Installation of polyurethane beams. Selection and installation of ceiling beams

When finishing the ceiling, you can use a technique such as finishing the ceiling with beams. This decor option is used when decorating a room in a country style, which is popular among wealthy property owners.

IN modern houses and in apartments the beams below the ceiling play decorative role. Sometimes this element is not only a decoration of the interior of the house, but also fulfills its functional purpose.

Mounting beams on the ceiling with your own hands is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. First of all, you need to determine the place where they will be installed, and then purchase everything necessary materials for the production of decorative elements.

The visual perception of the room depends on how to make beams on the ceiling:

The most common materials for manufacturing ceiling beams depending on their functional purpose are plasterboard, polyurethane and natural wood.

Natural wood ceiling beams

Finishing of solid ceiling beams wooden beam carried out during the construction of a house. Such structures not only have significant weight, they are expensive. Their installation is justified only when it is absolutely necessary. Only professionals can perform their installation work.

If desired, make a ceiling with open beams from natural wood(see photo) you can choose the installation option from boards. Like decorative element looks very impressive on the ceiling. To perform the work, it is necessary to use well-dried wood, since warm air always rises to the ceiling and after a while a gap will appear between the boards at the joint.

In many ways, the type of false beams depends on how the boards are joined. The option is considered invisible when they are connected at an angle; for this, the edges are cut at a 45-degree slope. True, such work can be done with special equipment. It’s easier to use bars to connect boards - this option for making beams on the ceiling does not require much labor or special tools.

To make a ceiling with beams with your own hands, you will need the following tools and building materials:

dry boards;
bars;
drill;
screwdriver;
plane;
sandpaper;
wood glue;
self-tapping screws

Sequence of installation of false beams

To install these structures that play the role, they are attached to the ceiling at certain intervals. wooden blocks, whose width corresponds internal size the voids of the box, and use self-tapping screws for fastening. In some cases, before making a ceiling with beams, a lathing is created on it from metal profile or bars. Self-tapping screws are used for their installation.

Polyurethane false beams

There is a simple way to make beams on the ceiling - this is to install ready-made polyurethane false beams different colors and sizes offered by manufacturers. Of course, they look more impressive, but decorative elements made of polyurethane are lightweight, their installation is simple, and they do not require additional finishing. They can be used to disguise telephone wires, electrical wiring and small diameter communication pipes. The size of the products and the distance between the ceiling beams are chosen based on the design of the room and the effect to be achieved.

To install polyurethane beams, you need to have at your disposal:

pencil and tape measure;
drill;
screwdriver;
dowels and screws;
wedge bars;
glue.

Previously, beams under the ceiling solved a completely functional task - they supported ceiling. Now this purely decorative element is most often found in interiors made in a rustic or Old English style, in Provence, country and chalet styles. It’s a good idea to integrate beams into modern styles interior: loft, modern, minimalism, hi-tech.

Decorative ones look most advantageous in rooms with high ceilings, which dictates their placement mainly in houses with a ceiling height of three meters or more. Wooden beams under the ceiling - stylish element home decoration, emphasizing the spaciousness of the room, and in some cases carrying a functional load (for example, it is used to hide communications). Most often, beams are placed in kitchens, hallways, halls and offices.

Types of beams

Certainly, modern houses rarely decorated with real wooden elements under the ceiling. Although there are connoisseurs of natural things who prefer real heavy beams for ceiling decoration, usually in a country house.

Building materials stores offer a huge selection of false beams made of lightweight and easy-to-install polyurethane. Visually, such elements are indistinguishable from natural wood, and in practice they even surpass it in some ways.

The advantages of polyurethane false beams include the fact that they:

are not afraid of dampness, do not swell from excess moisture;
do not crack or deform;
very easy to attach to the ceiling (including suspended ceilings).

However, lovers of naturalness can opt for false beams made of MDF or chipboard, hollow inside. Veneers made of wood are glued onto such beams. valuable species tree. You can find options made from lamellas. Beams come with sharp and rounded edges, U-shaped and L-shaped (to decorate joints).

Table. Comparison of polyurethane and wooden false beams.

To design a high-tech style, some designers use metal beams, however, such elements are more difficult to install and require professional installation.

How to make decorative ceiling beams with your own hands

Some craftsmen make beams with their own hands, which takes a minimum of time and is inexpensive. For example, in order to make false beams, you can use ordinary polystyrene foam, which remains from insulating a garage or loggia.

Step 1. Cut sheets 4-5 cm thick into strips of the required width.

Step 2. Glue the strips liquid nails into a U-shaped beam.

