Fitting Fireplace surround Granite- Help / Advice - DIY Job?

[darrena]

Hi,

We moved in to a new house a few months ago and the Mrs didn't like the fire surround.

We have recently purchased a used granite fireplace of ebay that is in great condition.

The fireplace it's self is gas so we will have to get that disconnected and reconnected buy registered gas technician but I am hoping to fit the fire surround myself.

The fire surround comes in 5 pieces.
The Hearth
Two side pillars
The top pillar and the mantle.

There are no brackets on any of the pieces for mounting the unit apart from some wires hanging out of the top of the side pillars. I have a feeling these may have been wrapped round some screws which were fixed in too the mounting wall.
The back plate or surround sits proud of the wall as well by the looks of it so I would assume it would need packing out

First of all I'm after some advice on how such a heavy piece of kit can be safely secured to the wall, do I use the wires? And secondly what type of bonding material should I use to fix it to the wall?

Any help greatly appreciated

Thanks
Darren

front panel

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Side Pillar

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Mantle and one side pillar

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[jay679]

I would use L brackets resin bonded to the inside face of the top and uprights and set into the plasterwork of the fireplace and mechanically fixed to whatever is beneath the plaster (brick/block etc). The hearth will be self supporting due to its weight and the fact that the sides are sat on it, and the face panel can be bonded to the wall with an appropriate heat resistant adhesive and will brobably sit behind or in a rebate on the sides and top to provide more support.

Forget the wires unless you are a bodger

 

[foxhole]

Lots of guides on Utube, you could make up metal angle brackets to fit into the existing brackets and mechanically fix to wall.

 

[darrena]

Thanks foxhole, how would you attach the bracket to the granite?

 

[foxhole]

Trianglur brace to rear appear to have holes, bolt to those.