Bill wrote:


Furring strips may be unnecessary, but I think they may add something
extra, beside making it easy to nail up my clamp and boxes. There is
something that makes me uneasy about running EMT across the stippled
ceiling. It could end up looking too much like somebody's basement. A
beveled furring strip says, to me, that somebody cared. I'm about the
only one that's going to be in there, and I'll appreciate the
difference. The added inconvenience is pretty minimal since I'm doing
the work myself. Besides that, if I didn't put up the furring strips,
I wouldn't have as good of an excuse to repaint the ceiling! : )


Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Bill, so whatever floats your boat is
what you do. As far as looking like someone's basement - well, I guess...
maybe. To me, conduit properly hung would simply look like conduit properly
hung. I don't see where firring strips would say that somebody cared, but
that's my perspective, and it ain't my garage. If it really appeals to your
eye more, then just go with it, and move past any discussion about firring
strips here. Forget about any concerns for shrinkage/expansion. Just screw
them up. Do you think the builders of your house allowed for
shrinkage/expansion in the stud walls when they nailed them together?

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-Mike-