Post #599605 by newB24 on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 7:12 AM

Stage Crafts you say....interesting enough, that rope lashing must hide the magic.

So from the pictures, it looks like you secured plywood strips to the ceiling, installed your matting on the ceiling and then secured the smaller bamboo poles to the plywood strips then hung the bigger bamboo off those secured pieces.

Your joints and angles on that box out for the light are about perfect, I'm not sure I have the skill set to make that happen. Plus I will be hanging lights, netting and other oddities from the structure so it has to have some sort of strength to it.

I think I am going to have to just go reverse, secure my 4" bamboo to the ceiling joists and then hang my 2" bamboo underneath, lashing it and securing it with screws to the 4".

I'll lose another 2" in ceiling height but for peace of mind, it might be better.

The awning that I am building for the front will need to be structurally built as well, I can't afford to lose any height by stacking bamboo on top of each other so I need to work on a plan to build that like I'm framing a wall and it will have to somewhat self support itself with the thatch laid on top of it. So I am back to my initial problem of securing the 2" bamboo to itself. I think I may try a hole saw and stick the bamboo into each other and then secure it with some screws. The lashing will hide the nastiness so I just need to make it strong and durable.

I can't find any pics right now of what I want to do other than this window treatment.....