I will lower my kitchen ceiling by 15 cm and install downlights. I will use wooden studs 40x75 and build a frame around the wall and then run the studs with cc40. My question is how I can stabilize this most easily, as having two attachment points on a stud and 3.20 m between them doesn't work; it has to be attached to the ceiling as well. I have a concrete ceiling and concrete walls. So the question is, what should I use to stabilize it and get attachment points to the ceiling??
Do you necessarily have to use wood?
You can suspend a ceiling with steel studs or build a self-supporting one.
If you build a self-supporting ceiling with steel studs, you can use 95 mm studs if you have 2 layers of plasterboard. Then you don't need to attach it to the ceiling.
You can suspend a ceiling with steel studs or build a self-supporting one.
If you build a self-supporting ceiling with steel studs, you can use 95 mm studs if you have 2 layers of plasterboard. Then you don't need to attach it to the ceiling.
If I attach rough sawn timber 45 x 95 to my concrete ceiling and then lay rough sawn timber 45 x 70 across the first layer of battens and then build with 13 mm gypsum boards, would that work?
The first layer of battens comes down 95 mm, the second layer comes down 45 mm, and the gypsum 13 mm. This gives a total drop of 15.3 cm, which is a suitable lowering for me. The question is just about the weight on the ceiling; is there a risk that this would be too heavy? As I mentioned, I have a concrete ceiling and concrete walls, so there are solid mountings to attach to, but as I said, is there any possibility that this could give way?
The first layer of battens comes down 95 mm, the second layer comes down 45 mm, and the gypsum 13 mm. This gives a total drop of 15.3 cm, which is a suitable lowering for me. The question is just about the weight on the ceiling; is there a risk that this would be too heavy? As I mentioned, I have a concrete ceiling and concrete walls, so there are solid mountings to attach to, but as I said, is there any possibility that this could give way?
I was considering a similar solution to yours when a very kind person here helped me think of a better option, so I used metal studs to lower the ceiling. Extremely convenient, and it also felt nice to have a concrete ceiling, metal studs, and plasterboard given the spotlights that are mounted; not much flammable here...
I have some photos from my ceiling lowering in the thread about my kitchen, attaching one here. It's a bit small, but you can see a little.
I have some photos from my ceiling lowering in the thread about my kitchen, attaching one here. It's a bit small, but you can see a little.
