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October 24, 2006
Of suspended ceilings and other things
Yes, putting a suspended ceiling in an old house is sacrilege. There. I've said it. But that's exactly what we're going to do. We need to retain access to the space between the ceiling and the second floor's subfloor so that we can run the bathroom pipes (when we get around to building the third bathroom). In addition, we have to have access to the cleanout we've installed in the plumbing stack, to make sure that it doesn't get all clogged up again. The old ceiling's a mess, which we won't finish dealing with until the bathroom project gets underway, but we don't want to live with the mess it's going to create.
Considering that we're going to have to drop the ceiling, regardless, in order to leave room for the plumbing, we're going to create our own suspended ceiling with crown moulding, industrial ceiling track, and 2-foot wide pieces of drywall. Not exactly period-appropriate, but it'll suffice (and won't involve using those hideous ceiling tiles).
Posted by plainstext at October 24, 2006 06:25 PM
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I have friends that did something like this. They put some type of molding/trim over the seams of the drywall rather than taping and sealing them. That way when they needed to access some pipes, etc. they only had to remove the trim and take down one area of drywall. This came in handy when the upstairs bathroom developed a leak years later.
Posted by: Julie at October 24, 2006 10:55 PM
As old home sacrilege goes, this one isn't too bad. At least you have a good reason for it.
Another option is to use the 2' x 2' tin ceiling panels. Armstrong has a product available through big box hardware stores. Also, check out MBoss Inc and Snelling Thermovac. There are ads in mags like American Bungalow and Old House Journal.
Posted by: HistoricOmaha at March 4, 2007 10:04 PM