Cover Existing Fireplace Mantel

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Cover existing fireplace mantel.

Now you will have a box minus one side. It should look like this minus the stain i told y all i just get a head of myself sometimes. Cut the top board the length of the mantel. Dune cap shelf mantel model 497 60 10 431 33 431 33.

Set your store to see local availability add to cart. Allow the concrete to dry for at least 24 hours then apply a second coat of latex infused thinset. Cut face board length of mantel plus an additional 1 5. Cut side pieces to fit mantel width plus 75 height so that only one seam can be seen from side.

New solid spruce rough hewn mantel 72 in. Measure the dimensions of your existing mantel and cut down the 8 foot plywood into two long strips that will fit. Glue the first two pieces together at a right angle. If your mantel will extend past the fireplace wall as mine does it is easy to cover the hollow bit with some wood veneer in back.

Depending on which you choose and its variety of wood your fireplace refacing supplies can range from less than 1 per. On one of the large pieces of plywood create screw holes with a drill and pocket jig about every eight inches. This allows seams to be hidden from the front. Fireplace shelf model 86026 076 304 99 304 99.

Once you ve exposed the raw masonry mix up a batch of thinset concrete and spread it over the surface of the brick using a broad flat hand trowel. My wall is 55 inches the mantel is 60 inches and though no one will see it i decided to cover the hollow portion with veneer. Cover an outdated brick fireplace with contemporary tile. This fireplace mantel cover is similar in looks to our standard mantel but is made to fit over existing obstacles such as bricks stones brick corbels existing mantel etc that do not exceed 3 in depth or height.

Both paneling and thin wood boards work well to cover the existing fireplace.