Two men installing ceiling tiles on dropped ceiling - Andrew Angelov/Shutterstock Whether you're trying to make your unfinished basement more welcoming or are fully finishing your lower level, ...

A drop ceiling—also known as a suspended ceiling—conceals the plumbing or electrical work running overhead while allowing easy access to those elements in the future, should any adjustments or repairs ...

Though suspended ceilings (above, right) remain the most popular ceiling system option, facility managers report that 17% of their total building square footage still features an open plenum ...

If you don’t mind the ceiling looking like a commercial building, a drop ceiling can be an economical coverup. The project involves installing a grid system and placing ceiling tiles into the openings ...

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QUINCY, Mass.—Cloud ceilings—drop ceilings that don't extend all the way to perimeter walls—are increasingly popular in commercial and industrial buildings. But for fire protection, is a sprinkler ...

While there are no rules prohibiting the installation of receptacle outlets above suspended ceilings, there are rules ...

In this episode of Moving Violations, Russ takes us above a suspended ceiling that has numerous Code violations. Among the mess of violations, a major concern is the sheet rock that has been taken out ...

Hooks are normally attached to the structure supporting the drop ceiling (normally the steal beams, not the wire or threaded rod supporing the grid), then cabling run through them. If the drop ceiling ...