Attaching a wooden mantlepiece to the wall

[dominoman]

I bought this old wooden mantlepiece from a scrap yard and have been stripping and refurbishing it. It's now looking really nice (will post a pic when I get home).



How can I attach this to a newly plastered wall? Can I just glue it? I don't want to have any brackets on display, but the plaster is already on the wall.

This is the wall I'll be attaching it to.

 

[Grenage]

You could 'no more nails' it to the wall, or you could affix it using screws; I generally favour the latter, where possible.

 

[dominoman]

You could 'no more nails' it to the wall, or you could affix it using screws; I generally favour the latter, where possible.

I'd rather use screws too. To do that would I have to drill through the wood and then user filler on the sunken holes - or is there another way that I'm not thinking of?

 

[Grenage]

You could either make a plug to fill the hole. If you'll be painting the wood, I'd just fill and sand it level!

 

[London Mike 49]

I thought this might be useful;http://interior-design.wonderhowto.com/how-to/attach-fireplace-mantle-198517/

Good luck
Mike

 

[Bosswhite]

^^^^^ that looks very simple and cheap to install, the only problem I see is that the mantlepiece could move sideways and not look centralised.

I would fit Picture Plate Hangers ( they come in different sizes) screw to back of Mantlepiece then rawlplug fitting, screw to wall, chip out a bit of plaster to take the wall fitting and make good with filler.

http://www.ukpictureframingsupplies.co.uk/picture-frame-plates-and-mirror-plates-33-c.asp