Posted: Mon Jan 27, 14 5:22 pm Post subject: Fitting a mantel on top of a fireplace
We have a stone fireplace. Yesterday Mrs JB managed to land the mantel on top of her while cleaning out the grate (not sure how and even she admits she's not sure how). It's intact so we can put it back but it looks as though it was only ever held on but resting on top with a thin layer of mortar to secure it. Should there be something more solid to anchor a mantel to the top of a fireplace? I know when I replaced the fire surround at my last house the surround itself was bolted to the wall with a couple of brackets, should there be a similar arrangement for the mantel?
Bodrighy
Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Posts: 2157 Location: Near Devizes
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 14 5:50 pm Post subject:
I believe that mantel;s are, as you say usually bolted onto the wall with brackets which is covered with appropriate material to hide them. Hope the boss is OK and only startled.
The 'fireplace' round the gas fire (removed at our request by the previous owners) in our present house consisted of piled up bricks with a lick of mortar in odd places. We dismantled it by just picking up the bricks. They weren't even laid as a normal wall but just piled one on top of the other in some places. Also had various shelves made of scaffold planks that tilted towards the front. One of the rules seems to be that the people that had the place before you didn't do things properly/couldn't decorate properly/had awful colour taste.
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