replacing foam tile ceiling with diagoinal wood panels
#1
10-10-14, 06:43 AM
replacing foam tile ceiling with diagoinal wood panels
The existing room (and house built in the 70s) has a lot of wood panels...kinds country cottage style.
The existing ends of the walls were not lined up so if I put the panels on the ceiling in straight, they will not line up directly with the panels on each end.
So, I am going to put them in diagonally.
I think this will involve a lot more cuts at either end of the wood. Is there any trick to this, in the same way that some joists/strapping are put on diagonally?
The existing ends of the walls were not lined up so if I put the panels on the ceiling in straight, they will not line up directly with the panels on each end.
So, I am going to put them in diagonally.
I think this will involve a lot more cuts at either end of the wood. Is there any trick to this, in the same way that some joists/strapping are put on diagonally?
#3
10-13-14, 06:00 PM
They are individual wood panels rather than actual panelling that is stuck together.
The panels are 7inches wide and a rnage of lengths from 6-9ft.
Some pictures:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?...ms&usp=sharing
Ignore the strapping that is there at the moment as that is from the previous suspended ceiling.
The plan is to put a layer of drywall/soundboard, then some strapping (or vice versa) and then nail in the wood panels (after staining & varnishing).
However, my main concern is that the room is 9x11 ft so where do I start from? The easiest way would be to have a 45 degree cut but in 9x11, not everything is going to be 45 degrees at the edges?
The panels are 7inches wide and a rnage of lengths from 6-9ft.
Some pictures:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?...ms&usp=sharing
Ignore the strapping that is there at the moment as that is from the previous suspended ceiling.
The plan is to put a layer of drywall/soundboard, then some strapping (or vice versa) and then nail in the wood panels (after staining & varnishing).
However, my main concern is that the room is 9x11 ft so where do I start from? The easiest way would be to have a 45 degree cut but in 9x11, not everything is going to be 45 degrees at the edges?
#4
10-13-14, 07:08 PM
Those are planks, not panels. They will never meet. Hopefully you weren't thinking of putting these planks on the ceiling, too. I believe it would be a little much for the room.
#5
10-13-14, 07:31 PM
well, it's a style used at the time and everything is themed on a Swiss type cottage so yes it might seem like a wood box but that's what the look is!
They will never meet, which is why I'm wanting to put them in diagonally.
They will never meet, which is why I'm wanting to put them in diagonally.
#6
10-15-14, 07:33 AM
Because the room is 9x 11, how would I get the correct angles cut into the end of the planks? I assume it could be similar to cutting the planks for an exterior deck?
I should I cut a 45 degree angle on both ends of the plank and then slot that into the ceiling where it fits and then everything else will also be 45 degrees from that starting point? If I did thhat then I'd be starting at the point 9ft along one of the walls (ie the 9x9 point).
I should I cut a 45 degree angle on both ends of the plank and then slot that into the ceiling where it fits and then everything else will also be 45 degrees from that starting point? If I did thhat then I'd be starting at the point 9ft along one of the walls (ie the 9x9 point).
