Making Ceiling Beam With Gutter

We have a weird lumpy low ceiling in the basement.

Making ceiling beam with gutter.

Exposed ceiling beams are an architectural feature that allows rooms to have higher ceilings or a decorative element that adds charm. Natural wood on white they can look fabulous. We ve noticed that aged wood beams are one of the features most sought after by homeowners right now. Fill in nail holes with wood filler then distress and stain the box for a rustic look.

Coat the side of the beam that will attach to the wall with an even coat of wood glue. Start out by choosing the material you want to cover the beam with you can use lumber flooring or even prefabricated faux beams. Set it aside to set partially dry to the tacky stage. If you were installing faux wood beams on straight walls your job will be much easier.

Once the material is prepared and cut to size have some help you hold the pieces up while you fix them in places with glue nails or screws. Pinnacle custom builders. A very popular ceiling enhancement is including exposed wood beams or even faux wood beams. The same idea will still hold even if you want to install these faux beams on the ceiling.

Back to the basement. Slide the boxes around the 1 4 ceiling board and secure in place by nailing through the beam into the board. There were a few reasons for making ceiling beams. Once the beam is covered you re done.

Repeat until you have enough boxes to span the length of your ceiling. Since our beams were going on vaulted ceiling we had to make sure to take into account the angle of the wall. Diy wood ceiling beams. They re also functional this i will explain in a bit.

If assembling beams in pieces apply the glue to the beam ends but don t join the pieces until you attach them to the ceiling. While that happens apply a coat of glue along the line where the beam will go. These boxes will be your ceiling beams.