Cover Existing Fireplace Mantel

Cut face board length of mantel plus an additional 1 5.

Cover existing fireplace mantel.

Glue the first two pieces together at a right angle. Pearl mantels celeste 5 ft. Cut side pieces to fit mantel width plus 75 height so that only one seam can be seen from side. Cover an outdated brick fireplace with contemporary tile.

New solid spruce rough hewn mantel 72 in. 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. Now you will have a box minus one side.

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. Measure the dimensions of your existing mantel and cut down the 8 foot plywood into two long strips that will fit. 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.

It should look like this minus the stain i told y all i just get a head of myself sometimes. Made of solid pennsylvania hardwood. Both paneling and thin wood boards work well to cover the existing fireplace. We do not use pine or mdf in any of our products.

Slip this directly over the existing mantel and secure it in an inconspicuous place like the top with masonry cement screws. This allows seams to be hidden from the front. 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. 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.

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.