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New Build Fireplace help

10 years ago

Building a new home and soon the mason will start installing the stone on the fireplace in our great room. We have also requested a reclaimed wood 10 ft long x 10 inch beam for our mantle. I thought the stone would go on and then the mantle would be installed over the stone but builder informed me that mantle will go on first and then the stone. Is that the way it is normally done? Will the depth of the stone being installed around the mantle take away from the 10 inches I was counting on for the top of the mantle for displaying photos, etc?

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jrb451
10 years ago
Why not sister a board behind your mantle to get it to stick out the distance you were expecting. You should be able to gain an inch or two this way.
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ACCENT MASONRY LLC
10 years ago
Mantle should go in first...like jrb451 said just have them attach a spacer board behind mantle
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D K and Sons
10 years ago
The distance the mantle can protrude past the face of firebox is determined by code. The farther out it extends, the higher above the firebox it must be. Sometimes local codes are different then the IRC (International Residential Code) The mason can adjust the mantel per your request as long as it is within code. And as long as you are reasonable, don't expect the laws of physics to honor your every wish.

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