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Yesterday an interesting discussion took place at the job site an what was the best way to attach a
mantel to a fire place. The Mantel in question is 5′ long 10″ wide 5 1/2″ thick made of plywood,to be attached to the fireplace by a 2×4 with support arms attached to the fire place with tap con screws. The discussion centered around where to place the tap con screws morter line or in the brick. Dinner is riding on the consensus of the responses to this post.
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I always thought it worked better to attach into the mortar joints but according to the BIA, it depends on the fastener type. Go to Brick Institute of America technical documents. Read Document 44a. "Fasteners". The PDF document may be easier to read (click "Download/Print)than the standard HTML doc - my browser has trouble displaying the diagrams on the HTML doc.
Their answer is "either" which is good news since whatever your answer was, it is correct.
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Matt I can not Thank You enough for the BIA site.It not only answered this ? but many more I had again thanks. Isaac
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Yesterday an interesting discussion took place at the job site an what was the best way to attach a
mantel to a fire place. The Mantel in question is 5' long 10" wide 5 1/2" thick made of plywood,to be attached to the fireplace by a 2x4 with support arms attached to the fire place with tap con screws. The discussion centered around where to place the tap con screws morter line or in the brick. Dinner is riding on the consensus of the responses to this post.