Installing Fake Ceiling Beams
2 cut blocks of wood not supplied to fit the inside dimension of the beam.
Installing fake ceiling beams. Use spacers every few feet or so. 1 measure inside dimensions of a beam. Each beam was 13 long and used two 1 4 s and two 1 6 s in total i built three beams. With the wood beams.
If not cut a few 2 4 or scrap wood spacers and screw them to the joist. Use 1x4 or 1x6 pine planking to create a three sided box essentially a u shaped structure by gluing and. How to install fake ceiling beams 1. How to install faux ceiling beams step 1.
Depending on the width of your beam it might be a snug fit. Cut one mounting block. The faux ceiling beams will need to be nailed to something solid to support their weight. These directions will teach you how to install faux wood beams.
Make two pencil marks on the surface of the ceiling material. 3 lay out on ceiling where you want the beams to be installed blue painter s tape is helpful for this step. Set up a stepladder to reach the. Lift the beam up open side if you have one toward the ceiling to cover the 2 4 joist you installed.