Has anybody out there had experince with drop ceilings installed in commercial bathrooms. Also the easiest way to attach to block walls to install the ceiling.
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Dealt with plenty of them, I've only installed 3 drops & they were for friends.
The sheetrock must go all the way up in between the mens & womens room ( pervert barrier)
I have seen them shot into a block wall, (powder actuated & trak fast)
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Go to an acoustical and drywall supplier and ask for tension pins to nail up the wall mldg. (wall angle). They are case harden nails about 1 1/8" long made for that purpose. Hit the head joints on the block and they go in like butter. They also work well in light weight block and will work in concrete block, but you have to wackem harder :-). For really small jobs we have punched the wall angle with a Whitney Jr. punch and used redhead anchors and screws, but that really is slow. PADs are way overkill for wall angle. Most of the time they will deform the angle or even punch right through it if the charge is to high.
I have not seen them at home centers, and if you ask for them , you'll just get that "deer in the head lights look.
Remember the wall angle is only carrying 1/4 to 1/2 of the weight of each panel and a small additional amount from the grid ends resting on it. 85 to 90% of the ceiling weight should be carried by the grid and the hanging wire. Make sure the wire is a heavy gauge and well anchored, and four corner wire on all drop in light fixtures. Call backs for a sagging ceiling are a PITA.
If you are doing commercial restrooms, you also need to know what the fire rating and moisture resistance of your panels needs to be. We use a vinyl coated moisture resistant drywall panels made by USG. Armstrong also makes some nice panels for high moisture areas. Check out both their web sites for installation tips, products and installation hardware.
Dave
Read the post. I've never installed one but familiar enough with them. One thought just popped into mind...Could you simply use the hanger wire for the perimeter? Instead of securing it to the wall just hang the entire grid system. Again... just a thought.
Another common way to attach the track around the perimeter of a room constructed of concrete block is to nail a strip of 3/4" plywood to the block about 1/4" higher than the bottom of the strip, then nail the track to the plywood strip with short nails. Having the strip up about 1/4" from the bottom means it doesn't show as much. Paint the bottom edge of the plywood before attaching the track.
I recommend considering smooth faced washable tiles instead of acoustical face.