Fireplace mantel

Excellent work!
Noting like dressing up a fireplace with a beautiful mantel. I did the same for our mantel and our sons mantel. I posted ours here on LJ’s. Yours looks allot like the one I built for our son.
I bet your wife is thrilled to have this beautiful mantle.
Thanks for sharing.

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Nice work. I’ve built a couple mantels for the two houses I’ve owner and they are always a fun project.

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Great job

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the mantle looks great. Nice job and you scored some points with your wife.

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This is a beautiful mantel. You did a fine job on it.

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Beautiful, great craftsmanship.

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Very nice looking mantel!

I’m thinking of doing something like this for my fireplace, but I don’t know what’s code for my area. I know that if the mantel is wood, it has to be set back a certain distance from the sides, and even more at the top. Then you must have it inspected, so lots of work!

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You nailed the miters – Well done!

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what a great mantel

I need to do a similar thing for my fireplace. any links or plans on ideas on how to do something like that

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@ tonywood,
vbquick1 did a super job on his mantel. I see you were asking a question about plans.

Sooooo…...
I did a google search for plans and found this many plans out there. Here is a link to one.
http://www.handymanclub.com/projects/articletype/articleview/articleid/5958/fireplace-mantel-project-plan

But you might have to adjust the plan you to fit your fireplace.
Hope that helps!

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