With the ribs in place our next step was to install the large sonotubes against the ceiling. These massive “pipes” are a nice bit of eye candy and will help to emphasize the curved ceiling.
Once we had the sonotubes placed it was time to seismically anchor the beams in place — five steel braces and three structural cables for each beam as per the engineer's instructions. There are no worries about these beams every coming down!
With the heavy lifting out of the way we started in on the finer details. We wanted to bring a section of the wall to a more finished state to make sure we liked it — we often work by eye on these sorts of projects. We glued and screwed the baseboards and one section of wainscotting — testing the distance between rivets.
The rapid texture generated in EnRoute looked fabulous on the wall as did the small “M” medallion which will repeat on every panel around the room.
As we did with the ribs, we used Coastal Enterprises FSC 88-WB primer (our marshmallow paint) to introduce some texture to the large pipes and wall — applying it with a 1.5" brush in a random pattern. It was a tedious job but well worth the effort.
