I Made Fake Beams in Our Bedroom

hey what's going on guys welcome to another episode of the concrete slab house right now today we're gonna start tackling the project in the master bedroom so we have these vaulted ceilings that are pitched right towards the middle of the room in our advantage so what we want to do is get some character we want to build some faux beams to really give it a grander look so we're going to take this blank canvas and and turn it to that took us five full days to complete a lot of courage and sweat so without wasting any more time let me show you what i did let's get into the video let's go [Music] you know i've been debating about getting this big ladder for a long time uh because i like spending like 300 bucks but i'm glad i finally pulled the trigger and have it to tackle projects like this and i think it basically paid for itself so uh he says big ladder i know i'm as excited as you are we need to find all the studs and all the trusses that are coming across so i got my stud finder and some tape i'm going to find exactly which each one is put marking put my piece of tape and start working my way out so the last part of a measurement that we need is to spread out evenly how how many beams are coming so i want them to be four on each side when it's on top so this is about 205 inches i'm going to divide it by three meaning three compartments so it's going to be roughly around 68 inches i'm putting my piece of tape on both sides so we can put a laser level across and make sure everything's symmetrical so the way these beams are going to be set up is we're going to have a a plate that first gets attached to the drywall into all the the trusses and the studs this is a two by f two by six piece so we're gonna put it along the sides and down the middle and then this is gonna be the faux beam that we're gonna have to fabricate the measurement is gonna be so perfect that this basically sits cups this on the sides and then we could secure it with screws or nails or whatever along the side i bought 12 pieces of 2x6 or 8 foot long you could go 10 footers all right folks we got our three inch screws we have our impact drill and we have our two by sixes let's start throwing up the corners and try to split the difference for the middle let's go to make sure the center beams are gonna be straight and not tilted to the side by putting connecting two joints together we really know that this is gonna be a straight line so we need those two points laser level for the wind [Music] this is gonna be a strong deltoid workout is there a better sound than hearing a screw going into a stud we're gonna put the middle support bracket in now it's gonna be a little tricky because we're gonna do a little modification that electrical box right there that's hanging the ceiling fan we're gonna have to create a housing for it put it down the middle of this crease and then have enough room for it to drop down so i'll get a cut for this piece and that piece secured in the middle of the trusses and then we'll build at our box so for the middle here because you're going to have this gap right here right and these screws will not be long enough to go straight down the middle really helpful for me is to just put these at an angle into these trusses that are running this way so i'm putting 145 here 145 there and it's nice and strong we're whooping out the big guns five inch lag bolts gonna go down the middle we're not messing around folks so i need to create a faux box or a box to basically suspend the fan right down the middle okay so what we're going to do is we're going to pick up this ceiling fan mounting box kit and what's nice is i keep dropping everything everything's adjustable that's the first cool thing the screws go into the side of the studs and then this gets secured in here and now you can mount your ceiling fan here's what we have to consider the box is gonna be there right the faux beam it's gonna be five and a half inches or one by six deep we can't have this thing willy-nilly just sitting inside exposing the electrical box to the wood we have to protect it from electrocuting and starting a fire so this has to sit flush with the basically the last part of the beam how do we compensate that we've created a couple of blockings to drop the the basically stud part itself down and then we'll secure it to there compensating for that beam thickness this is not working the wood's splitting so i'm going to use a 2x6 i just don't want my fan to follow me all right now that the base plates are all secured into the trusses and the studs we're gonna start creating our beams uh it's just gonna be a three-sided butt joint glue up we're gonna put some glue like that have it brad nailed along the sides let it dry and then once it's done we should be able to lift this thing up and position it perfectly in the base plates and then secure it from the sides theoretically [Music] one mistake well not a mistake it's more of a choice um those are eight footer boards sorry ten photo boards they're supposed to be 12 foot and uh i had some scrap over stuff left over i'm going to attach these they don't have to be completely connected as long as there's multiple anchor points put those up i'll start dropping my electrical for the new fan box and then we'll see what we can do about making some beams anybody want a fan so because the existing fan is slant and it's not down the middle and it's going to appear in the box i'm going to piggy off of those wires in the electrical box cover it up and then swing it down the middle of that crease and then put it into the metal electrical box and then everything will be concealed and housed in the faux beams okay i guess i'm doing a good job getting arena's new rug dirty here um i have a solution for this this is a perfect opportunity to talk about sponsors of today's video hoover ride of the box the hoover high performance upright swivel vac was ready for work no assembling required whatsoever i plugged it in turned on the power and it was ready to rock and roll i had it set to a low type of kind of carpet and it had no issues maneuvering around i had no issues picking any of the fine debris and the dirt that i kind of created from all these beams the swivel was fantastic it created for these natural motions that the vacuum wanted to go there was no effort that i had to put in try to maneuver it in a way that i wasn't ready to go or didn't want to go i could actually feel the bristles and the vacuum pressure through the hand grip knowing that though this carpet is low it was doing in a very effective and efficient job of picking up any dirt and debris and picking up the fibers it maneuvered behind and to the side of all the table legs easily and effortlessly and the transition from rug or carpet onto hardwood floors was flawless there was no issues at all i didn't see any dirt and debris scattering from it just because they had their scatter guard technology which prevented 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about the hoover high performance upright swivel vac and a big thank you hoover for sponsoring this video now everything nice and clean let's get back into this video let's go so to install the first