Can you put stone veneer over a brick fireplace?
Yes — brick is one of the best surfaces stone veneer can bond to, and Waynesville has plenty of it behind those drafty open fireplaces in Hazelwood and downtown. The brick is non-combustible and load-bearing, so thin stone rides right over it. At nearly 2,650 feet, though, we'd rather the reface also fix the draft than just repaint the problem.
A reface worth pairing with a real heater
Waynesville runs 10 to 15 degrees colder than the lower WNC towns, with a heating season that stretches about three weeks longer than Asheville's — so a fireplace here earns its keep. Many of the older Hazelwood homes still have big open masonry fireboxes that pull as much warm air up the flue as they put out. Refacing the brick in stacked stone is the moment to drop a sealed insert into that opening, turning a decorative draft into heat you can actually feel across the room.
Natural gas or propane — either works
Waynesville is mixed-fuel country: some homes tie into a gas main, plenty of others run on propane, and either can feed a sealed insert behind your new stone. Propane just needs the right orifices and pressures dialed in, or it soots — that's licensed gas work, ours to permit and pressure-test, not a mason's or a handyman's. We pull the Haywood County permit and meet the inspector. From our Asheville showroom it's about 35 minutes west, and we keep the stone, the appliance, and the gas line on one accountable ticket. Call (828) 545-0525.
Prep the brick, then the stone
Before any veneer goes on, we confirm the brick is sound and clean — soot-glazed or painted brick gets lath or mechanical prep so the mortar bonds instead of letting go a season later. From there it's a scratch coat and the stone set piece by piece, cut carefully around the opening's clearance line.
Fireplace help in Waynesville
We install and service fireplaces throughout Waynesville and the rest of Haywood County — just 35 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.