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How to Frame & Drywall a Cove Ceiling Affordably

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

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How to frame a cove ceiling affordably!

COVE CEILING FRAME 300x207 How to Frame & Drywall a Cove Ceiling AffordablyCove Ceilings are a beautiful addition to any room or hallway.  However, they are usually very expensive and time consuming. Until now these beautiful cove ceilings have been found in high-end custom homes.  But now with Archways & Ceilings, these beautiful ceilings are now found in first time homebuyer homes.  Archways & Ceilings has taken the once hefty price tag and cut it by more than half along with simplifying the construction process and eliminating the need for skilled labor.  Let’s see just how affordable and easy it truly is.

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How affordable are Archways & Ceiling’s cove ceiling kits?

COVE CEILING FINISHED 300x207 How to Frame & Drywall a Cove Ceiling AffordablyA 12ft by 12ft room with a 12in radius cove ceiling kit costs $206.50, a 15ft by 15 ft cove ceiling kit with a 12in radius costs $247.00, or a 20ft by 20ft cove ceiling kit with a 12in radius costs $314.00 and they all take less than 30 minutes to install. Furthermore, we build all cove ceiling kits to your measurements within 3-5 days and then ship them directly to your jobsite.

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How Easy Is It To Install An Archways & Ceiling’s Cove Ceiling Kit?

HOW TO INSTALL YOUTUBE 300x281 How to Frame & Drywall a Cove Ceiling AffordablyA cove ceiling built on site has traditionally taken a few days to build along with requiring a great deal of plywood and lumber along with a very skilled carpenter.  However, a cove ceiling kit by Archways & Ceilings installs in less than 30-40 minutes.  We accomplish this by eliminating the prep work along with all the cutting time. It is now as simple as putting the preformed curved cove in place and then nailing.  If you can paint by numbers, then you can install a cove ceiling. Just to further illustrate how easy it truly is, we have had several DIYers install a cove ceiling successfully in a home renovation project. See for yourself,watch a cove ceiling being installed on our YouTube channel.

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How Do You Drywall an Archways & Ceilings’ Cove Ceiling Kit?

Simple, with just a few easy steps it is as easy as cutting the drywall to length, pressing the board into place, and fastening with your standard drywall screws. Don’t believe me, take a look at How to Drywall a Cove Ceiling on our YouTube Channel.

A cove ceiling could give you the competitive edge over your competition next door.  For a very minimal investment you can easily set yourself apart while adding value to your homes.  Remember, we have videos and instructions for you every step of the way.  We take to heart our “Made Easy” claim! And, if you should have any additional questions along the way, call us toll free.  We would love to hear from you.

Now that is Cove Ceiling Made Easy!

Don’t forget to tune in next month to see how to drywall a barrel vault!

How to Drywall a Cove Ceiling

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Ever wonder how to drywall a cove ceiling? or wonder how the drywall bends to the radius of the cove? Well take a look at the video below and get all of your questions answered!

Archways & Ceilings Mission Statement

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

We exist to provide custom built archway and ceiling kits to our customers that simplify the construction process quickly, easily, and affordably. To ensure the quality of our products and the on-time delivery of them to the jobsite. To exceed all customer expectations through excellent customer service. To create an environment of creativity and constant improvement by soliciting feedback and by being attentive to our customer’s needs.  To continue to lead our industry and live up to our title of curved framing experts! To be a proud USA manufacturer.

Our Mission Statement in more detail.

What do we mean by custom built?

We build every archway and ceiling kit to our customer’s measurements instead of supplying standard sizes that can be modified on site. Yes, we are different than the rest of our industry. We have spent considerable time, resources, and money to be efficient, remain cost effective, and to become an easy solution to the age old problem of out-of-round and crooked archways and ceilings.

acme install1 300x208 Archways & Ceilings Mission StatementBy custom building archways and ceilings to our customer’s measurements, they do not have to worry about moving walls, lowering headers, furring down soffits, or any other headaches, to accommodate for a standardized archway or ceiling.  This ensures that the finished product will look natural and not like a last minute addition that doesn’t quite fit the style of the home.

Sending us your measurements so we can custom build your archway and ceiling kits is incredibly easy.  You can watch our “How to Measure” videos or print our “How to Measure” instructional sheets. Remember, we have made it easy.  All it takes is getting us a few pieces of information.  Don’t forget, you can always email us your plans or give us a call.

