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How to Install a Drop Ceiling - 5 Simple Steps and 1 Big Mistake

April 15, 2014 by Adam 100 Comments

If you had asked me a year ago would I ever write an article called "how to install a drop ceiling" I would have looked at you like you had three heads. Yet, here I am. Or rather, here we are.

I figured out how to install a drop ceiling for my basement

I taught myself how to install a drop ceiling and here's the result. It makes me tear up with joy each time I go down to my basement. I'm writing this article to show you how to do yours.

I'm guessing you are here for the same reason that I was Googling for days on end a year ago. You want to know if you can install a drop ceiling in your basement on your own.  

The short answer is yes!  Yes you can and it's not that hard. You can save a lot of money by doing  it yourself IF you don't make some of these key mistakes.  [Read more...]

Is a Suspended Ceiling right for your Basement?

February 27, 2014 by Adam 27 Comments

Yes, admittedly everything Jason says about drop ceilings is true.

1. You will lose head room.

2. It can look cheap. OR It doesn't look like the rest of the home.

3. You lose out on some value

4. You don't save any money with a drop ceiling

However.... I think a drywall ceiling can be quite sharp looking and adds
continuity to the rest of the house IF it's done right. [Read more...]

Drop Ceiling vs Drywall for Finishing Your Basement

January 9, 2013 by Jason 133 Comments

drop ceiling for a basementA drop ceiling costs about the same if not more than a drywall ceiling.  I'll tell you exactly why in just a minute.

When I was figuring out how to finish a basement I thought to myself  "Self… should we save money and drywall the basement ceiling on our own?"  Then I imagined the difficulty of recruiting my lazy friends to help me drywall the ceiling.

Then I thought "drop ceiling!" that's the answer.  Cheaper, easy to do by yourself.  The only problem...it screams BASEMENT!".

I did some research and pondered it for about 3 weeks.  [Read more...]

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