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Plan and Frame Fireplace Layout

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I Built a $15,000 Fake Fireplace Just To Cover This Up

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Tools and materials

  • Cordless Drill
  • Framing Nailer
  • Ladder
  • Miter Saw
  • Pencil
  • Tape Measure
  • Concrete Screws Unspecified
  • Construction Screws Unspecified
  • Treated 2x4 Lumber Unspecified

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probably two hours worth of work let's talk about the mission I know I want it to be all Stone top to bottom I know I want the TV recessed inside and actually put an outlet and not use an extension cord I know I want a big mantle here so what I'm going to do is I'm going to bring this out to about 12 inches I'm going to create a fake fireplace and then put some kind of lighting mechanism to make it look like it's moving it's an accent piece and then on the bottom there's going to be what's called a hearth I believe it's called basically a bench for your fireplace I'm curious to hear what you guys might think about it I think it's a great idea to conceal this and make it look natural but it's gonna be a little bit cheesy but we're we're gonna make sure it looks awesome first things first let's start framing this thing out [Music] [Applause] [Music] my base plates on this is 12 inches coming out this is going to be for the bench there let's start slapping on another layer to stack this to be three inches on top and then we'll start building our walls let me show you the lumber we're looking at 14 16 foot long two by fours 280 bucks and yeah I need a bigger trailer to haul this stuff foreign [Music] mentioned the base plate on top but we need a base plate on top I could see the truss is sticking out so I could just mail it right to them that's a base plate it's top plate [Music] guys I have some crazy news that I need

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