I have a suspended ceiling to put up that has a lot of obstacles such as a beam,heating vents and also a window to go around. I looked in different books that I have about the subject, but they don’t go into great detail about going around such objects. I know I seen somewhere, that you can frame around the objects and then drywall the frame. Is this the way to go or is there a better way.
The ceiling is going to be dropped approx 4.5″ and it’s a basement utility room. It has all the shut offs and crap hanging down so drywall is not an option for this room.
If you can direct me to a web site that shows different ways of doing this or if you can recommend a good detailed book I would appreciate it.
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It is doable, but difficult. You can build drops out of 4' tees. I'll try to put up a picture. The layout is very important in order to not have any narrow endings......see picture
see pictureThere are fast carpenters who care..... there are slow carpenters who care more.....there are half fast carpenters who could care less......
Thanks for the picture. How did you do that? Can you do that on this forum or do you have a cad program?
As for your idea, it does seem a little complicated. I have done one ceiling before and it was obstruction free and the room was square.
I use a cad software (turbocad) but then I have to copy/paste into a photo draw program to change it to a file this #### forum software will receive.
If you've only done one you may have a bit of a problem cause there's a lot of ways to goof up........it looks good when finished though..............charge more than usual.There are fast carpenters who care..... there are slow carpenters who care more.....there are half fast carpenters who could care less......
Yea, it looks a little trickey. I'm not even too sure what to charge. When I did the last one it was included in the price for the whole job.
I have a book that says to charge $2.80 a sqaure foot but, that's for hanging the ceiling. It doesn't include building things out for the windows and the vents.
I think I might over qoute the job. It looks like it's going to be one of those PITA jobs anyway. The one nice thing about the job though is that it's on the next street from me. In fact right behind me. I like working close to home.
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
No, I've done work for these people before and never had a problem. They are one of the nicer customers I've had. In fact I did a kitchen for some one else on the next street and I stopped by there once in awhile to see if everything is fine and dandy. Never had a problem with them either.