Suspended Ceiling Panel- RIP
We mentioned earlier that we're finishing up remodeling the basement exercise room. One of the projects involved installing a suspended ceiling. A valuable lesson was recently learned-- if you buy panels that can easily be snapped in half, and you have thin strips within reach of a six year old boy and his sidekick 4 year old sister-- you are asking for trouble!
One day, as I walk past the room, I notice my scrap pieces are missing. I needed these strips, about 8 inches wide, to fill in along the far wall to finish the project. They were already the correct 4 feet in length, and would sit perfectly between the wall and the last row of full tiles. And they disappeared.
That is, all but the one 8 inch wide by 10 inch (vs. 48 inch) long scrap I spotted. After a few looks at my children, the look that means fess up or there will be...consequences, my son opened up the doors to a nearby old changing table, and stuffed in the cabinet were my suspended ceiling panels, all nicely broken up into 10 inches to 1 foot lengths. He explained to me that they were "cleaning up" and put the pieces away so that they fit in the closet. I was not amused!
Lessons learned: lock the door to keep kiddos away from anything breakable! Also, laugh with the kids-- it's just a ceiling panel.
One day, as I walk past the room, I notice my scrap pieces are missing. I needed these strips, about 8 inches wide, to fill in along the far wall to finish the project. They were already the correct 4 feet in length, and would sit perfectly between the wall and the last row of full tiles. And they disappeared.
That is, all but the one 8 inch wide by 10 inch (vs. 48 inch) long scrap I spotted. After a few looks at my children, the look that means fess up or there will be...consequences, my son opened up the doors to a nearby old changing table, and stuffed in the cabinet were my suspended ceiling panels, all nicely broken up into 10 inches to 1 foot lengths. He explained to me that they were "cleaning up" and put the pieces away so that they fit in the closet. I was not amused!
Lessons learned: lock the door to keep kiddos away from anything breakable! Also, laugh with the kids-- it's just a ceiling panel.
