It is less expensive per foot and you will have less waste because each star is threaded individually.
Fiber optic star ceiling installation guide.
Once in place tape the cable to the backside of the tile.
Perhaps the most important and most expensive component of this project is purchasing your fiber.
Trim your panels to size.
Install fibers by pushing ends at least 2 into all holes on custom panel.
At least i can imagine it would.
Fiber optic panel star ceiling step 1.
Follow all safety precautions.
Insert fiber into drilled holes.
Really take your time here because you.
Lift custom panel and fiber harness up into final mounting area and screw panel into ceiling floor joist through 2 wood spacers.
After the holes are drilled and star bundles are installed use 2 wide masking tape to hold the fibers secure to the drywall where they cross over joist location s.
This is where you will need to drill.
Find out exactly where you want to place it and turn it on.
This helps if you have two people.
In the ceiling access feed the strands into your pre drilled holes.
The installation of fiber optic stars into a finished ceiling allows you to use single strand fiber optic filament.
It actually makes more sense economically to use the single strand filament.
Two different drill bits 020 and 030 for each of the fiber diameters in a star bundle 50 50 split make sure at least 6 of fiber sticks through the drywall.
As the saying goes measure twice cut once.
We recommend drawing a diagram of how you want your star ceiling to look.
After drilling run the fiber into the ceiling.
Attach fiber harness to illuminator and push fiber ends flush with bottom of panel.
Have the fiber poke out of the holes in your ceiling and glue the strand into its location.
Take your prepared fiber optic cable the piece with the 1 5 feet of protective jacket removed and lay it on the back side of the ceiling tile in such a way that the ends of the loose filament would extend beyond the corner of the ceiling tile.
Many of our customers use a regular household glue.
You ll see the two powerful leds create a spotlight on the ceiling.
My bundled fiber required 1 2 holes into the ceiling.