part is the middle part of the beam to make the easiest seam is i'm going to make a seam right down the middle of this junction box that will be the most natural so i'm going to measure my distance create the circle cut and we'll start installing it here's a little pro tip the junction box is four inches wide and guess what my tape just so happens to be right now the amount there is four inches i'm splitting it down the middle two inches on this side two inches on this side hopefully both of these two puzzle pieces will come together and consume the housing let's see how we do the issue that i'm having here is even though this is five and a half inches width on the inside and five and a half on the two by sixes by the time you glue them up the tops or one of the sides closes in so the bottom is five and a half and the other side is five and an eight i'm going to use a little spacer block to put it in a couple of spots and that way it won't interfere with the base plates but also stretch this out to actually work so the issue that we were having is that the beam wouldn't sit over this part that was housing the or supporting the fan so i had to bring it down a notch i'm gonna throw these on and then those being should fit [Music] oh blood sweat and tears man [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i took the liberty and save us some time and i mass produced a bunch of these beams so they're all ready for us to go now here's the only issue that we're gonna be running into here is figuring out the angle on this side of the beam and the angle on this side of the beam i could use is a t-bevel square and the way it just works is you could just put it up to two angles lock it in place and then we could trace that on our beam and make the cut with a circular saw but i believe in using jigs so let's make us a little jig from scrap piece of beam that way we just replicate it everywhere we go [Music] well see we always make mistakes and i'm just glad we did it with the scrap piece i got the right measurement i just put it on the wrong side so we're gonna give it another go see how she turns out we're getting there how perfect is that we got our first angle we got to do the next one and this will be our handy dandy speed guide [Music] boom boy here's the last most important part the measurement that you're taking the span you have to know if you're taking the inside or the outside measurement that will screw up and i screwed up royally many times [Music] so first beam is up i'm already seeing a problem you guys can see this gap right here right well that's because this is an angle therefore this elongates it so if you're gonna do this yourself make sure this beam center beam is about maybe one and a half two inches be safe two inches longer uh or or deeper that way it can consolidate or close it off heads up for you guys [Music] first try [Music] the corners are just going to be a two-sided beam i've already cut this one to match the angle each one has their own independent angle so be cautious of that and i'm going to secure it with screws into that 2x6 that's already anchored in the trusses uh we're gonna have to do something a little bit different i'm gonna pop this off i'm gonna put a 1 by 2 just on the other side of this piece of wood that way i could also secure it this way all right folks today is staining day but before we do that we have to sand it i hope you like my little clever concoction here strapping the vacuum to the top of the thing so the hose can actually reach it using 120 grit sandpaper give it a light good sand especially getting all the print off of it all the stamps that i put on it and then i'm also masking it off to make it easy for me to have a quick stain when we're doing it [Music] so [Music] so after brainstorming how to conceal these holes or gaps from the beams again if you are watching this video and you're gonna do it save yourself the hassle make the center beam longer by at least two three inches uh so now in my situation i'm not gonna redo this for an extra 500 instead i'm just gonna find a solution so i've come up with these uh kind of caps if you will that are beveled on the sides and i'm gonna put them down the middle and i think it'll be enough of a decorative piece for it not to catch the eye again save yourself the hassle learn from my mistake all right uh update looks like absolute horse crap uh i don't like it it looks like it's i'm trying to patch something that which i clearly am i'm embarrassed by it again i'm not gonna redo it so here's my solution i made another uh mitered cap uh that is gonna kind of give this like decorative kind of look i do think this is gonna be the best possible solution to give it more of intricate design i can't wait to see all the comments yeah yeah let's do it [Music] all right folks it's been a long week coming let's do some stain we're using weathered oak it's a semi-transparent by minwax all-time favorite of our arenas it has it keeps it from going ambush but it definitely has some grayish tones which are money we'll start doing a couple of coats and just keep trucking along [Music] stain is applying really well and what's really nice is that i didn't have to really aggressively sand that it's a flawless look because these are supposed to be representative of beams right so they have their own character and distressing and i know i'm going to get a lot of comments about oh you should have done miter joints so it looks like seamless beams i could and i've done shelves like that before i didn't want to tinker with this i wanted to be you can't even notice them because they're so high so i'm just saving time and maybe making a little more diy approach let me finish staining the rest of the other half and i'll show you what this big reveal what the fan looks like see in a minute [Music] [Music] [Music] all right let's talk about the overall budget for this project the two by six base plates were 200 the 1x6 boards that ended up being the faux beams themselves were roughly around 400 screws were 20 and stain was another 10. all in all making this project finish for 630 hey thanks so much for sticking around watching another one of my videos of this concrete slab house right now if you like home improvement projects or any kind of furniture build projects make sure hit the subscribe button and tap the notification bell so we'll know exactly when these videos come out make sure you connect me on my social media all the links will be in the description below as well as my merch section snag yourself a cursed white t-shirt and my patreon where we release our long footage directors uncut stuff there's so much information that does not make it to the 18 minute videos help support this channel and remember we're not training professionals we're just not afraid to try and fail courageous sweat folks tune out this down we'll see on the next one see ya bye and the issues that i'm having is i keep missing on some of them the studs or the trusses as you can see this looks like i shot a bunch of bullets at it [Music]

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Id: 9QVtVF_snVo

Length: 18min 37sec (1117 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 07 2021