Coffer Ceiling

world llc

i like this one the best so far. just the addition of the lights and the half round make a huge impact! let me know what you think

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D.Foster

Classy!! Well done. Is the whole assembly only nailed to 2x or 1x blocking from the first pic?? Or was there more added between steps?

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world llc

the ceiling had a huge wow in it... about 2 inches at it's worse

there was 3/4 strips of ply glued and screwed to the ceiling joists, and 3 inch nailers glued and nailed to either side. then we set up the lazer and installed the base. then we made the crown boxes and nailed and glued a piece of 1/2 inch mdf on top of it... making the top of the ceiling.

the outside intersections are 4 pieces of windsor mitered together... gives it a nice look.

D.Foster

Nice, thats a good way to do it. I've been thinkin bout doin one in my dining room, and like to see how guys do theirs. Thanks for the post!!

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doubleaction

Looks good, nice work.

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WarnerConstInc.

September 20 1958, I love it when you find things like that.

Nice, very nice.

Trimcat

First class

world llc

that was the date next to the firring strips the ceiling tile was stapled to

there were ceilings over ceilings over the original 1911 plaster standing at 9'... how cool is that!!

TBFGhost

Very nice...that is the fun stuff right there...being a punchlist tech I don't get to see too much of that unless someone screwed something up.

I found my nitch as a Punchlist Tech for a few local GCs. Made my own LLC and here I am. To be honest I would love to learn more about finish carpentry as my knowledge is basic. While I can do most things, I am learning much as I go and being carpentry is not where I will end up staying for main career, no one wants to teach me so I have to teach myself...I spend alot of time reading books and trying to find reasons to build projects. I would love to work on larger project with experianced carpenters to learn more....

genecarp

Your work is nice, i think the cieling is a bit Grand for the size of the room-----Thats what i seee. G

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i really wasn't tought too much either, i have picked up everything along the way by watching, reading, and doing. i learned the most by watching the trim guys work in the big houses when i was the painter. i would ask questions from time to time and somehow remembered most of it. i cought a break about 4 maybe 5 years ago when i was painting some cookie cutter development and the builder couldn't get his trimmer to start soon enough... this guy had to have everything done yesterday! basicly me and the super on the job ended up triming the box over 3 days. i learned to hang doors and case windows... real simple. eventually they let me do more and more and i got to experiment on some bigger jobs with coffers and tray's and raised pannel wall boxes and some cool stuff basicly.

unfortunatly they don't build anymore (damn economy) but i plan to solicite some nicer work in mailers by the end of this quarter.

basicly it's fun when i get to do it, but then it's back to the daily grind

Gus Dering

I was thinking the same thing. just a few inches on the deep side.
The wainscot might look a little better if the rectangles were a little taller.

But hey, very beautiful work. You have a great aptitude for this work.
I hope you find all the work you want. You deserve it.

Tom Struble

very nice workmanship

Magnettica

I love seeing coffer ceilings. They just make a room look beautiful in my opinion. I would have preferred to see the recessed lights inside the squares directly on the ceiling rather then cut-in to the wood detail. But hey that's just me.

Nice job..

By the way, Chatham, New Jersey, very nice area.

OW! My thumb

Cool, I like that. Is that 1x10 or 1x12 for the can lights.

loneframer

Thanks for posting the pics I learned something new today, I probably would have overcomplicated that. I guess thats because I'm a lefty.

AutumnWood Inc.

Very nice work.... The little inserts are a nice detail, were they pre-made....?

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Rockwood

That's a showpiece and the lights really make it. Everybody likes quality

JLTrim

Very cool, I like the detail at the intersections... I have always wanted to try my hand at that, still haven't had a chance. I come across coffered ceilings now and then but they are usually framed that way and then drywalled, not too impressive looking.