And the weight of the beams depends on the material size design and dimension.
Box beam vs coffered ceiling.
In this online member article builder joseph lanza shares some advice and tips on how to build box beams that can be used as the basis for coffered ceilings.
Add character with a box beam ceiling.
Though coffered and tray ceilings share some characteristics and decorative options they do have distinct differences.
Another name for a box beam ceiling is a coffered ceiling.
It looks way too heavy for me.
Tray ceilings are almost always wrapped in drywall and plaster and finished with some off the shelf flavor of crown molding.
Both ceiling types feature recessed ceiling sections above geometric arrangements of box beams or deep molding.
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This looks way to deep and wide for me.
Right now the width and depth of each beam is 12 without trim.
For those of you with coffered or box beam ceilings what are the dimensions of your beams.
Coffered and tray ceilings add architectural interest to a room by adding detail and depth the ceiling expanse.
Although coffered ceilings draw the eye upward the beams extend downward into a room taking up some overhead space.
Coffered ceilings also can be designed to include a much broader variety of material expressions such as installing a box beam ceiling.
A coffered ceiling begins with box beams.
Areas i began by adding two large box beams measuring roughly 9 in.
Because most of the lvl was buried in the ceiling i was able to make the two bigger box beams appear to carry the structural beam.
Today most coffered ceilings are decorative interior elements and hence the ceiling must be able to hold the weight of the beams.
A vital consideration is the material used for the construction of the box beam grid system because it will affect the installation.
A box beam ceiling is a design element that features hollow beams affixed to the ceiling to create a repeating box pattern.
Our ceilings are 11 high.
What is a box ceiling.