Drop Ceiling Around Ductwork

In this video tim is discussing where and why you would install a vertical suspended ceiling drop to cover ductwork or beams in your basement.

Drop ceiling around ductwork. Visible duct work in the exercise room and hiding duct work with a plumbing wall in the bathroom. There are many different ways to build a soffit but this is definitely my favorite way. Build the interior grid work using the main t brackets and the cross t brackets.

Adjust the bottom edge of the mdf side pieces depending on the level of the ceiling. Bob walks through the manhattan brownstone floor through apartment with project manager chris vila looking at the ductwork that has been run in the ceiling. I have made the bathroom wall invisible so you can see that back wall sheri bruneau designer.

This video shows how to build a soffit around ductwork. Suspended ceiling over dropped ductwork. Easiest way is to tie two wires tie black iron to the two wires and repeat every 4 feet as tie wires are to be spaces 4 apart.

How to install a drop ceiling around duct work step 1. Let s say that it is duct work and the height from the floor to the duct is 7 1. Begin by inserting your.

I promise you you will be moving and adjusting these ladders to get them as straight as possible. Standard drop ceiling grid has a height of 1 so if you want to install ceiling grid underneath the duct you ll want to be a minimum of 2 below the lowest obstruction whether it s a duct beam or pipe. Use screws not nails.

The solid sides stabilize the soffit and ceiling and they resist bumps better than metal track and acoustical panels. In this particular basement development we also are working around an existing drop ceiling in the family room. Don t worry about them not being lined up in or out that will fix itself.