Foster Mantel Dimensions

CAP/SHELF CUSTOM MANTELS (Full-surrounds on another page)

 

Custom cap mantels will be built to fit your fireplace stone dimensions ("A","B",etc.) or they can be built to your desired overall length and depth. Each style also has some standard dimensions, shown below, that will affect final overall size. (Stock mantel dimensions are shown on box labels. Quick-ship mantel dimensions are shown on another page.)

Mantel Front

                 Mantel Side
Fireplace Stone (before mantel)
Overall top width will equal your stone width "A" plus 2 overhangs if your cap will sit on top of fireplace stone. If cap will hang on flat wall and bottom "A" width isn't critical, the top width can be whatever you specify up to 10 feet.
Overall top depth of cap mantel is usually 8" , with a standard bottom depth as shown in chart . Your mantel may be deeper if the stone on which it will sit is thicker than . To determine your mantel depth (8" Minimum), add your stone depth "B" plus one overhang .
 
Cap Style
Overhang


Cap
Height

Standard
Top
Depth

Standard
Bottom
Depth
Aristocrat 1 1/4 sides
4 1/4 sides
5 8 3 3/4
Aspen 4 4 3/8 8 4
Belvedere 2 7/8 3 1/2 8 5 1/8
Berkeley 3 5/8 4 3/8 8 4 3/8
Bradford 1 1/2 5 8 6 1/2
Carmel 2 7/8 9 1/2 8 5 1/8
Catamount 4 1/2 3 3/4 8 3 7/8
Centennial 4 1/2 5 1/2 8 4 3/8
Essex 3 1/2 5 1/2 8 4 1/2
Hampton 4 1/2 5 8 3 1/2
Hayward 2 5 1/4 8 6
Heritage 3 5/8 5 8 4 3/8
Kentfield 3 5/8 4 8 4 3/8
Knolls top 3 7/8 12 8 4 1/8
Lafayette Top 3 7/8 12 8 4 1/8
Napa 4 7/8 6 3/8 8 3 3/8
Newport 3 7/8 4 3/8 8 4 1/8
Normandy 3 4 1/4 8 5
Richmond 3 3/4 3 3/4 8 4 1/4
Tiburon 3 1/2 3 3/4 8 4 1/2
Tudor 3 3/4 sides
5 1/4 front
3 3/4 8 2 3/4
Viceroy 1 1/4 5 3/4 8 6 3/4
Victorian 3 1/4 4 3/4 8 4 3/4
Vista 1 1/2 5 8 6 1/2
Woodside 3 5/8 4 3/8 8 4 3/8
 
Corbels and Skirts Height Width Depth
"S" Corbels 4 1/2 2 1/4 3 1/4
Crown Corbels, Small 2 1/4 8 1/2 3 1/4
Crown Corbels, Large 3 1/4 8 1/2 3 1/4
Leaf Corbels 10 5 1/2 3 3/4
Scroll Corbels 10 5 1/2 3 3/4
Skirts 5 A 3/4