Ceiling Beams

These air dried oak beams were supplied to renovate a standard ceiling in a living room. The main larger spine beam was a 250 x 250 section size solid air dried oak beam, while the smaller joist beams are 100 x 100 section size.

Air Dried Oak Ceiling Beams in a living room.

The oak beams we supplied with a sanded finish and a stop chamfer which you can see on the joist beams. The client waxed the beams himself with a water based medium oak shade.

The finished room now looks fantastic and the client is over the moon.

Please contact us on 01825 723648 if you're thinking of implementing oak beams into an existing room.

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