Step 3. After setting, cut the beams into pieces of the required length.

Step 4. Cover the beams self-adhesive film under the tree (except for the side that will be glued to the wall).

Using the same technology, you can make beams from plywood or even regular boards. The boards can then be aged, covered with stain and varnish.

If you want to make beams from natural timber, you can buy edged polished timber, for example, 70x50. When choosing, be sure to check that it is smooth and dry. Then you need to treat it with stain and varnish and cut it to the required length. This is also an inexpensive and accessible option.

Decorating beams

Each interior style will require its own style of beam design.

For classical and Victorian styles, you can decorate the beams with gold carvings, decorate them with patterns and vignettes. You can find such ready-made polyurethane beams on sale.
White, black, brown and also colored beams will be ideal solution for modern interiors.
For high-tech style suitable design beams for metal.
To create a country style, the wood will need to be aged.
The rural style (country) is characterized by a distinctly rough texture.

Options for placing beams on the ceiling

False beams can be used to decorate any type of ceiling: suspended, plasterboard, regular painted, etc. With their help, you can zone a room or create such a popular decorative element as a false window on the ceiling with imitation of stained glass. Decorative beams can imitate window coverings, between which, during the work process, a canvas with photo printing, mosaics, frescoes and even mirror panels are glued. The modern European trend is very interesting, when beams go onto walls.

Beams can be decorated on top LED backlight, which will give a special decorative effect. The beams in which they are mounted look amazing ceiling lamps. All wiring in this case is hidden inside the hollow structure.

In general, beams on the ceiling will give a feeling of warmth and comfort to the living space, add zest to modern interior styles and allow you to create the necessary authenticity in public institutions such as clubs or pubs.

How to position the beams

If the room needs visual expansion, then the following points should be taken into account when arranging the beams.

If you need to make the room wider, then the beams need to be placed on the short side.
If you need to increase the length, the beams should be placed along the entire length of the ceiling.
A criss-cross arrangement will give the room visual volume.
One beam can highlight a separate area: for example, a bar counter.

The frequency of location also plays a big role. For example, if the ceiling height is very high (which happens on the first floors of buildings), placing the beams close to each other helps to reduce it a little. If the ceilings are of medium height, the beams should be mounted at a greater distance from each other. Beams can also be laid in a herringbone pattern. Attic rooms without a ceiling they look especially impressive if the ceiling beams pass through the columns and are attached at the ends to the walls, creating the effect of a hut.

How to attach beams to the ceiling

The specifics of the procedure depend on the material from which the false beams are made. Let's take a closer look at each of the options.

How to glue foam false beams to a regular ceiling

This is the simplest option for placing false beams in modern apartment. If you want to decorate your kitchen or living room quickly, inexpensively and on our own, best option can not found.

Step 1. First, marks are made on the ceiling and walls to indicate the places where the false beams will be glued. The sticker areas need to be primed for better adhesion.

Step 2. Then the beam is coated with liquid nails and glued to the required place. Foam products are practically weightless, and liquid nails set literally instantly.

Some instructions advise to apply it to the wall at the same time, but if there is too much glue, the beam may begin to slide down the wall. Therefore, the golden mean must be determined experimentally.

Step 3. If the room is narrow, you can stick 2 beams along long walls rooms, and simply place the cross beams perpendicular to them. Such a simple ceiling will help hide the unevenness of an ordinary concrete ceiling and it will look very advantageous.

How to quickly secure wooden beams to a wooden or concrete ceiling

This is also not very difficult or expensive to do.

Step 1. We draw lines on the ceiling for placement.

Step 2. We drill holes in the timber with a 12 mm drill no more than 0.5 centimeters deep every 30 cm.

Step 3. In the same holes we drill 8 mm holes into which we drive 120 mm self-tapping screws.

Step 4. We apply timber and mark the locations for the holes in the ceiling.

Step 5. Drill 8 mm holes on the ceiling in the marked places using a hammer drill.

Step 6. We drive chopsticks into them.

Step 7 We screw the beam.

Since the head of the screw is hidden, we cover these places with wood putty. After drying, tint with stain, then varnish. You can cover the screw heads with wooden plugs or special decorative overlays with imitation of forged nail heads. You can attach nails to regular dowels - this is an even faster option.

If cross distribution of beams is planned, unevenness may occur at the joints. The design of these units depends on the style in which the room is decorated. If it is country, for example, then these places can be covered with leather decorative belts or large twine glued in several rows.

Installation of polyurethane decorative beams on beams

This professional way installation

Decorative beam B1 made of polyurethane (wenge, cherry, oak, olive, walnut, light oak)

Step 1. For polyurethane false beams, wedge beams are made of wood, which completely correspond to the internal cavity of the beam.

