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Robin E. Snyder
Senior Member
Username: robin
Post Number: 697
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 11:50 am: |    |
Anyone know of ceiling panels, apx 30 x 50 that are have an upscale appearance, either recessed for gypsum board or GFRG? |
Wayne Yancey
Senior Member
Username: wayne_yancey
Post Number: 830
Registered: 01-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 12:07 pm: | |
So, you want a ceiling access door and frame with frame with drywall flanges and recess door face to receive gypsum board flush with adjacent surface for your upscale appearance?
Specify the custom size you want. |
Jeffrey Wilson CSI CCS SCIP
Senior Member
Username: wilsonconsulting
Post Number: 226
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 12:44 pm: | |
Companies that make GFRG drop-in or hinged ceiling access panels offer standard sizes @ 24x36 and 30" square; perhaps they could accommodate a larger custom size. Products I have spec'd include:
Chicago Metallic Corporation (www.chicagometallic.com); Glass Reinforced Gypsum Access Doors.
InterSource Specialties Company (www.intersourceco.com, www.iscsupply.com); Stylemark.
Formglas Inc. (www.formglas.com); Access Panels.
Wind-lock (www.stealthpanels.com); Stealth.
Jeffrey Wilson CCS CSI SCIP
Wilson Consulting Inc
Ardmore PA |
Lisa Goodwin Robbins, RA, CCS, LEED ap
Senior Member
Username: lgoodrob
Post Number: 323
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 02:00 pm: | |
Robin,
Tell your Architect that this is an opportunity for a very special design feature. |
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS
Senior Member
Username: michael_chusid
Post Number: 317
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 02:00 pm: | |
Another approach is to use a large, lightweight metal ceiling panel -- Ceilings Plus comes to mind as a supplier. The torsion spring clips allow panel to swing downward for above-ceiling access. The panel can be field painted to match the painted gypboard ceiling, or faced with 1/4" thick gyp board if necessary.
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS
www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru 818-219-4937 |
Dave Metzger
Senior Member
Username: davemetzger
Post Number: 700
Registered: 07-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 02:13 pm: | |
For a panel that size, especially if you are looking at a swing-down panel, may want to consider a double-leaf design. Otherwise clearance for a person on a ladder will be an issue. |
Ann Sobiech Munson, AIA CSI CCS
Senior Member
Username: acsobiech
Post Number: 11
Registered: 12-2014
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2017 - 02:11 pm: | |
We have been trying to use these Bauco Plus panels on a project; we have not had real-life experience with them yet, but they seem to match your requirements. Your size exceeds their standard but custom sizes can go bigger.
http://www.accesspanelsolutions.com/products/bauco-plus11 |
Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP, EDAC
Senior Member
Username: redseca2
Post Number: 601
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2017 - 03:28 pm: | |
We did a design for almost 600 very large access panels to access the fan coil units in each guest room of an historic landmark hotel. This was more than 20 years ago, so I have no product data.
We selected an acoustically insulated access panel and because of the large quantity order, we were able to create a custom frame that created an approximate 1/2 by 1-inch deep reveal joint around the access panel perimeter.
The panels were located in the entry vestibule of each guest room and were sized so that the length and width of the panel were proportional to the vestibule length and width. The ceiling perimeter received crown molding (we used several miles of the profile overall), and when it was all painted, the reveal seemed to be part of the overall ornate ceiling design and you didn't register that it was an access panel at all.
The final touch was a period correct shiny brass trimmed light fixture with a crystal glass bowl centered perfectly on the access panel. We routed flexible conduit from the fixture to a j-box where rigid conduit took over. |
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