Hi Everybody....
I purchased my house and it has a floor to ceiling brick faced fireplace. I purchased a 150 year old hand hewn log (I'm not sure of the wood but, it's hard!) that was 9' 2" and I trimmed it to 6' 8" with a sawzall just in case of nails which I did find. I didn't have a metal detector. I have enough to make (I guess you would call them gussets) gussets for the mantle to sit on.
This is what I have thought of doing. I wanted to drill 3/4" holes in the fire
place and log. Install high heat epoxy in both the fireplace and log, gussets and install rebar.
Does this sound normal and should I hollow out the back for the weight factor? How many would everyone use? I'm going to post pictures before I start. I will also post pictures when it is complete.
Any info would be great.
Thanks
Holman:smile:
I purchased my house and it has a floor to ceiling brick faced fireplace. I purchased a 150 year old hand hewn log (I'm not sure of the wood but, it's hard!) that was 9' 2" and I trimmed it to 6' 8" with a sawzall just in case of nails which I did find. I didn't have a metal detector. I have enough to make (I guess you would call them gussets) gussets for the mantle to sit on.
This is what I have thought of doing. I wanted to drill 3/4" holes in the fire
place and log. Install high heat epoxy in both the fireplace and log, gussets and install rebar.
Does this sound normal and should I hollow out the back for the weight factor? How many would everyone use? I'm going to post pictures before I start. I will also post pictures when it is complete.
Any info would be great.
Thanks
Holman:smile: