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wrote:
On Jan 22, 12:03�pm, wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:06:07 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

. �But overall, I think the look of a drywalled
ceiling is so much more worth it than a dropped ceiling, which looks
very commercial and industrial to me. �Some people like it, my wife
and I do not. �
And, from my experience, you and your wife are among the vast
majority. �

I do a couple of dozen basement developments a year. � Haven't done
one with a suspened ceiling for almost ten years. � �Don't know anyone
who has. �

Generally we move the plumbing and gas shut offs into the furnace room
... in most new houses, they're there already. �

As to "junction boxes" ... there shouldn't be any. �

Ken �

you arent around for the troubles when the whatever buried in the
cieling has failed....

its nasty and can add lots of expense to a otherwise easily fixed
problem

WTF do you think is in my rec-room ceiling that will "fail"?

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