Step 2. The ceiling is marked: lines are drawn along which the beams will be attached.

Step 3. The wedge bars are installed along a line every 1 meter using screws or dowels.

Step 4. When installing a false beam, polyurethane adhesive is applied to the ceiling. This is not necessary for fixation, but for a tighter fit to the ceiling so that there are no gaps left.

Step 5. The beam is tightly placed on the beams and screwed through the sides with screws.

Step 6. The screws that attach the false beam to the beam and the joints of the beams are covered with decorative leather straps with imitation rivets.

Features of the installation of beams on a suspended ceiling

To do suspended ceiling and decorate it with decorative tanks, you should install embedded parts, similar to those installed for hanging chandeliers. The embed for a decorative false beam is just a wooden block required thickness. It is attached to the main ceiling, and the suspended ceiling is stretched in such a way that it passes touching the lower plane of the bar. Then false beams are attached through the ceiling to the beam.

You can use fastening of beams using hangers. Suspensions are attached to the base. and after tensioning the ceiling, slits are made in the canvas. Specific actions depend on the type of material.

If the suspended ceiling has been hanging for a long time, but you want to somehow diversify the interior without dismantling the canvas, you can use external consoles with fasteners to the wall or internal bars screwed to the walls. Beams will be attached to them with self-tapping screws.

Features of the installation of beams on a plasterboard ceiling

Because plasterboard ceiling It is suspended, you can’t just attach beams to it. You will have to remember/tap the places where the frame profiles go and attach the beams to them. Can be attached to any in a convenient way: with a long anchor through the beam, gypsum board and profile or on a block attached with a self-tapping screw to the gypsum board and profile. A self-tapping screw screwed exclusively onto drywall will not hold the beam for long.

Some nuances

The joints of beams or the exit points of self-tapping screws are covered various kinds decorative overlays, among which are the following:

camouflage with decorative rope;
masking with wax pencil;
masking with forged copper plates;
decorative leather belts.

To decorate the space, you can use decorative consoles, which are sold together with beams and create an imitation of supports on the walls. If cables will run inside the polyurethane beam for lighting fixtures, then they must be hidden in corrugated protection.

Video - Installation of wooden decorative beams on the ceiling

This way you can get a very beautiful unusual interior with an emphasis on wooden beams under the ceiling. This interior does not require a large investment of money, and you can fix the beams with your own hands literally within a few hours.

Polyurethane foam beams can be mounted with glue or attached to wooden blocks. The first method is suitable for beams, not load bearing. Fastening decorative beams on glue is characterized by simplicity and high speed of work, does not require special tool and wooden blocks. Anyone can install beams with glue, even those who have never dealt with interior decoration. Installation of false beams for wooden blocks is more labor-intensive and takes more time. In most cases, fastening to wooden blocks is not required.

Beams are installed after completion finishing works. Before installation, they must be kept indoors for 24 hours. If installation of polyurethane beams(correctly polyurethane foam) is carried out using glue, you need to read the instructions and check on a separate beam how long it takes for the glue to set. You should also pay attention to what temperature you can work at. Typically, for such work, the room temperature should not be lower than 5 °C.

Before attaching decorative beams, you need to make marks on the ceiling or wall and cut the beams to the required length. The marking must be done very carefully, because it determines how well the location of the mounted beams will correspond to the designer’s project. To cut beams, use a hacksaw with fine teeth. It is more convenient to cut small fragments with a knife that has a hard, sharp blade. After sawing or cutting, it is recommended to sand the edges of the beam with coarse sandpaper.

Installation of false beams with glue

To apply glue, use a special gun or simply squeeze the glue out of the tube. The glue is applied to the edges of the beam in an even, continuous layer and pressed against the surface of the ceiling or wall in the marked location. Fastening false beams can be performed by one installer if their length is about a meter or less. In the case where the length of the products is significant, the work is carried out together, which ensures convenience and accuracy of fastening. If necessary, use supports until the glue dries completely.

First of all, the main beams are installed. Installation of the jibs and cross beams is carried out after the glue has completely cured, usually after 24 hours.

Amaro recommends installation of decorative beams on the ceiling and walls using Spantan-1K glue own production. It has proven itself well in terms of reliability and ease of use. The glue is absolutely harmless, sets quickly, has high strength and good adhesion.

