Fire place mantle

[shooterjim]

Due to fitting a woodburner In the very near future, nearest and dearest has decided she wants a simple beam type mantle over it. Does anyone make such things? Or recommend someone who can supply one?

[agg221]

What are the dimensions?

 

Alec

[Bearded Munch]

Can't you cut your own out of a nice tree, a friend did with a chainsaw and a bit of sanding and looked good.

[shooterjim]

4ft long ish by 6"x6". Ideally a nice Lightish colour. Dimensions are only rough though.

[si36]

Did mine last year got an old six by six oak post and used the Alaskan to face it up turned out pretty well. Then rubbed in some danish oil. All for the price of a tank of fuel and a morning in the garden. Mate I know bought one of e bay reclaimed and paid 350 for what in effect is something that looks the same

[Paul Smith]

Alaskan is what you want!

[blades]

I've just used 3 sections of elm to form a fire surround..... Looks great. Was planning to use oak but I thought the elm had nicer grain and patterns to it.

 

Spent a lot of time sanding it down and then used Fiddes wax.... Working it in with wire wool. My sections were 8"x 8" for the uprights and 12"x 8" for the mantle. First time we lit the stove all sections split a little but now to be honest it looks even better. Not sure if it will continue to crack and split??

 

Good luck with what you do

[pyro]

Here is one I made last year, got the wood from the harrogate powertool show.

 

Burr elm and oak "uprights" and oak shelf.

 

Took a couple of days, watched star trek and drank lots of tea whilst I was doing it.

 

Ben

 

edit: ive since made some dowls to go in the screw holes, and finished the edges of the tiles off with oak "angle"

[Gray git]

made this for a mate from a lump of oak with the alasken, go for something a little different as a feture in the room.

[Alycidon]

Focus Fireplaces supply the fireplace trade with beams, surrounds etc with different finishes. All made to order in whatever size you want. Not cheap.

 

For cheap then DIY, timber needs to be dry of course. When installing be aware of your stoves top combustible clearance, this can be found in the installation instructions. This will be at least 400mm and most will be 500-600mm.

 

If the inside of the beam is exposed to the flue pipe the combustible clearance to the flue pipe is three times its diameter, so 15" (375mm) or 18" (450mm). If you do not have this then the inside can be fireproofed with a strip of fire proof board.

 

paul smith, yours looks a bit tight perhaps, certainly needs checking.

 

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