Installing Wooden Beams On Ceiling

Minimum of two screws per side.

Installing wooden beams on ceiling.

Reinstall fixtures and turn power to room back on. If you re installing more than three lvls you ll have to nail and bolt them together. Nailers are thin strips of wood that the beam will fit over snugly. Stretch a chalk line across the ceiling and snap it to keep lines even and to mark the necessary grids.

Cut the 2x4 lengths with a circular saw and install them between the joists flush with the bottom of the joist. Cut out marked area with a jig saw image 2. Repeat with other planks around outlets. The screws hold the beams in place while the glue dries.

Countersink the screws slightly. Install nailers on the ceiling to make installing the faux beams easier. Hold plank up to outlet to make sure cut is in proper place. Use screws through the beam and into the blocks of wood on both sides of the beam and on all of the blocks of wood.

Hold plank up to ceiling outlet and mark width and depth with a pencil image 1. Install the beam one lvl at a time. Install blocks every two feet and nail or screw them in place. Spread heavy duty construction adhesive between the beams for extra strength.

Nail the first lvl to the joists then nail the second to the first and so on.