The Best Materials for your Fireplace Surround | Marble.com

The fireplace is one of the primary focal points of any room and it is a valuable design feature that provides style and equity to a home. Each fireplace in your house has to compliment the personality of its room. Choosing the right material for your fireplace surround is important to create an overall design that will impress aesthetically and function flawlessly.

Nothing quite captures the attention of a room like roaring fireplace. While it is difficult enough to maintain the upkeep of a wood-burning fireplace itself, creating the fireplace surround is just as important for bringing balance to this hot design area. Today, I’m here to help you find the right material that will fit both function and form.

When it comes to choosing your fireplace surround material, it is important to do your research to avoid disaster. For example, certain manmade materials can scorch or warp when exposed to heat for extended periods of time. Since fireplaces commonly stay lit for hours, this would lead to serious issues – not only damaging the material itself but also potentially creating a dangerous house fire. Natural stones, however, are able to withstand the heat of a fireplace while also providing a beautiful aesthetic.

Granite is an igneous rock formed deep within the Earth’s mantle at extremely high temperatures, making a very hard, resilient stone made out of crystallized materials. Granite is heat resistant and will be able to stand up to cuts and scratches. Granite is available in an extensive variety of colors and styles.

Using Granite for your fireplace surround is like owning an original piece of artwork. Since granite is formed naturally, no one else can ever have the same piece as yours. Granite is one of the most durable materials that you can use for your home. It can withstand temperatures up to 1,650 degrees without burning, scorching, or warping. Granite can even be used on a grill or in an oven.
A Granite fireplace surround would only require minimal maintenance. Sealing one or two times per year is more than enough. Investing in Granite means investing for a lifetime.

Marble is a metamorphic rock that is commonly used for buildings and sculpture. Marble has an unrivaled sophistication and elegance. It has a high resistance to heat and can be often be found in the fireplaces of stylish homes and hotels.

Marble’s distinctive veins glow beautifully around a fireplace. Marble strikes up a look of luxury, decadence, and richness that cannot be achieved with any other material. Since Marble is also a natural stone, like Granite, each piece is unique. Marble is heat resistant and will be able to withstand the temperatures of even the most extensively used fireplaces without scorching or warping. If you want to achieve a formal, sophisticated look in your room, you can’t go wrong with marble.

Although granite and marble are our most popular choices for a fireplace surround, other unique stones, such as Quartzite, Onyx, Travertine, and Limestone can be used to provide a distinctive look as well. They can change the overall look of any room and increase the equity of your house.

Whichever material you decide on for your stone surface, Marble.com offers an enormous selection that cannot be found anywhere else. With over 2,000 colors of stone in stock, we are sure to have the style that will be perfect for your kitchen. Because of our state-of-the-art machines and laser guided template process, we guarantee a fast turnaround time that no one else can offer – meaning you can have your fireplace surround in as quick as 3 days.

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