Lower the ceiling

[JF.]

I'm planning to lower the ceiling in the hallway and install spotlights. I'm thinking of placing a frame around the hallway with 45mm steel studs and then laying 2x2 wood across the hallway to attach the plasterboard to. That should turn out pretty well, right? The hallway is about 1300x3200mm.

I'm planning to use nail plugs to attach the steel studs to the wall. What dimension is suitable, and what spacing should I use between them?
Do you need to have 30cc in the ceiling, or can the spacing between the studs be a bit wider?

I have a small problem with one of the walls; there's only about 1700mm of wall to attach to, and then the stud is hanging in the air. Should I attach the remaining part to the ceiling? Or how is it done?

 

[Niklas9]

How much should you lower the ceiling?
How do you mean that the beam will hang in the air?

 

[JF.]

Haven't decided if I should go with LED or halogen, so 5cm or 10cm lowering.

I'm including a picture so you can see. The custom-built wardrobe doesn't align with the wall in the hallway, there's a difference of about 5-6cm. So if you attach the rule to the wall in the hallway, there's nothing to attach it to where the wardrobe is. If I use LED and only lower 5cm, I can bolt it to the ceiling, but with halogen, it becomes more difficult.

 

[Niklas9]

Does it work to attach a beam to the ceiling and screw the next one into it? If you're lowering by 10cm.

 

[JF.]

If I lower it by 10cm, it won't work as I had intended. However, perhaps I can place a block between the wardrobe and the beam and screw the beam into the wardrobe instead?

 

[Niklas9]

I mean to attach the first one to the ceiling and then screw the next one to it. 45mm+45mm.

 

[SBH]

why not do it for real. a suspended ceiling?
metal rules and attach rules with perforated tape to the ceiling

 

[JF.]

Are 6x80mm nail plugs enough to fasten 2x2"?

You mentioned a suspended ceiling, do you have a picture to show how it looks and how to do it?

 

[Elvis69]

Here you have a number of different solutions. Ceiling system 2 and what is called CD are suspended. CD-2 is what you should use in that case. There are some instructional videos here.