Disaster avoided

[RC Storick]

While sanding I heard a pop. I look up and saw my drop ceiling sagging. So I stood on a chair and pushed it up. Don't do that! What happened was a suspension wire had broken. The ceiling started unfolding like a deck of cards. I was able to avoid hitting my new plane with any of the parts but what a close call! Over half the ceiling ended up on the floor.

[Dan McEntee]

      Remember the Three Stooges short about plumbing? If suspended ceilings were around in there day they could have done a feature length movie around it! The question is, why did a suspension wire break? That sounds strange. Empty the room out before you repair it, because you might have to start from scratch! Good luck with it.
     Dan McEntee

[wwwarbird]

 WHOAH!!!   Good thing the airplane Gods were on your side!

[MarcusCordeiro]

I can't help but think of it happening.... Gee, what a rush...
I am glad there was no damage...

Marcus

[Air Ministry .]

Did you get it on Video .  . sounds like the ' domino efect ' . good it wasnt a disaster ㅡ gotta get the good breaks occasionally . 

[Randy Ryan]

Under different circumstances this would be cause for a ban on suspended ceilings.

[Phil Krankowski]

Been there...

All too often a new or cheap person is hanging the ceiling and uses less wire supports than indicated.  I gutted a former post office in college (The owner hired me to gut it).  Some sections of drop ceiling were supported about every 4 ft, stagger fashion, and other sections were supported about every 10 ft.  In some areas the supports were random-like too.

In one section I cut a couple wires and a couple hundred square ft of ceiling came down.

If the ceiling was anchored with roofing nails and tie wires then it frequently happens that the nail will work out over time.  Vibrations from truck and air traffic is enough over a long enough time.  There are screw anchors that work much better. 

Phil

[RC Storick]

When I bought this hose the ceiling was already installed. The knucklehead who installed it did not sink the screws into the rafters. So the screws worked out. They also installed a fan that was resting on a 2x4 between the skimpy frame. They didn't have it anchored to the box. I have it all fixed now and I am back to sanding. It almost took out my whole fleet.

[Jim Fruit]

Under different circumstances this would be cause for a ban on suspended ceilings.

It does not have to be a suspended ceiling! I have a small trophy in my workshop that I received about 50 years ago. It is called the "Hard Luck Award". It was awarded to me by the Club for a particular event that I experienced. My work shop was on the second floor of an old house that I was renting. One rainy day while my family and I were having supper, we heard a loud crash upstairs. A quick sprint upstairs revealed that an apparent leaky roof had weakened the plaster ceiling and all of it came down. Everything was smashed flat! First liar does not have a chance.

[Steve Helmick]

It does not have to be a suspended ceiling! I have a small trophy in my workshop that I received about 50 years ago. It is called the "Hard Luck Award". It was awarded to me by the Club for a particular event that I experienced. My work shop was on the second floor of an old house that I was renting. One rainy day while my family and I were having supper, we heard a loud crash upstairs. A quick sprint upstairs revealed that an apparent leaky roof had weakened the plaster ceiling and all of it came down. Everything was smashed flat! First liar does not have a chance.

Liar?    Steve