VAULTED WOOD COFFER CEILINGS
Conwed's NaturaLines Vaulted Wood Coffer Ceilings offer stately elegance in a choice of rich, natural woods. The coffer panels provide a warm, dramatic feeling of traditional craftsmanship and quality. The vaulted wood coffer consists of grid cover, vaulted frame, and center panel all made of natural wood.

A. SCOPE
This section includes all of the NaturaLines Wood Coffer Ceilings as manufactured by Conwed, in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, Phone: 800-932-2383 or FAX: 800-833-4798.

B. MATERIALS
1. Use only select grade wood (red oak), (white oak), (maple), (aspen), (hemlock), (cherry), (mahogany), (cedar), or (customer requested wood species) in the construction of the NaturaLines Wood Coffer ceilings. The variation in color and grain will occur with each type of wood species and certain ranges of this occurrence should be sampled prior to acceptance as equal materials.

2. The NaturaLines Vaulted Wood Coffer Ceilings are nominal 24" x 24". The vaulted frame provides a 3-1/4" high profile.

3. The NaturaLines Wood Coffer Ceilings will be stained with (fruitwood), (walnut), (mahogany), or (customer requested) stain.

4. The NaturaLines Wood Coffer Ceilings will be finished with (clear lacquer), (clear, Class A), (white pickled), or (customer requested) finish.

C. JOB CONDITIONS
1. Building must be enclosed and room conditions maintained equivalent to conditions when finished and occupied before any wood ceiling can be installed.

2. Ceiling material must be placed in the environmentally stable atmosphere 3 days prior and during installation to insure that wood ceiling panels have stabilized to those conditions.

3. The environment must remain constant at all times and not allowed to have drastic swings in temperature and humidity.

D. INSTALLATION
1. Install wood ceiling material only after all work has been completed above ceiling.

2. Conform to the recommendations of "CISCA Use and Practice" for the installation of suspended t-bar suspension system. The NaturaLines Vaulted Wood Coffer ceilings are installed in standard 15/16" wide, heavy duty t-bar grid. The grid cover is installed using Conwed supplied grid cover clips. The vaulted frame is positioned on the grid and the center panel rests in the vaulted frame opening.

3. Coordinate layouts and locations with other trades with respect to penetrations through ceiling systems.

4. Inspect and adjust wood ceiling panels to insure their proper location and attachment to suspension system are correct according to manufacturer's recommendations and practices.

5. Clean and touch up any exposed wood ceilings with matching finish provided by manufacturer.