Carpentry
Timber Fireplace Mantle
A solid timber mantle shelf fitted to a painted brick fireplace, levelled to the room rather than to the brickwork.
- ProjectTimber Fireplace Mantle
- ServiceCarpentry
- LocationNot recorded — see note below
- Photos1
Project summary
The problem
The fireplace had no shelf, and painted brick is never flat or level — a mantle cut square to it sits visibly out of line with the ceiling and the mirror above.
What Gary did
Gary fitted the mantle level to the room and scribed the back edge to follow the brick, so the shelf line agrees with everything else in the room instead of with the masonry.
The result
A solid shelf that sits tight to the brick with no packing visible, and reads level against the mirror and ceiling.
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Repair, installation, fence, woodworking—or something that's a little harder to describe. Send Gary a message and tell him what you're working on.