Installation of false beams on wooden blocks

For installation, choose bars whose cross-section corresponds to the groove of the beam. The bars are attached to the wall or ceiling using dowels along the marked lines every 1 m for each beam. A mark is left opposite their middle so that it is visible after the beam is installed. Further installation of decorative false beams boils down to the fact that they are put on the bars and, focusing on the marks left, they are secured with self-tapping screws. The places where the self-tapping screws are screwed in are puttied and painted to match the color of the beams.

The ceiling beams are good remedy for hiding wiring, unsightly places in the interior. They create a unique interior in the room, it seems as if you are on an old ship or have gone back in time.
In old wooden houses ceiling beams are often present in their present form. Ceilings with beams can be decorated by adding false joists and, for example, fixing lamps in them. Let's look at the main subtleties of how you can make beams on the ceiling with your own hands and highlight the interior. A ceiling with beams is a structure made of hollow U- or L-shaped structures; they do not provide a significant load, but they give a very impressive look.

Beams on the ceiling

Preparation of work

Before you begin, you need to prepare and strengthen the ceiling, especially if the elements are made of metal or wood.

We will need following materials and tools:

circular or hand saw;
stapler, knife;
glue (for belt);
nails, hammer, square, tape measure;
block 30x40 mm;
decorative belt (I used imitation forging, antique).

Before work, it is very important to purchase goggles and a special mask to protect your eyes and respiratory tract from carpentry dust.

After work I had dust in my mouth, I could draw on my glasses, but I still often neglected it myself simple rule, but when I tried to use it, I didn’t regret it, which I recommend to everyone.

Decorative beams

Types of false beams

There are a great variety of them, ranging from traditional wooden ones, which add warmth to any interior and ceiling, to polyurethane and plasterboard, which differ at an affordable price, long period of operation.
Wood is not the cheapest material, but it allows you to make unique interior antique Despite the cost, false ceiling logs made of wood are popular due to the environmental friendliness of the material, practicality and very impressive appearance, with which nothing compares.

False beams made of wood

Metal gives the ceiling the effect of a modern building, but at the same time in such logs there is no that old warmth that is felt in village houses With clay walls and beautiful antique ceilings.
Polyurethane is accessible and practical; such ceiling logs can imitate various materials, which is very convenient, but they are harmful and fire hazardous.

Making a wooden decorative beam with your own hands

I'll tell you about one thing in an interesting way how to make beautiful wooden beams on the ceiling with your own hands. We will need: an ax, and attachments for the grinder: rough metal brush, a thin nozzle with sandpaper, a soft metal brush, I use discs from the popular Brigadier company, which last longer, although they cost a little more, you also need paint, fine-grained sandpaper, varnish or stain.

Aged wooden beam

To begin with, we make notches and chips with a sharp corner of the ax (which can be done with heavily damaged old wood that has been eaten by bark beetles), after which we pass along the fibers with a coarse brush to clean out the unevenness; small grooves remain from it, which also look impressive.
Then use sandpaper to remove a small layer where burrs and irregularities remain, paint with black paint, and then take fine-grained sandpaper, even a small piece will do, and lightly remove the surface layer on top of the paint and cover it with varnish. The result is a beautiful monolithic block, from which you can then make a false ceiling joist on the ceiling by cutting out the core.

Aged beams

To make a false beam you need circular saw cut three boards from 3 sides of the beam, then align them evenly at an angle of 90 degrees and fasten them with self-tapping screws; the joints and caps are masked with wood putty.
Also, if there is a vertical metal support, you can cover it with 4 boards on self-tapping screws, putty the joints, after which you take any thick attachment, it can even be an old one with Pobedit coating for concrete and pass it along the fibers.
Also, where the grain pattern ends, we continue it on another board, not paying attention to the joints, you need to try to copy the natural structure, otherwise the interior will be unnatural, then we paint, it turns out very beautiful, plus we save time on cleaning and preparation.
Sometimes customers ask original ceiling with beams that would attract attention, for this I cover the ceiling with burnt clapboard diagonally, which visually enlarges the room. Then I first cover it with timber at a distance of 30-40 cm from each other, and then mount the beams on the ceiling.

The cracks can be filled with wax using a spatula to create the effect of an iridescent shine on the ceiling;
Using a drill, random holes are made, as if marks from bark beetles; the holes should be made at an angle in order to imitate naturalness as much as possible;
The corners can be cleaned with a hard metal brush, because previously they were cleaned with an ax;
A banal but neat burning blowtorch will convey a unique impression to the owner of such a ceiling;
Pinotex interior is rubbed into the surface with a rag, which gives the wood a special old look, it is important to keep in mind that this is not a varnish, but a decor, and it must be applied with a rag in a minimal amount.