In order to make our products as affordable as they are, we take special care in developing our manufacturing technologies.  The key is that we construct our manufacturing equipment with the capabilities of making an arch or ceiling segment with any curvature, length or depth possible.  And by engineering the ability to quickly transition the equipment between these different custom sizes, we can produce completely custom sized products in a production time frame.  What does this mean to you? You get a completely custom built product for the price of a production made standard sized product.  Although if you’re going by the prices of our competitors, then our custom built archways and ceilings cost at least 35% less then their standard sized products.  It’s no wonder why we’ve been the most successful business in this industry since 1988.

What do we mean by quickly, easily, & affordably?

wes acme1 300x207 Archways & Ceilings Mission StatementHow quick?  All of our products on average save our customers about 10 times the amount of time they would have spent building them traditionally.  For example, if you were to frame a 3’-0” archway it would take you roughly 30 minutes to build, but with us it would take you less than 3 minutes.

How easy? All of our products come with easy to understand instructions.  We also have videos to help you every step of the way. The bottom line, very little construction experience is needed to install our products.  We have taken the once complicated groin vault ceiling and have simplified it to the point where if you can paint by number and work a nail gun, then chances are good that you could install.

How affordable? When you consider the time, skill, and the steps from start to finish for any curved archway or ceiling then you will be glad to know that we will save you a minimum of 35%.  Furthermore, you can be confident that you will get a high quality finish.

What do we mean by on-time delivery?

We understand that time is money, and we work to the best of our ability to keep our customers on their time schedule.  We state that it normally takes us 3 to 5 days to produce archway or ceiling kits.  However, more times often than not, we are much quicker.  If we have to put in a little overtime, then consider it done.

What do we mean by excellent customer service?

matt and customers1 300x206 Archways & Ceilings Mission StatementWe are easy to get a hold of whether by phone, email, fax or web. We don’t have long drawn out phone trees and are prompt in replying to emails and faxes.  We treat each customer uniquely along with their project. We strive to be responsive, attentive, understanding, friendly, on time, polite, respectful, and unafraid to ask questions.  Since we have a strong belief in the products we sell, we don’t mind sharing information and ideas.  In fact we encourage feedback.  We would love to hear where we could improve.

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What do we mean by creativity and constant improvement?

We are creative to the point that we pride ourselves on being out in front when it comes to new creative ideas whether it be product development, operations, sales, or marketing. We strive for new ideas and ways to create a more successful business by attending weekly business meetings to monitor progress, to assign new tasks, bounce new ideas of each other, but most importantly to focus and make sure we are living up to our mission.

Dome Kit l Simplifying Dome Ceiling Construction with a Dome Kit

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

ACME FRAME DOME 300x209 Dome Kit l Simplifying Dome Ceiling Construction with a Dome KitA dome ceiling is a beautiful architectural gem that quickly adds value to any home. However, the problem has been affordably adding these gems given the labor skills and time required along with the lumber needed to construct on site. Luckily, Archways & Ceilings has solved this problem with their quick, easy, and affordable dome kits. Let’s answer the following questions. How does a dome kit from Archways & Ceilings compare to building a dome on site? How much skill is required to install an Archways & Ceilings dome kit? How much time is required to install an Archways & Ceilings dome kit?

DRYWALL DOME 14 300x207 Dome Kit l Simplifying Dome Ceiling Construction with a Dome KitDome ceilings historically have been very expensive to achieve given the extensive labor and material required. For example, if you were to build a 6 foot dome ceiling, you could safely wager that this would take two skilled carpenters eight hours to build at about $60 dollars an hour. So, labor alone would be just shy of $500. When you look at the lumber bill needed to build this 6 foot dome you would be close to $600 at a minimum. However, if you used a dome kit from Archways & Ceilings, the kit itself would run you $329.95. This is almost half the cost of just the materials. Secondly, our 6 foot dome kit would install in less than 30 minutes. Yes, we are not exaggerating. We have an you tube video of a local framer installing in less than 10 minutes. We have simplified the construction process so drastically that if you can pull the trigger on a nail gun and paint by color than chances are good that you could install our dome kits. Let’s recap. You can either build a dome ceiling on site at a minimum cost to you for $1,100, OR you can buy a dome kit from Archways & Ceilings and install for less than $400.

ACME FINISHED CARD DOME 300x207 Dome Kit l Simplifying Dome Ceiling Construction with a Dome KitIf saving nearly 70% isn’t enough, then keep this in mind that you have the ability to customize the size of your dome to the nearest 1/8” for the same low prices. All our dome kits are built to your measurements. Furthermore, our quality is unsurpassed. I think it is fair to say that we are living up to our “Made Easy” motto. We have made the choice easy for you easy to make. We will save you time, money, and improve your quality. Now that’s a dome ceiling made easy with an Archways & Ceilings Dome Kit.

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