What Type Of Suspended Ceiling To Choose?

Having suspended ceiling is as good as a second ceiling as they are installed beneath the present ceiling, thereby providing space for keeping piping and ductwork out of view. They are suspended down the main ceiling by making use of wires and are laid out in a grid for fitting of tiles. Quite a few materials can be used for making such ceilings, though wood is more popular.

You could install lighting arrangement and air ducts etc. after the suspended ceilings have been fixed. They are used a lot to cover up this kind of work anyway so suspended ceilings being installed to cover air ducts can easily be integrated in. You may include insulation in the suspended ceiling for absorption of sound and heat.

They are designed to facilitate maintenance work in the gap that is created in between the two ceilings.

When designing and purchasing your suspended ceilings you are going to need to decide whether or not you want the ceiling to be demountable or completely non-accessible. If the suspended ceiling has a demountable design, its own maintenance and that of the items housed in the void can be executed easily. On the other hand, a non accessible design prevents easy maintenance of the items contained in the void as it is no more practical to approach there.

You should consider the above very seriously as the ceilings will need to be redone if you wish to be able to change a non accessible ceiling into a demountable one.

Keeping the same concept in mind, it's possible to have different designs of such ceilings to suit your requirements. For example there is the free span suspend ceiling system that is mainly used for corridors. Such a design comprises of ceiling planks held together by the perimeter trim on their short edges. The advantage of such a design is that it offers easy and fast installation that looks pretty on getting a smooth finish. These types of suspended ceilings can be made de-mountable for maintenance or non-accessible; if you opt for the de-mountable type then the ceiling planks are removed to allow you your easy access.

Another suspended ceiling called as the band raster system offers a very flexible design that can be incorporated with any type of building architecture. This is a flexible design of suspended ceiling in the sense that you can have in either of the non-accessible or demountable design. These suspended ceilings can be designed to have exposed or concealed sections that connect together to accomplish lateral bracing and thus offering flexibility of modification to fit any building.

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