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And that escutcheon plate can be repositioned easily? It's not attached to the electrical box in the ceiling?

Think I'm following ya now. Your saying keep the escutcheon cup concealed within the faux beam and just have an opening for the downrod to go through the faux beam? Or are you saying the escutcheon cup would be moved down to now be flush against the beam so it's visible? I'm more visual so...

For additional references, here is a picture of how the ceiling box/brace is currently installed before sheet rock was installed. As it is it looks like I would need pretty long screws to attach blocking to the trusses as the fan is centered between them.

Sorry not quite following the first part of what you said above. Are you suggesting to add blocking to get the necessary height?

Hi all - I am looking to install a 3-sided Faux beam along the ridge of my living room ceiling. I currently have a ceiling fan mounted through a (dropped-down) flat section of the ceiling and I am struggling a bit as to how to move the fan's electrical box so that I still have access to it in...

Does anyone know if the first course has to actually rest/ be supported on the finished floor? I'm wondering if I ever replace the flooring what would happen if the entire stone wall is resting on it.

Yes we were looking at the Foam panels, but still thought they didn't look as good as the concrete veneer style panels, and they are very expensive, almost the same price as the concrete ones.

I think then it would be best to remove the drywall and install Plywood backing in place of it. I don't want to push out the wall any further by adding the backer onto the existing drywall. The stone panels are 1.5" in depth, and I have heat shields on the stove, which allow clearances to be a...

Hi, I am considering installing Versetta Stone Veneer panels on an interior corner in my home where I have a pellet stove (picture attached). I am wondering if anyone has had experience installing this ok interior applications. It looks like the specifications call for installing over 1/2"...

@PJB12 This is how we ended up running it. I think it turned out good. Re-ran new upper gutter and put drop outlet on the front corner, ran downspouting off this along stone wall into new 6" gutter, and upsized to 3x4 downspouting below that into the underground drain.

@PJB12 Thanks Paul for all that feedback! I'm on the fence about changing course a little and installing a new upper gutter that will have the drop outlet on the other end (front corner) and then use two elbows and gutter along the stone wall and into the lower gutter. I did a crude drawing of...

I had another contractor out to give his thoughts, and he thought that having 4 elbows in the downspouting would increase the chances of it freezing in the winter. His suggestion was to replace that small straight piece of 2x3 coming off the drop outlet and dumping on the roof with just an elbow...

@PJB12 Thanks for the picture. That was the same way I was envisioning mounting the strap, only my downspout would be oriented more horizontally to match the roof plane (vs. vertical as pictured) so I don't think I would want to put a fastener through one side (closest to the roof) of it as it...

@PJB12 you just used downspout straps similar to the below to wrap around the downspout and fasten the ends to the wall (through the siding)? I can't use the standard clip type brackets that mount to the side of the downspout (for vertical orientation), as this downspout will be running closer...

Thanks for the feedback Paul. Do you see any issues with the following approach? Install a B style elbow off the existing upper gutter's drop outlet (angled toward the house wall), then a short piece of straight 2x3 downspout pitched downward, then have 2 - 45 degree elbows with a short piece...

Ok I was hoping to avoid changing the existing drop outlet at all and leave it alone...

@Snoonyb Just to be clear, your suggesting I essentially twist one end of the 2x3 elbow 45 degrees (reform the end so it's offset 45 degrees) so that when it is secured to the drop outlet the other end will be out 45 degrees to the wall behind it? I've drawn a crude illustration of this... Or...

If the current gutter drop outlet is rectangular or oval in shape, will that still allow the elbow connected to it to be mounted rotated? I'm concerned the outlet dimensions could be too wide to allow me to rotate the elbow to an angle from where it would normally be lined up with the shape of...

@Snoonyb I think you read my mind, I edited my post above. Is that what you are talking about?

@bud16415 or anyone else, I had a contractor finally come out and tell me he thought I have too many turns with this layout, particularly in the beginning and that it would be susceptible to freezing. Do you think having the B elbow at the (upper) gutter drop, along with a short straight piece...