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Old 05-23-2009, 01:34 PM   #1
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Ideas Needed Guys And Gals Drop Ceiling Replacement


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I have no problem putting one up or tearing one out or pricing the work. But I've never done one in a 40 yr old fast food joint, (checkers). I have seen above this one and it isn't pretty. Dirt as old as me (almost). This place is open all the time and I will need to do maybe 2-3 hours of work a day to keep them open. My question is this...
I'm looking for ideas on how to contain the old crap during demo. I don't want it all over the kitchen and see no way to tarp this. I suppose I could tape a tarp on the wall and allow it to fall to the floor but maybe someone else has a better way.
I am planning on vacuuming most of the debris from above the tiles first but who knows what I will run into, snakes, bugs, spiders !!. I'm not looking forward to the first day

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Old 05-23-2009, 01:44 PM   #2
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Are you just replacing tile or the tracking too?
How high are the ceilings?
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The whole thing, tracks, tiles, and fittings.
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Old 05-23-2009, 01:53 PM   #4
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Tough one.
Can you isolate one area at a time and make a 6 mil wall hanginng from the existing track? Then take out 2 mains, tees and tile and replace, then leapfrog 2 or three mains at a time?
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I think maybe your local health department may have something to say about this...could also contain lead paint or asbestosis up there.
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That sounds like it may possibly help. If I run new trim under the old so I can leave the old trim in place it just might work. I was thinking more in the lines of demoing the whole thing. Doing it in stages might be the ticket. I'll think this through a bit more and see if I can plan it out this way.
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Dropping your ceiling 1 inch will allow you to run your new wall angle under the existing.

Then you will be able to remove a section and build the new section up to the containment.

Clean up area, move containment wall onto new ceiling track, and start over.

This will definitely slow things down but it might work in your situation.

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If you could do it during hours they are closed or is this a 24/7 place. I would do it in sections but I would also get a dust collector. I have one we use in residental housing it moves 1500 cubic feet per minute, put your 6 mil up and vent the dust collect out the door mask it off. the dust will stay in the areas your working in. good luck


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