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Sure there are basic elements to any install (or essay) that must be there. To me, this portion, is like grading your 8th grade English paper (sorry Mrs. It doesn't look like the rest of the home. So does that extra 1''-2'' loose you? If so, I'm sad to see you go.

Having said that, setting your drop at 3'' is going to make installing the tiles more difficult. Unless you are hosting the 1995-96, 72 win, Chicago Bulls roster, including their four 7-footers (I'll include John Salley at 6'11'' - that's close enough in my book), 1 inch is not going to make a difference. Is a one inch loss in headroom going to kill you? That is as little as a ONE INCH difference in headroom loss compared to drywall (in my example). Therefore, at minimum, you need 3-4'' of clearance. All you need to know for now though, is that it's about 1.5''.įor me, the thickest 'obstacles' were the metal conduit junction boxes which added another 1.5'' of clearance requirement. Don't know what a T-Bar is? No worries - check out my drop ceiling install article ( coming soon ). Good question, and the answer, I've found, is it depends.Īt a minimum you need to drop it enough to clear all of your obstructions plus the length of the main T-Bars.

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If you use 2x4s combined with 3/8'' drywall, you are going to loose close to 2 full inches of head room.

You need to nail spacer boards along the length of the joists to allow the drywall to screw flush to them. This shows the distance from my floor board to the bottom of the main T-Channel (about 4 inches) If you have electrical, gas, or water lines running along the bottom of your floor boards (all of which were the case for me), you won't be able to screw drywall directly to them. To be fair, you will loose headroom with a drywall ceiling as well. With a Suspended Ceiling - You'll Lose Head Room: With all due respect, each basement is unique and requires careful consideration as to the best choice for you, so here is my attempt to convince you a suspended ceiling is the right choice. Dennit, with all due respect, and remember I'm sayin' with all due respect, that idea ain't worth a velvet painting of a whale and a dolphin gettin' it on.')

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With all due respect to the hardcore pro drywall ceilingers out there (don't you just love that lead in? 'With all due respect' You can just get away with saying anything after that. I think a drywall ceiling can be quite sharp looking and addsĬontinuity to the rest of the house IF it's done right. You don't save any money with a drop ceiling OR It doesn't look like the rest of the home.Ĥ. These are also available in 60 different colors and hand-faux finishes.Ĭeiling Grid for Suspended ceilings: 15/16' 60 Colors to choose from:ġ2' Main Runner: $12.80 each 12' Wall Molding: $9.90 eachĢ' Cross Tee's: $4.10 each 4' T-Grid: $6.Yes, admittedly everything Jason says about drop ceilings is true.Ģ. Our drop-in ceiling tiles are available in 24in x 24in sizes, finished and unfinished in 30 different patterns. This grid system is installed first and drop-in ceiling tiles are simply “dropped-in” to the openings in the grid to actually form the ceiling. Suspended ceilings require a supporting metal grid that holds the tiles or panels that form the suspended ceiling. Suspended (or drop) ceilings are usually installed a few inches beneath an actual ceiling and provide a good way to hide equipment, plumbing and wiring, especially in commercial and industrial settings or in basements. Drop-In Tin Ceiling Tiles for Ceiling Grid

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