Did the searching, now the drop ceiling question

[Ethan Winer]

Originally Posted by dft3670

if it's a drop ceiling..just replace some inserts with grates and the air space between the drop and ceiling will be a great trap.

That's just wrong.

My room dimensions are 12x9x7 and the room has 22 traps already, so it is well treated.

For a small room with a low ceiling like that I'd remove the hard tiles you have, leaving only the fluffy fiberglass above. Then dress it with soft fabric.

--Ethan

[dft3670]

Thanks Ethan, for clarifying that information.

[Weasel9992]

Originally Posted by dft3670

if it's a drop ceiling..just replace some inserts with grates and the air space between the drop and ceiling will be a great trap.

If the ceiling were higher, then you could take out some tiles, fill above the ceiling with rigid fiberglass/rock wool and replace the old tiles with fabric. Ethan is definitely right in this case though...just take the whole thing out, leave the insulation and finish with fabric.

Frank

[dft3670]

Hi Frank,
I am stuck with the drop ceiling. The former owner finished the walls with 1/2" T&G pine glued and screwed after the ceiling went up, so pulling the ceiling grid would leave a 2.5 ft gap between the top of the walls around the entire room to top of the joists.. The second problem is a double teed gas main running 6 inches below the joist line. There are four gas pipes snaking through the ceiling.

The drop ceiling is already packed full of fluffy. Do you think the best compromise is to just pull as many hard tiles as I can, make some fabric stretched 2x2 pine frames and just replace each hard tile with these fabric frames. This way at least I'm getting the benefit of some trapping from the insulation in the ceiling and getting rid of the hard tiles influence on the room.

[Weasel9992]

Originally Posted by dft3670

Hi Frank,
I am stuck with the drop ceiling. The former owner finished the walls with 1/2" T&G pine glued and screwed after the ceiling went up, so pulling the ceiling grid would leave a 2.5 ft gap between the top of the walls around the entire room to top of the joists.. The second problem is a double teed gas main running 6 inches below the joist line. There are four gas pipes snaking through the ceiling.

The drop ceiling is already packed full of fluffy. Do you think the best compromise is to just pull as many hard tiles as I can, make some fabric stretched 2x2 pine frames and just replace each hard tile with these fabric frames. This way at least I'm getting the benefit of some trapping from the insulation in the ceiling and getting rid of the hard tiles influence on the room.

If you're stuck with the ceiling, then that's certainly a viable option. Better than the drop ceiling, that's for sure.

Frank

[dft3670]

Thanks, Frank. I'll post some pictures of everything I have done to the studio soon, so you guys can see your theory put into practice.
Thanks

[dft3670]

Frank, Tight or loose pack on the pink isulation in the ceiling?