A brick fireplace gives your home a nostalgic feel, especially around the holidays when stockings are hung with care. To remodel your brick fireplace you can simply cover it with drywall. The end result is a smooth wall that you can paint and decorate anyway you like.Click to see full answer. Likewise, people ask, can you cover brick with drywall?If you have an interior brick wall in your home that’s unsightly, you might want to cover it up with drywall. To hang drywall on a brick surface: Place the drywall on the brick surface and use masonry nails driven into the mortar to hold the sheet in place until the compound dries. how do I cover my fireplace opening? To enclose a currently open fireplace, you can purchase and install flat, closed-door screens that secure to the wall just around the fireplace opening. These are usually metal and glass for best fire safety and become a clean face on your fireplace wall without taking up much floor space. Also Know, can you use drywall around a fireplace? Drywall + Fireplace = House Fire Unfortunately, this is highly flammable, and is not an appropriate or safe fireplace surround. The sheetrock had to be removed and replaced with any type of non-combustible surround – stone, tile, marble, or metal.How do you stick plasterboard to brick wall?There are two methods for fitting plasterboard to brick walls. The one I’m assuming you have in mind is called ‘dot and dab’. With this technique, you apply thick lumps of special dry wall adhesive (such as Gyproc Dri-Wall Adhesive) onto the masonry wall and gently press the board into position.