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    • Suspended Ceilings

    Installing suspended ceilings, also known as drop ceilings, requires a set of specific tools and materials to ensure a smooth and successful installation. Here's a comprehensive list:

    • Laser Level, Chalk Line, or Level Line: To mark the ceiling height accurately on the walls and keep the ceiling level across the room.
    • Tape Measure: For precise measurements of the room and ceiling tiles.
    • Utility Knife: For cutting ceiling tiles to fit as needed.
    • Straight Edge or T-Square: For making straight cuts on tiles.
    • Tin Snips: For cutting wall angles, main tees, and cross tees.
    • Hanger Wire: To hang the grid from the overhead.
    • Wire Cutters: For cutting hanger wire to length.
    • Lag Poles: For attaching hanger wire to the overhead when it is out of reach.
    • Clamps: To hold the grid in place until it can be riveted or screwed in place.
    • Screw Gun or Drill: With Phillips head bit for installing wall angle.
    • Grid Punch: For providing holes in the grid at odd lengths for riveting.
    • Rivets and Rivet Gun: To attach the odd lengths of grid and hold them in place.
    • Shadowline Cutter: To cut a reveal edge on odd sized pieces of reveal edge tile.
    • Stilts, Ladder, or Bench: For easy access to the ceiling area.