Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Remember back in March or April when our minds were all aflutter with thoughts of the wonderful home projects we wanted to accomplish this summer? Maybe we were thinking of adding some lovely decorative vinyl shutters to give our façade a little pick me up. Or possibly we were going to finally rip out those old cracked basement windows and replace them with glass blocks. There may have been a little mention of once-and-for-all removing that decaying wood heap we try to pass off as a railing system, adding an adequate gable vent to allow proper airflow (thereby reducing cooling costs), or finally wrapping those less-than-attractive post with a pvc column wraps?
Did you get all of that stuff done? Did you get any of that stuff done? Yeah, I didn’t either. But it’s not too late! We still have 1 whole official month left for summer 2009. So what are you waiting for? There’s no time like right now to commit to getting at least one thing off of your “to-do” list. For me, it’s going to be shutters. What’s it going to be for you?
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
The simple definition of return depth is how far the facing material stands out from the wall. Why is this important you ask? Well, if the return depth is too small the mantel legs will not hug the facing material and if it is too large there will be a hollow space that is too large to finish with scribe molding.
Facing materials such as marble, granite and tile are usually thin, ½” - ¾”. For anything ¾” or smaller you would use the standard return depth of 1”. Basically you want your return depth to be the thickness of the facing material standing out from the wall plus ¼”. This gives a little “wiggle room” just incase your facing materials are not perfectly straight. Is also helps to give the mantel projection.
Sometimes the facing material is a deeper depth; such as in the case of brick. The same principal applies that the return depth should be the facing material plus 1/4”. Accent Building Products can customize returns to accommodate many sizes.
All of our mantels include a scribe molding to fit around the interior to complete a finished look. The scribe molding is attached to the inside of the surround opening with finishing nails or adhesive, and fills the gaps to provide a snug, custom fit.
Tags: brick, facing materials, fireplace, granite, granite tile, legs, mantel, mantels, marble, marble granite, marble tile, scribe, what the heck, wiggle room
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