5 Common mistakes while doing a drop ceiling

in this video i will highlight 5 things to NOT do while installing a drop ceiling to assure your job will turn out perfect and last a lifetime!

[stacynoonan]

This did not teach me what i was looking to learn, but it was nearly the only valuable information I got after searching dozens of videos. You are obviously a great craftsman.

[dalemitzel]

Thanks for the tips, it’s gonna be my first drop ceiling install.

[michaelmarchand]

Hanger wires are supposed to be directly above the mains. Not pulling in a certain direction. Lazer them. Then put a lazer on the main. Put in all the cross-t's in the first row along the wall. Keep the lazer on the main. Screw a small 2inch piece of wall molding ( L ) into the wall and into the cross t. Now the first row is locked in and everything is solid. Nothing pulling in any direction. Perfectly straight

[Irahq]

Great tips 👍🏾 maybe he’s a beginner and his phone died so he couldn’t look it up 😂 but seriously, great tips! I probably would have connected it and had to redo it being a beginners and all.

[FR-mukv]

Hi I have a 15 foot ceiling but its split into 2 businesses with a wall partition separating both at 8ft I want to install a drop ceiling should I use longer wires? I'm doing it myself.

[dannyatchley]

Few things to help. With wires, they need to be no more than 4 foot apart. If you start 3’ off the wall then 7’ then 11’. At 11’ you’ll have a wire at the joint of the main to keep from sagging. Level the ceiling with your laser. Hang it on the wall angle and drop it to 2” if you need. Use a magnetic laser card and stick to grid and Jack the wire up or down to keep 2” all around or whatever your laser is set at. Always stabbing to the right side is correct for most grid like Armstrong Solutions. While USG grid stabs to the left. And old style hook grid you have to hook it from under the grid then hook other side. Too get a correct split, say the room is 12’ wide even, that would be an 8’ foot split. Or 4 full tiles in the middle. Measure off one wall 8’ and make a mark. Measure from the other wall back to your mark and split it in half. That’ll be your border. using 15/16 grid you can set a string whatever your border is + 2’ + 1/2” of the longest wall. You don’t need a main on starting off your border when you can start it border 2’ and cut 4’ tees by scribing the string. There is a lot more too it lol. Main thing is staying square 66 3/8” for 4x4, squaring between mains. and 52 1/4” for 2x4. If you set 2 strings one on your first main and one on your edge of border tees you’ll only need to check square once because you have 2 square lines. It’ll have to stay square.

[euuztmb]

Hi when some one make mistake to fix how to correct it without brig it dàwn

[RaymondGettler]

You should have made a whole separate video of how to put in a t-bar system. Even though you did not mention his name, saying that your buddy messed the job up is disrespectful towards him. You don't teach people by putting somebody else down. It's good to use somebody else's mistake to teach people but not the way that your doing it. I honestly think that you owe your buddy and apology if he's truly your buddy.

[angeloshamus]

Some usg have tabs on the left....jussayin

[skrnj]

Cant you just rotate the lights 180° and then the wires will be at the appropriate corner of the light fixture?

[tonydwyer]

you missed the most important for any dropped ceiling, get it square, otherwise the tiles will not fit

[ujayet]

So that's who I need to hate....I'm just a utility guy that gets sent out to replace ceiling tiles..and what suppose to take minutes to do end up taking longer because them cables are all over the place along with messy insulators smh.

[jeffadams]

Number 7, as the person in charge of project, , hire some one competent

[postskeetclarity]

friends don't let friends do drop ceilings

[TheTrinbagonian]

is that dude still your "buddy"?

[darcysingler]

Omg why everyone so dumb. You must be the best in the business just a natural. Must be you IQ and pride. I would pay 4 times to have you do it, I tried this myself why one cornor of the room my head touches the tiles abibadeboo

[regulatormachine]

might be good info, but poorly presented