{"id":491,"date":"2009-05-07T16:22:52","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T23:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/?p=491"},"modified":"2014-08-06T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T21:13:31","slug":"vigas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/archives\/491","title":{"rendered":"Vigas!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We went to two lumber yards in Albuquerque that supply vigas. (Vigas are the big wooden ceiling beams commonly used in southwestern adobe-style buildings.) We’ll have vigas in the large great room in our main house.<\/p>\n

[Interesting sidenote: The one that had a beautiful web site and was the one I thought we’d use turned out not to be the one we liked. The other one was very service oriented, took a copy of our plans, and had a very reasonable quote emailed and faxed to us by the next day.]<\/p>\n

It was interesting to see all the kinds of lumber and styles they do.<\/p>\n

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Vigas have been a budget item that I have worried about, but it turns out that they aren’t that expensive (about $4 or so a foot, depending on the size and style), even with delivery to our remote corner of the world. Now that I know the cost is reasonable, I am planning to use these as the vertical beams for our covered patio and carport as well.<\/p>\n

We’re also going to be buying decking from this same source. These are planks of wood that are 1″ thick and 6″ side that form a plank-style ceiling. You can get them with a rough finish on one side and smooth on the other. We’ll get pine and stain them with a variety of effects for different rooms.<\/p>\n

We also found out that the plans we have don’t have enough vigas spec’d to keep the decking from sagging. Glad we found that out beforehand. :) I’m actually happier with the look of more vigas anyway, and fortunately, it won’t add too much cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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