Pocster Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) The plan was a suspended ceiling ; that office block look . The perimeter trim is so flimsy it bends under its own weight and deforms when a screw goes in . This why these ceilings always look crap ? At edges I pack it out as it can’t possibly bend . It still wobbles around . Im doing this in the wrong order I.e walls not plastered ; because waiting on a plasterer will hold me up . Intention was he will skim up to the trim . Then I will caulk along the edge as it’s bound to crack . Am I just being crap ? ( rhetorical question ) Thought the perimeter trim would be easy ! 😞 Edited January 20, 2023 by pocster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pocster Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 Suppose once skimmed and painted - could trim over the trim ffs ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 You could fill with yellow grout? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 This trim is SO flimsy shit!. Also when the 'structs' come across to support the tiles how do they fit to the trim??? (expletive deleted)ing rubbish - gonna email the company now and rant .. A FRIDAY RANT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 Just spoke to them. Stupid (expletive deleted) ; the trim goes the other way round. I did actually check this and assumed the trim visible width was the same as the struct width. But apparently not. (expletive deleted)ing Friday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfun Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 i'm going to need to drop a ceiling in the basement to cover the MVHR pipes and other things. i look forward to seeing how yours turns out. i was thinking some kind of metal frame could be used? other option was joist hangers and timbers? it is a long way off though but my mind turns to it occasionally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 27 minutes ago, Thorfun said: i'm going to need to drop a ceiling in the basement to cover the MVHR pipes and other things. i look forward to seeing how yours turns out. i was thinking some kind of metal frame could be used? other option was joist hangers and timbers? it is a long way off though but my mind turns to it occasionally. Watch and learn how not to do it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 2 hours ago, pocster said: Watch and learn how not to do it! All episodes / seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 minute ago, Onoff said: All episodes / seasons. Yeah , like your (expletive deleted)ed up bathroom saga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, pocster said: Yeah , like your (expletive deleted)ed up bathroom epic It could be an entire season of Abandoned Engineering! "Who built this and why didn't they finish it?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 All the weight is on the cables holding the cross struts Use tack blocks around the perimeter Chanel The Chanel should really be fitted to a black timber baton to form a shadow baton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Onoff said: It could be an entire season of Abandoned Engineering! "Who built this and why didn't they finish it?" Or uss (expletive deleted) erprise . Sole mission to discover (expletive deleted) ups and new builds in the twat galaxy Edited January 20, 2023 by pocster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 15 minutes ago, nod said: All the weight is on the cables holding the cross struts Use tack blocks around the perimeter Chanel The Chanel should really be fitted to a black timber baton to form a shadow baton Wft a tack bloc ? . Googling showed me a semi nude female tied down over my bed . Presume you didn’t mean that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 Struggling with this - thought it would be so easy . I just don’t get how the system works . Wire hangers . Too loose and they aren’t taking the weight of the main struct . Too tight and it hovers . No easy way to adjust ( twist and hope ! ) . Is there something better than hanger wire for a concrete ceiling ; that you can adjust the height as you go ? The main structs ( all structs ) that sit on the wall trim . They just sit there - not fixed . This ‘mesh’ isn’t going to have rigidity. The only thing stopping it swaying and moving will be the tiles . Am I doing this wrong ? ( seen on some USA video they rivet to the wall trim ) . Any advice welcome 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jimbo Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 If it helps you feel better. I love the doors. That's going to be a lot of drilling into the concrete slab for the bits of wire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 24 minutes ago, Big Jimbo said: If it helps you feel better. I love the doors. That's going to be a lot of drilling into the concrete slab for the bits of wire. Funnily enough it ain’t ( according to instructions ) . 2 hangs per main runner . Max there will be 4 main runners - so it’s no problem. The ‘wedge’ fixings into concrete work surprisingly well . I just don’t get how this is held square ( apart from the tiles ) . Still I’ll knock this shit up and we will find out when SWMBO accidentally knocks it and the entire ceiling comes down 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jimbo Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 When i had a large office done, they dropped in the edge tiles as they went. Then filled in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 58 minutes ago, Big Jimbo said: When i had a large office done, they dropped in the edge tiles as they went. Then filled in the middle. Yeah I’ll probably do that as it should ‘square ‘ it . I’d just rather the frame was all square and fixed I.e rigid . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 Some progress . Need a 🍷 break now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 1 hour ago, pocster said: Some progress . Need a 🍷 break now What's that dog's hind leg then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, Onoff said: What's that dog's hind leg then? Eh !!!!!???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 The edge tiles made me swear - so will leave them until tomorrow. My logic was whole tiles will square the frame ….. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 It would make David Brent feel at home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 19 minutes ago, pocster said: The edge tiles made me swear - so will leave them until tomorrow. My logic was whole tiles will square the frame ….. Is it an illusion, or is that left hand slither narrower at the end by the doors? Is the room not square? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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