The board must be at least 3 4 of the height of your beam.
Floating barn beam mantel.
We don t have the tools to make the angle cuts for french cleats.
These barnwood barn beam fireplace mantels are made from solid reclaimed pine barn beams that were reclaimed from a 100 year old barn in se mn.
Before starting i put a piece of blue tape on the wall and marked it with the center of the existing beam the first picture in this post shows this.
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Installing a barn beam mantel.
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Once the beam was in the house i tore off the old mantel.
Through my research i found that there are several ways to install reclaimed barn beams as mantels.
Cut the board to the width of your fireplace.
Mantel brackets rod system we chose to go with a mantel bracket for a few reasons.
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How to install a barn beam mantel build a template using an old board.
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They are available in 4x6 6x6 6x8 and 8x8.
If the floating mantel will be mounted to brick or stone you will need to use special masonry tools and hardware such as a hammer drill and concrete screws.
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