On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:24:00 -0600, Muggles
wrote:

On 2/17/2016 10:21 AM, wrote:

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/cabinet/Our...s/image010.jpg
This is mostly done in this picture but I had not finished the wood
trim, the kicks and the far panel.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/cabinet%202015.jpg
All of the panels open and the whole thing is on wheels.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/cabinet%202015%20open.jpg
You put down expanded metal stucco lath, mortar it and stick on the
stone like you would do tile. I like "flex" mortar because it really
sticks. Then use a wet tooth brush to remove any mortar that squeezes
out. That usually means you used too much mortar.


If you set it with flex mortar it isn't going to come loose.
The cultured stone is pretty drab looking but the natural stone is
vibrant and you can hit it with a sealer like stone glamor to really
bring up the color if you want. I like it natural. The real advantage
of natural stone is it is not going to fade in the sun and it is very
stain resistant. The same is not going to be true of the cultured
product. There are also lots of kinds of stone.


q: In the photos, it looks like it's a fireplace below the tv. Doesn't
the heat from the fireplace also heat up the tv? Wouldn't the heat do
damage?

It is an electric with a 1.44kw heater. The blower gets the heat away
from the TV pretty well. It does not seem to get warm above the mantel
We seldom turn the heater on anyway.
I have fans in the 2 equipment bays beside the fire place to get the
heat from those components out. I used a remote sense thermometer to
verify that I was not over heating anything. There are 2 satellite
boxes, a PC, a ReplayTV, a DVD player, a disk carousel and 2 UPS units
in there.