale color.

The top of the opening takes the most heat and soot, so that is where color changes first; a small touch-up coat usually fixes it. Gas insert or wood fire, we follow the limewash maker’s instructions for use close to the opening.

Mantels, hearths and color

Wood mantels are masked or taken down during the work so the line between wood and stone stays clean. A raised hearth’s front face can be limewashed with the surround. Its top is a seat and a shelf, so it either stays natural or gets a protective topcoat the maker approves, brushed on about two weeks later once the lime has hardened. Most living rooms take warm whites, greiges and soft clays well; hold a board beside the floor and sofa before deciding.

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Is the fireplace limestone, stacked stone, brick or plaster, and has it been painted? Send those two answers and the address. We'll get back to you soon with an estimate or any questions we have. Estimates are free and there's no obligation.

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