On Oct 2, 10:56?pm, "Jackson" wrote:
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Looking for ideas please. I'm going to put up a ceiling in my basement,
and I don't want a dropped ceiling because I don't want to lose the
height. My best idea so far is to nail up furring strips perpendicular
to the joists and then use tongue-and-groove ceiling tiles, stapling them
to the furring strips. That way I only lose about an inch. I have seen
the Ceilingmax system and that's still an option, but my idea would be
cheaper. I'd rather not use drywall.

The problem is that I had hoped to find 2x2 tiles, but all the staple-up
tongue-and-groove tiles I've found are 1x1. That would mean twice as many
furring strips and longer to install. So two questions:

1) Are there in fact any 2x2 tiles of the interlocking staple-up type?
2) What other ideas am I missing, understanding that I want to lose as
little ceiling height as possible?

Thanks,
Jeff

Perhaps tongue&groove pine boards?- Hide quoted text -

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make it removable whatever you use. before you know it something will
need repaired or upgraded, tongue in groove it one of the worst choices