Wednesday, July 31, 2013

How to mount a wooden ceiling

In order to give a room a warm and cozy atmosphere or to camouflage electrical, ventilation, air conditioning or fire , you can cover the walls or even the ceiling with wood. This finish can be achieved with the paneling. You can mount a wooden ceiling also personally following the suggestions of a guide and arming of patience and good will . Let's see how.

With countertops wood you get several advantages: in addition to hiding the various plants, they also represent a solution for the therm-acoustic effect due to the air chamber that is created between the ceiling and wood.The against attic  usually, the one adopted in the regeneration or restoration, but today is also used to decorate their homes in an original way. The work of installation, present difficulties especially for the position taken during application. A most affected will be the arms and neck.



Before you begin to assemble the wood, you will need to leave it in the environment where it will be installed, as being a living material needs to adapt to the climatic conditions of the place. The rest time should be around in two weeks, in the meantime, to prevent the beads from stretching is preferable to keep them linked together in small packages. Before you start the application of the beads, you will need to pass a coat of clear varnish also taking care to impregnate the groove.

At this point you will begin to prepare a solid and adequate supporting framework Bring, therefore, anchors and expansion of a good drill Attach to the ceiling rafters in a series of square section that have the side of 2 cm, the distance between them which will vary according to the thickness of the beads, bearing in mind that the more they are thin, the lower must be the interval between supporting battens   When we're going to lay the coating, its direction is perpendicular to that of the support laths.  

The beads will then have to be cut to size, however, by subtracting an inch from the width of the area for possible adjustments in the course of the work. In fact, if there should be any irregularities between the wall and ceiling, this is you can fill with decorative moldings. Hook, also, each bead to the next through the contoured interlocking portion. They are then fastened to the rafters with special nails that will be invisible. To complete the work, fill and sand any imperfections rehearsing for a bit 'of paint.

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