Tear down interior wall, will the ceiling hold?

[Nosq]

Hello,

I have an interior wall that I am in the process of demolishing, but between that wall and another, there is a suspended ceiling to hide district heating pipes. Since the steel studs are attached to the wall I’m demolishing, I am suspicious if the ceiling will stay up solely on the existing fixtures. That is, profile in the ceiling, sheet material, profile in the suspended ceiling—I hope it can be understood based on the picture. Or would it be necessary to anchor with a suspension instead?

 

[Matti_75]

It all depends on how large the ceiling is and how far it is to the next mounting point.

 

[Nosq]

350x350 cm

 

[Liljeros]

Are the district heating pipes against a wall? In that case, I would have considered tearing down the ceiling and just making a small local enclosure around the pipes.

 

[Nosq]

The pipes cross almost in the middle of the living room and are about 15 cm in diameter, and there are 6 of them, approximately 120 cm in width.

 

[Matti_75]

Then the plasterboard won't support the ceiling.
You need to install a secondary beam and braces to hold up the ceiling.

 

[Nosq]

Here is a picture of the drawing to show how the pipes run in the living room

 

[Nosq]

Then the drywall won't hold to support the suspended ceiling.

Then the drywall won't hold to support the suspended ceiling.
You need to install a secondary beam and hangers to support the ceiling

So just install a secondary beam along where the wall disappears? I can't find what you're calling hangers.

 

[Matti_75]

This is what I call braces.

 

[Nosq]

Is it enough with braces only at the end of the roof?

 

[Matti_75]

Is it enough with suspenders only at the end of the roof?

The roof is hanging there today just by resting on the wall?
So you must replace it by hanging up the roof before you tear it down.

 

[Nosq]

In principle, it is also attached to the side walls, here is a picture of a corner. The idea was to place studs under the ceiling to support it, tear down the wall, and then attach brackets there at an interval of maybe 50 cm? Then put up a new board. Do I attach the brackets directly to the ceiling?