Why I won't be porting saws for a while

[Jkebxjunke]

Brad,
here is a link to Popular Mechanics on dropped ceilings... give you a general idea... they sell them at Lowes and Home Despot.... they have different styles available... even ones that look like old fashioned tin ceilings. could probably have most of it done in one day.... while everything is tore up now.... its a "might as well" plus they will also deaden sound too.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/home_improvement/1276121.html

it might help if I post the link too... duh!!

 

[blsnelling]

Give me a guestimate price for a 1900 sq ft ceiling. I wish I was rady for a ceiling!

 

[ironman_gq]

drop ceiling can be done in an afternoon once you get the wall iron set straight and level you just set your laser and go. spendy part is in the tiles. We do nothing but commercial work and some of those tiles go for $5 each but by the end you save money over drywall in time and labor.

 

[showrguy]

drop ceiling------------so easy, "even a cave man could do it"

 

[esshup]

I feel your pain, I really, really do. I am in the process of finishing the basement in my parents house. 311 linear ft of 9' tall walls. I added a bathroom downstairs w/shower, (the contractor had some of the plumbing under the slab in the wrong place so I had to cut some of the slab out & re-do). Tiled the bathroom as well. IIRC their house is 1800 ish sq. ft. Ran electric, insulated, had to inject epoxy in 120 ft of cracks in the walls, still have about 200 ft of cracks to do in the floors. (basement floor is domeing)

Dropped ceiling as well. I think the material cost $1,200.00 - $1,400.00 with 12 of those recessed lights like what you have in the basement. A buddy works at Home Depot and called me one day asking if I knew of anybody that was going to put up a dropped ceiling. It seems that they were getting rid of the old stock ceiling tiles. I called Dad and told him to make up his mind what he wanted to do right now because if he wanted a dropped ceiling in the basement I had 24 hr to get the tiles or they would be in the trash. They're are 2' sq, commercial grade. He said that I got the whole ceiling for the price of what the tiles would have cost.

I don't mind hanging drywall, but I hate mudding. I'm really happy that he didn't want the ceiling drywalled.

The place is looking good. I'll bet you'll find out that the basement will be warmer once all the drywall is up.

 

[blsnelling]

Another section of wall went up tonight. We also drywalled the previous section.

 

[WoodChuck'r]

 

[tlandrum]

hey brad i just noticed in the corner you have a pellet stove. i figured you would burn the wood you cut?? just giving you a herd time for the pellet stove. they are easier to haul the wood for.

 

[blsnelling]

Made some good progress earlier this week before getting sick. And yes, I know this is a basement, not a garage, like I accidentally called it in the vid

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[matt9923]

Looking good!

 

[Andyshine77]

You've made a lot of progress the past few days.

 

[blsnelling]

You've made a lot of progress the past few days.

What are you doing out of bed, you pnemonia man! You've got pnemonia, I've got shingles and a head cold, and Niks in bed aching all over, probably the flue

 

[Jacob J.]

What are you doing out of bed, you pnemonia man! You've got pnemonia, I've got shingles and a head cold, and Niks in bed aching all over, probably the flue

Shingles is rough business. What's with all you Ohio guys getting sick? Must be something in the water...

 

[Banacanin]

Shingles is rough business. What's with all you Ohio guys getting sick? Must be something in the water...

It's not just Ohio. Of six teammates at my work, three of us were off with the flu today. Of the three that were not off sick today, one was sick earlier this week and two work out of the UK office.

 

[Jacob J.]

It must be the season...We've been lucky here, very little flu or respiratory infections going around. Very few cases of swine flu as well.

 

[Andyshine77]

What are you doing out of bed, you pnemonia man! You've got pnemonia, I've got shingles and a head cold, and Niks in bed aching all over, probably the flue

Pneumonia can't keep the BEAST down well not for long anyway.

 

[Jacob J.]

Pneumonia can't keep the BEAST down well not for long anyway.

Just be careful...pneumonia is serious business, even for the beast.

 

[blsnelling]

Pneumonia can't keep the BEAST down well not for long anyway.

So you got out of bed long enough to eat a bowl of noodle soup, or what?:greenchainsaw:

 

[Andyshine77]

So you got out of bed long enough to eat a bowl of noodle soup, or what?:greenchainsaw:

and some good homemade chili It's also easier to type than speak right now.

 

[Andyshine77]

Just be careful...pneumonia is serious business, even for the beast.

I sure will, thanks.