Trim Fireplace Opening

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Fast Fireplace Makeover. Rock Fireplace To Weathered Wood.

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What happens here

For a clean finish around the fireplace opening, trim it out using leftover furring strips. These can be ripped down to a 1/4 inch thickness if needed, and stained or painted to match the overall aesthetic. Secure these trim pieces with a brad nailer.

Goal: Create a neat, finished edge around the fireplace opening.

Tools and materials

Brad Nailer — Securing trim pieces
Furring Strips — Creating custom trim pieces
Table Saw — Ripping furring strips to a thinner thickness

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[Music] So, the inside of the fireplace right here, we just trimmed it out with our little furring strips that we actually used to mount our plywood to right here. And then we just took and ripped the furring strip down to about a/4 in. And so made this trim right here, which actually trimmed this out really nice. Put our just baseboards down here, cut 45° quarters. We use just 1x4 pre pre-

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