Suspended ceiling

[toolman]

Has anybody ever installed a suspended ceiling but used OSB for the tiles in there garage/pole barn? I'm thinking of doing this to mine with 8'ceilings. If you have could you show some pics.

 

[christian]

Why would you use osb instead of the normal tiles?

 

[toolman]

Why would you use osb instead of the normal tiles?

Normal tiles will sag over time from the humidity. But the main reason is when you open your overhead door and its windy out it blows the tiles upward. Buy using OSB there is enough weight that this doesn’t happing.

 

[christian]

Oh. What ceiling do you have in there now? Or do you just have exposed joists? Is drywall not an option?

 

[Itzkwik]

There are heavy weight panels made for exterior use that would solve your problem. They are drywall covered with vinyl, usually white. You may have seen them in bank drive-thru ceilings.

 

[autoist]

Here's one: From Lowe's - runners attach directly to rafters.....no problems so far & its been a summer & this winter.

 

[toolman]

Oh. What ceiling do you have in there now? Or do you just have exposed joists? Is drywall not an option?

I have an open ceiling (my trusses are exposed) the only reason I prefer not to use drywall is because I would still like to have access up there.

 

[toolman]

Here's one: From Lowe's - runners attach directly to rafters.....no problems so far & its been a summer & this winter.

Tony is that just a standard suspended ceiling or are the grid and panels a special type? Did you have to special order it from lowe’s? How much did it cost and what size is it?

 

[RAYJAY]

I don't think you will get a full 2x2 or a 2x4 with the saw cut on the osb

look at these tiles look kinda different as for blowing up the some of the grids grids have locks on them or there a wind clip you can install


http://www.empirewest.com/store/category.cfm/CategoryID:2

 

[autoist]

Got it all right off the shelf..panels are standard 2x4 Armstrong's...runners are all plastic & screw right to rafters...right now, I've got about 20x34 done & am getting ready to do another 20x44...the part I've done so far cost around $700.

 

[toolman]

Got it all right off the shelf..panels are standard 2x4 Armstrong's...runners are all plastic & screw right to rafters...right now, I've got about 20x34 done & am getting ready to do another 20x44...the part I've done so far cost around $700.

Works out to be $1.02 sf. Not bad. I will have to drop by lowe's and check it out. Thanks.

 

[Abodyracer]

Normal tiles will sag over time from the humidity. But the main reason is when you open your overhead door and its windy out it blows the tiles upward. Buy using OSB there is enough weight that this doesn’t happing.

The 2x2 tiles have less problem with sag than the 2x4 tiles. It costs a little more to go with the 2x2 but you won't have the sagging problem.

 

[rodnok1]

My father in law has 1 inch thick rigid foam type board nailed directly to trusses and has some fiberglass insulation on top of that. I wonder if foam board would work with drop ceiling frame, it's inpurvious to humidity, cheap and has some insulation value to it. AS long as it was thick enough it wouldn't sag.

 

[autoist]

My 2x4's don't sag...but that's probably because all the railing is screwed directly to the rafters & the 2x4 sections are well supported by them.

 

[newgarage]

I like the look of the 2x4 panel ceiling mounted direct to the ceiling joists/rafters. I have 26' wide trusses 24" on center 9' high to the bottom of the trusses and would like a flush mounting easily removable panel system like this if it's possible. Can this system be mounted directly to the bottom of my trusses?

 

[autoist]

Mine is mounted directly to my LVL beams & rafters - trusses are nothing differnet...run by Lowe's & talk with them.

 

[VintageGarage]

I have installed a similar ceiling from Lowes and am very happy with it.

 

[toolman]

Any pic's

 

[autoist]

I posted pics in the beginning of this thread.

 

[mpraddict]

Ceiling clips will solve the uplift problem. That's what we use in vestibules where there are pressure changes with opening doors. OSB will weigh considerably more than a standard clg. tile I would think, and you'll have to make sure the grid you use is adequate for that weight as well as a sufficient number of tie wires.

 

[1320stang]

toolman, reread Itzkwik's post. We use these tiles at our church for an exterior overhang and for a foyer inside our gym where basketballs sometimes miss and bounce up against the tiles. Lowe's or Home Depot will carry them, we use 2x2 and they go in a regular grid, but you have to double the wires that support your grid.