Rip the side wall pieces for the mantel legs.
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The legs and breastplate of a fireplace mantel make up the skeleton of the unit.
The breast plate is the middle piece that is located above the firebox in between the legs and beneath the mantel shelf.
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Now that you have the structure it s time to get down to the finer details.
Measure and cut backing cleats for the legs.
Cut the breast plate to the dimensions of your own custom mantel.
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When attaching to tile marble use construction adhesive since you can t nail the mantel through tile.
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Unwrap the mantel legs and insert the leg pins into the top assembly holes as shown in figure 1.
Depending on the location of the framing the cleats for the legs can be vertical or horizontal.
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This diy fireplace mantel plan takes you through each step of picking out the lumber measuring and cutting the wood assembling the mantel adding a stain finish and then finally hanging it up.
A circular saw will help cut the pieces of the crown molding down to size.
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Using a nail gun attach the breast plate to the wall.
You need to apply crown molding to the top of the mantel beginning at the breastplate.
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On our fireplace we used both techniques.
Cut the leg face pieces to length and rip them to width.