A drop ceiling—also known as a suspended ceiling—conceals the plumbing or electrical work running overhead while allowing easy access to those elements in the future, should any adjustments or repairs ...

Question: My wife and I bought a new home last year from a major builder. Boy, have thing changed since my last new home about 30 years ago! The Building Code is vastly different, as are the modern ...

If a home has a basement, 99.9 percent of the time the ceiling will more than likely be cluttered with various cables and wires, plumbing runs, ductwork and any other mechanical system components that ...

Unfinished basement ceilings have a few issues. They're not pretty to look at, with all of the heating and cooling ducts, ...

If your latest renovation project includes a new ceiling, don't panic at the thought of overhead drywall work. In the right situation, a suspended ceiling offers some real advantages over the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS – We recently had a ...

An empty room with drop ceiling lights, large windows, and a whiteboard on one wall - Nicholas J Klein/Shutterstock When you think of drop ceilings, you probably think of office buildings, school ...

I’ve shared in past columns the wonderful time I’m having helping my son with projects around his house. For several weekends now we have spent hours of quality time together while finishing his ...

Well, I'm in the process of fixing up a finished basement. I'll be living there, and hopefully sleeping there. (Might have to sleep upstairs if we can't get the air quality under control) This is a ...