When I was a carpentry
foreman
at the University
of Illinois, my
crews used to install something
like 20,000 square feet of suspended ceiling each year. They
loved the stuff. One worker with a rolling scaffold and a few
hand tools can put up lot of ceiling in a day, and a team of two
— one on the scaffold and one to move it around and hand up
materials — can do three times as much.
Suspended ceilings are immune to cracks, nail pops, and
other callback-producing defects associated with drywall. They
provide access to plumbing, ductwork, and wiring, and their
sound-absorbing qualities provide a cozy "feel." Although grid
components can't be intermixed,