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Custom Wood Walls in Commercial Architecture

Does 9Wood sell wood walls? We do manufacture wall panels. They are certainly not as common a product for us as ceilings. We market ourselves as a ceiling company, but we certainly can do walls as …

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Touch-Up for Exterior Wood Ceilings

Have you ever wondered how a simple hair dryer can help you while installing wood ceilings at a jobsite? Exterior wood ceilings need protection. The best way to provide that protection is to ensure …

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Repairing Chip-Out & Edge Damage

If you haven’t already, we encourage you to read An Introduction to Wood Ceiling Repair. This video dives specifically into chip-out & edge damage, and is part of a larger series of 9Wood Field …

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The 9Wood Finishing Process

The beauty of wood is widely known by the unique character that gives it an unmatched look. In order to keep our wood ceiling products looking their best for years to come, our team uses specialized …

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How to do Circular Cut-Outs for Grilles

Circular Cut-Outs in Grilles In this video, we will be processing in-panel circular cut-outs for 1100 series Cross Piece Grilles. Grilles are very adaptive with other kinds of mechanical …

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How to Angle Cut Wood Grille Ceilings – 9Wood Field Guides

Angle Cut Grilles Today, we’re going to be discussing angle cuts for an 1100 Cross Piece Grille. Square cut ends and angle cuts are very similar, but with a few key measuring differences and some …

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How to Square Cut Wood Grille Ceilings – 9Wood Field Guides

Square Cut Grilles Today, we’re going to be processing square cut ends for 1100 series Cross Piece Grilles. For the purposes of our demonstration, we’re using a 1” x 2” member grille, but the …

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Wood Tiles – The Most Common Questions [VIDEO]

Introduction Michael Roemen: “Hey everybody, we’re excited for you joining us in today’s video. Kat and Derek will be talking about wood ceiling Tiles and Perforated Tiles. It’s a great way to …

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Wood Cube and Coffered Ceilings – The Most Common Questions [VIDEO]

Cubes – The Basics Derek O’Connell: “We often hear cubes referred to as open cell or egg-crate ceiling. Essentially when you look up, you are going to see a bunch of squares. You’re going to have …

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Design Guide for Common Types of Wood Paneling

Anyone who has visited a library, airport, restaurant, church, or college campus has been exposed to a variety of wood paneling types. A natural insulator, wood paneling added to a wall or ceiling …

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Acoustic Wood Ceilings – The Most Common Questions [VIDEO]

Michael Roemen: “In today’s video we’re talking with Denise, one of our design assist specialists, about acoustic wood. As a premium finish, your ceiling should not only provide improved aesthetics …

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Linear Wood Ceilings – The Most Common Questions

The Basics of Linears or Wood Slat Ceilings A linear wood ceiling is when you look up from the floor and see a nice, wide piece of wood. So it is much wider than it is deeper; we often hear …

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Wood Finishes – Take Your Project from Good to Gorgeous! [VIDEO]

Michael Roemen: “In today’s video we’re back with Rhett to talk about wood finishes. Finish is an important aspect to your wood ceiling to give it a durable, quality, and long-lasting appeal. So, …

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Wood Grilles in Wood Ceilings – Most Common Questions

Michael Roemen: “Today Kat and I are going to talk about wood grilles. We’re going to talk about the most common questions that we hear about wood grilles and make sure that you as an architect are …

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What are the Types of Suspended Acoustic Ceilings?

Ceilings are called the forgotten third surface. Some even argue over that assertion. “No, it’s the forgotten sixth surface.” “No,” say still others, “It’s the fifth wall!” We get it. Before we got …