Hoping to install a mantel on your stone wall.
How to hang a stone mantel on wall.
Place marks on the grout line every 16.
It s possible a stone might stick out proud of the mantel and make it more challenging to mount the cleat.
Determine the height of the mantel.
Mark the grout line that is closest to the desired height.
How to install a floating mantel the easy way.
Make sure those marks are level centered and extend far enough to cover the mantel s length.
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Now attach the short 2 4 pieces to the 2 4 on the stone with 2 1 2 pocket hole screws and wood glue.
Once the mantel was hung i seriously couldn t believe how different the fireplace looked.
Now that s known as the lintel and the mantel is the entire arrangement of boards or stones.
My dad was kind enough to come to help scott hang the wood mantle while i snuck out with my mom.
Most mantels are placed about 60 above the floor.
Tape a thermometer to the wall in the approximate center of where your flat screen tv might hang.
How to hang things on a stone wall.
Put one on each end and the other two splitting center.
Determine the height of the mantle on the brick fireplace.
I will share soon how i disguised the old mantel slab gap.
I slid the mantel over the cleat that i built on the stone and drove 2 wood screws from the sides and top of the mantel into the 2 4 s.
Mantels are usually about 54 from the floor.
So full confession i had to call my dad for help on this one.
You may have luck with a fireplace that produces less heat features a deep mantel and strong blower.
With stone fireplaces it s important to find a mostly flat section to securely mount the cleat and the mantel to.
The existing mantel was 3 feet wide and went to the outside fireplace wall so we couldn t remove it as it would have destroyed the integrity of the stone wall.
The meaning behind the mantel.
If the floating mantel will be mounted to drywall you will need to locate the wall studs and mount the mantel to those for additional support.
Originally mantel referred to the support for the masonry above the fireplace.
It s time to hang the mantel now.