faux wood beam

mille100piedi

I am looking for polyurethane beam to create a faux wood beam in my ceiling, do you know where I can find it?

Muahahaha

No ideas mate but if you want the real thing these guys have reclaimed timber beams
http://www.landmarkarchitectural.ie

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Muahahaha wrote: »

No ideas mate but if you want the real thing these guys have reclaimed timber beams
http://www.landmarkarchitectural.ie

Maybe he is looking for a faux wood beam to disguise an RSJ or pipes or something!

Muahahaha

True ! They're also a lot lighter and cheaper than the real thing. I've never seen them on general sale in any DIY shops but I'd be surprised if someone doesn't supply them. These guys in the UK do them http://www.replicabeams.co.uk but I'd imagine it could be expensive to get long beams shipped, even if they don't weight a whole lot.

mille100piedi

Thanks! Real timbers are too heavy for my ceiling. In my country they sell them in shops like B&Q. The are made of polyurethane and they look like real wood. they are really easy to install, you need only glue. I remember I found a supplier in Dublin 12 of polyurethane but I can't find it.

Muahahaha

Would it have been these guys ?
http://www.graepel.ie/displayproduct?cat=rubber-polyurethane-screens&p=polyurethane-screens
They make polyurethane but I'm not sure they'd have the off the shelf kind of product you're after

I think also Vita Cortex did something with polyurethane but the closed down as far as I know a few years ago. I think they were in Dublin 12 too.

mille100piedi

Probabily it was vita cortex selling the foam because now I can't find anything in Dublin. I will check graepel.

Muahahaha

Well let us know how you get on because I might be interested in something similar for the kitchen down the line:)They look amazingly real in fairness and in guess pretty easy for one person to install on their own.

mille100piedi

I will let you know, but it seems that here in Ireland I will not find the faux beam. In my tiny kitchen at the end I installed real timber but the bedroom is much bigger and I really wanted the faux beam

Muahahaha

mille100piedi wrote: »

I will let you know, but it seems that here in Ireland I will not find the faux beam. In my tiny kitchen at the end I installed real timber but the bedroom is much bigger and I really wanted the faux beam

Yeah I think you're right, it might be difficult to find it here. The UK is likely your best bet. I'm not sure what lengths or quantities you need but if it is not a massive amount then you should email a few courier companies who do UK to Ireland runs. If you tell them it's a non urgent job so they can pick it up when they're in that area then they might do you a good rate. Although it is bulky at least it doesn't weight too much, I reckon someone with a large van would courier that for you to at least as far as Dublin port for somewhere around €60-80. There's a good site called www.shiply.com that will give you free quotes from a number of courier companies.

Prenderb

How about using some sort of laminate flooring to do the job?

mille100piedi

not bad idea, but I can't paint over the laminate (I want a white shabby style), I should look for a white shabby laminate

Muahahaha

mille100piedi wrote: »

not bad idea, but I can't paint over the laminate (I want a white shabby style), I should look for a white shabby laminate

If you can find laminate that suits the job the as far as I know there is a way to paint it. I painted some Ikea bookshelves earlier this year, I used a faux wood grain technique as detailed here http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2013/08/diy-faux-bois-paint-technique.html?crlt.pid=camp.eYafned7Zjfo

In researching it I found Ikea flat pack consists some combination of laminate and polyurtherene. In order to paint it first I had to lightly sand and then apply two coats of a primer called BIN by a com along called Zinsser. Homebase stock it, it's not cheap at €17 a can and you might need 2-3 cans to really ensure you give it a solid base layer of primer. I can't be 100% sure if BIN is specifically for laminate but if not I'm pretty certain there are primers out there that are specifically for laminate.

Thing is though when I researched painting Ikea furniture (there's a lot of online tutorials on how to go about it) most of them said the main reason you can't apply paint direct to laminate is that it will chip off when things knock against it. So for me painteing bookshelves the primer part was essential but if you intend just hanging these from the ceiling then you might get away with not priming it at all.

Still though I think it would be hard to beat the faux beams produced by this company in the US. They are so realistic looking that my bet is no one would think they were fake without touching them. http://www.fauxwoodbeams.com

mille100piedi

thanks for all the info. painting is a lot of job, if I could find the faux beam the job would be much easier and the result much better!

Maudi

How about making your own..ive seen it done several times here and have been impressed by how realistic it can looks