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couple of cool ceiling framing pictures

KirkpatrickFramer | Posted in Photo Gallery on July 30, 2006 05:12am

I wanted to share some pics here of a couple of groin vault ceilings I’ve framed recently. Here’s hoping they show up ….
one is a regular octagonal groin and the other is an irregular. I jammed thru the framing in about 4 hrs each one.
John

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  1. DougU | Jul 30, 2006 05:18am | #1

    John

    Your pictures are way to big, I resized them so others could load and view them.

    Nice work though!

    Doug

    1. KirkpatrickFramer | Jul 30, 2006 05:24am | #2

      thanks. i forgot they were still in such hi resolution.

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        McDesign | Jul 30, 2006 05:30am | #3

        Man, that is ART!  I just spent an hour making some baseboard wrap around a mantle, but I am humbled in front of the DW - she heard me say "Wow!" and came over.

        Forrest - in awe

        1. KirkpatrickFramer | Jul 30, 2006 05:36am | #4

          Yeah, that is what makes all the slow and miserable grunt days pay off at the end of a job. The math involved is pretty awesome to. I got that from Joe Bartok.

    2. gzajac | Jul 30, 2006 04:25pm | #6

      Excellent framing and the taper was pretty good  also. This is the fun part of the job.

      Greg in Connecticut

      1. KirkpatrickFramer | Jul 30, 2006 06:13pm | #7

        the guys that drywall behind us do a great job, and I really appreciate them. the framing my look good, but it's the finished product that everyone sees.
        the builder I work for really likes the detail work like that, and it has helped his houses sell.
        If any of you guys want to tackle a project like that, just hit me up. I'll be glad to go into the details with you.
        A few more pics included here also.

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    dieselpig | Jul 30, 2006 06:01am | #5

    Excellent looking work dude.

    View Image
  3. blue_eyed_devil | Jul 31, 2006 06:02am | #8

    Nice work John.

    Fours hours doesn't sound like a lot of time for so much ripping.

    Your second set of pictures seemed like the easier one to do.

    Are you sure you didn't mean four days LOL?

    blue

     

    1. KirkpatrickFramer | Jul 31, 2006 06:41pm | #10

      we were running a 4 man tag team operation, so i guess it would be closer to 16 man hours for the framing. it's really pretty simple, though, you have 8 arches for the sides and 4 ellipses for the valleys. i cut 4 arches at a time and then the blocks are like hipsets, 8 pairs and go with it.
      the irregular octagon was a little more work, 4 sides were the same then 2 sides and 2 sides. you have to start with your small side as an arch while all the other sides and valleys are ellipses based on the arch.
      it's fun though, and worth it.
      thanks for the compliments

      1. saulgood | Aug 01, 2006 06:17pm | #12

        Beautiful. Did the DW guys have to use 1/4" rock, or pre bend the sheets?I'll bet even the painters had to come up with new tecniques for this one

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        Timuhler | Aug 13, 2006 06:23pm | #20

        Nice work John!

        I sent that pic of the dome to my brother.  We will frame his house here in a few weeks and he'd like to do some cool detail work :-)

        Also, I have to get over and take a pic of that groin I did because it's all plastered and painted now.  Thanks again for your help with my groin er uh . . . . . . . .

  4. gblotter | Jul 31, 2006 06:21am | #9

    You and your sheetrockers are real artisans.  It's inspiring to see such craftsmanship still exists in the trades.

  5. makman | Aug 01, 2006 05:36am | #11

    Those ceilings are beautiful! I can't believe you framed them each in 4 hours. As was posted earlier, that is a work of art.

    I'm posting a few pics of a small ceiling I did a while back. It's  nowhere near as cool as yours but, I'm now inspired to do a little better next time around. Great work!

    1. BungalowJeff | Aug 01, 2006 07:04pm | #13

      Keep these pics coming, please!...that's not a mistake, it's rustic

    2. blue_eyed_devil | Aug 03, 2006 02:07am | #15

      That's a very nice ceiling detail that you did too Makman!

      I'm studying the rough frame pic right now. It's a simple ceiling but it doesn't look simple to erect. I'll try to figure out how I'd have done it. The interesting aspect of your rough frame is that you don't have any vertical surface to nail your hips too.

      It appears that you made an octogon ring, then fastened your hips to it. I can envision how difficult that would be starting out.

      I'm going to have to sleep on this...

      I like the ceiling details after the drywall is done and I think I'll steal the concept.

      blue 

      1. makman | Aug 03, 2006 04:29am | #18

        Thanks. It was fairly straight forward to frame. There was a rafter running above the "ring" so I tacked a support to it, kinda like a one sided collar tie. I just set the ring on top of that, took a few measurements for the hips then put it all together. I seem to remember the drywall process more than the framing. It was going to just be a flat tray but I got to looking at it and figured I'd try something different.

        My sister wanted to convert her garage into a dining room, so I thought, "what the heck I need a vacation!" I spent a few weeks doing it and it turned out pretty good. They paid me $600 for doing it and I wound up spending $300 of that buying her a table for her new diningroom before I left. I'm glad I wasn't doing it for the money;).

        Now a year later, she divorced her husband and took the kids and moved out. Now her ex has a nice diningroom;(

        Anyway, it was a fun project to do.

    3. KirkpatrickFramer | Aug 03, 2006 04:02am | #16

      that's a really good looking ceiling, too. I like the way you made the ring at the top. looks a lot cleaner than my rough framing. Give me a couple of weeks and i'll have some more drywall pics. I'm not sure, but I believe they drywallers used 1/2" and bent it to shape. Everybody else, how about some more pics for this thread ????JK

      1. Stilletto | Aug 03, 2006 04:07am | #17

        I haven't got any pictures to add to this,  unless you want a photo album of what not to do.  :)

        Flying trusses,  winder stairs,  thats about it.What's wrong with me?  I could ask you the exact same thing.

      2. makman | Aug 03, 2006 04:41am | #19

        Thanks. Here's a few pics of a generic tray I put in a house I renovated last summer. Nothing fancy but it might get the ball rolling.

        View Image

        View Image

         

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    txlandlord | Aug 01, 2006 07:12pm | #14

    Hey, I recognize those ceilings...I had the benefit of pics you sent before they were covered. Nioce work. As a builder I would be proud.

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