When rubbing in the composition, it is important to do this carefully so that there are no drips; the wood must absorb the composition naturally; in no case should it be painted with a brush or paint brush.

After that, if there are no special “tricks” in the form of wax, then I paint the beams on the ceiling with two layers of Tikkurila paint. The result is an interior with a ship's ceiling, when the floor rests on beams, very effectively emphasizing the interior of transition zones and corridors.

Interior with ship ceiling

Installation

This can be done very quickly on the ceiling with your own hands, despite the advice of many companies providing such services.
To secure the false beams to the ceiling, first install a 30 by 40 mm block. quick installation» to the ceiling on both sides. That is, to fasten an L-shaped joist as a plinth, you need to fix two slats on the ceiling and wall, a false beam is adjacent and attached to them, and for the U-shaped part, “rails” are made along the entire length of the future joist on the ceiling.

Beam installation

With a marker matched to the color, you can disguise chips on the ends. Also, when installing with self-tapping screws, you can hide the caps by first drilling out places with small nozzles - crowns, plugs are removed from the nozzle, which, after installation, are inserted back into the cracks and covered with a sealant that matches the color of the ceiling false beam.
After which it is usually nailed to the beams, under it you can hide the wiring and place lamps, these options should be thought out in advance, and the joints are hidden with a decorative belt or left as is.
As we can see, you shouldn’t rush to install beams on the ceiling, which happens much faster than other ways to effectively decorate the interior of a room, but you should think a little about the material for the ceiling joists, because it’s easy to decorate it effectively with your own hands.

Installing polyurethane beams on a regular ceiling is not very difficult. Such beams are light in weight, and for their installation, Spantan-1K glue, specially developed by the Amaro company, is sufficient.

Attention: It takes 1.5-2 hours for the glue to completely harden. During this time, props should be placed to support the beams.

With a suspended ceiling the situation is more complicated. Stretch ceiling is one of the most functional and effective design solutions, especially in combination with decorative beams. But simply gluing beams to it will not work. There are several options for installing polyurethane beams on a suspended ceiling.

Attention: When working with suspended ceilings, you should use gloves, especially if the coating is glossy. Otherwise, there will be unsightly marks on it.

Let's assume that the suspended ceiling has already been made, and the beams that need to be installed are short in length, for example, about 1 meter. In this case, wooden blocks should be secured to the walls, to which the beams are attached with self-tapping screws. The screws can be painted to match the beam itself, thus making them invisible. Due to the fact that the false beam is short, it will not sag. The end result will be interesting. design solution as if a beam were supporting the ceiling.

Installation of long beams to a suspended ceiling

For long beams, the first method will not work, since in this case they will sag. The result will be a very unsightly picture in the form of a gap between the ceiling and the beam. This will be especially noticeable with glossy ceiling covering. Therefore, if you plan to install long beams, it is necessary to make mortgages before installing the ceiling. They are attached directly to the base ceiling. After tensioning the PVC sheet or fabric through it, bars are attached to the mortgages. Then the decorative beams themselves are attached directly to the bars using self-tapping screws.

Mortgages can be made from wooden blocks, or you can use universal mounting platforms for a chandelier or special adjustable stands. There is no need to build a massive structure from durable, moisture-resistant plywood, as for a heavy chandelier, since polyurethane beams are necessarily lightweight.

The mortgage can also be made from a metal profile for plasterboard structures. However, this method of fastening is more suitable for installing decorative elements with greater weight than for lightweight polyurethane beams.

Mortgages must meet the following requirements:

Be aligned. Alignment is best done using laser level according to the level of the future stretch ceiling.
If the stretch ceiling fabric is planned to be made of PVC rather than fabric, then the embedded parts should be smooth and without burrs. Otherwise, sharp edges may damage the canvas.
Mortgages made of wooden blocks must be plastered in places of possible contact with the canvas to avoid damage.

The bars to which the beams are attached are screwed to the mortgages through the suspended ceiling, which means that holes must be made in the canvas for screws. If the ceiling is woven, such holes can be made without fear that the fabric will break. In the case of a PVC ceiling, the holes for screws must be reinforced.

Reinforcement of ceiling openings

The most common two methods are reinforced. The first is to use stickers or universal adhesive tape in place of future holes. However, more reliable and the right way The use of special plastic rings is considered.

Apply evenly to the ring thin layer superglue and it attaches to the ceiling. You should make sure that the ring is firmly glued to the canvas, after which it internal diameter stationery knife a hole is cut. It is through this hole that the block is attached to the mortgage.

Attention: The information is provided for informational purposes only. We are not responsible for the consequences self-installation. We recommend contacting specialists.