Thread: English Oak veneer

The human eye is seldom decieved by boxed in fake beams. The effect can be had by building a box of the desired wood and trying to match the grain to look like a solid beam. It only works if the beam dimentions suit the scale of the building. For instance 300mm x 300mm beam may look ok in a castle in europe but in a suburban house in oz look way out of place. This is just my take but for under a house I would be happy with the steel beam being the feature.
Regards
John

I agree that it's hard to recreate something that looks real old like Oak beams.

However some years ago I was sat in a modern hotel bar that managed it. They had managed to source some cast fibreglass beam covers that looked the real thing (until I tapped them).

No idea where you would source such a thing but might be worth thinking about.

Thanks. I hadn't thought about fibreglass but now you mention a bar I think there is some in the Pig and Whistle Inn (English replica pub) in town. I will check it out.