Mantels

[Patton]

Joe,

Im going to do a mantel for my mother in law, shes so excited so i want to make it look good.

Do you have any articles on mantels , advice etc.

I went to Gary Katz site awhile back and remembered a few articles on mantels and i found some good examples and advice.

Thanks

[Joseph Fusco]

Matt,

That's one article I've been meaning to do for some time now and haven't quite gotten around to it, but lets not let that stop us
If you can take some measurements and made a picture or two I'm sure we could come up with something together and it can be something we can place here as a "guide". We can use SU or autocad to design it or at least work through the design. Only think is you'll have to build it and install it lol.

[Patton]

Joe,

I will be more than happy to help you make a guide this will be a very fun project.

I will get some dim. for you today or tomorrow.

[Joseph Fusco]

Matt,

Thanks for the kind words. I'm sure you know that I'm always willing to help anyone I can. That said I like your attitude and the way that you approach things. I think we'll have some fun

[Patton]

Joe,

Here is a pic of the previous mantel, Yeah it really needs a new one.




The dimensions are:

From finished floor to top of tile on wall : 43 3/8"
From tile on left to tile on right :53 5/8"

[Patton]

Joe,

Now i did show her this on Gary Katz site and she loved it.

Http://www.garymkatz.com/TrimTechniques ... -2004.html

If we can keep it simple like this and along these lines we will be doin good.

[Joseph Fusco]

Matt,

Yes it looks like it's time to "update" that one . If she liked the one on Katz's site why not just go with that design? That would seem like a very easy one to put together.

[Patton]

Joe,

Yeah that might have been nice back in 1995. I believe i will if that makes things simple.

Now i just gotta figure my material and the details to put it together, not sure what size the crown is on that mantel though.

[Joseph Fusco]

Matt,

Crown size should be about 3" 3-1/2" or so for a mantle that size. The shelve might be a bit harder to work out since you want it big enough to hold "stuff" but not so big that it looks awkward.

[Gary]

Matt,

Did you ever complete the mantel? any pics?


Mantels are fun projects since you can build them in your shop.

I've done a few and the last one I did was for my accountant (last year) and would you believe I did not take any pictures.. It was fairly easy to build except for a little radius work. His wife showed me a picture of one she liked and I copied it. I may have shop pics, I'll check and post them if I do.

I really need to be disciplined with taking pictures. Even the last two kitchen jobs I never took finished pictures.