Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Plastic ceiling panels

19 November 2011

Re: [DIY] Plastic ceiling panels

I didn't think you meant it in a mean way, only humorous, but I'm not sure I got your joke. Now I do -- and it is funny! What ShOULD have been a small job, partially due to my own recklessness (I took down the panels, did not carefully number them) and inefficient repair person who came to fix the job, I didn't want any difficulty with her so I paid her because people are crazy today, I'll never use her again but you really can't say what you would like to say ... I'm slightly afraid of people, lol. I'd like to tell her she is inefficient and cheated me, but I'll be more tactful than that. When she calls me, I'll probably say, "Sorry, dear, I'm using someone that has the time and his price is excellent. He's doing a good job, but I appreciate your concern. Thanks anyway." Anyway, this guy is coming tomorrow and I HOPE he does a good job. $60 is probably not enough, but if he does a good job, needs the work, I can use him for other jobs and will pay a decent price for good work and a reliable person. In a way, that's why I'm glad I'm doing this piecemeal because i can check out the quailty of the work as it goes along.

From: JEFFREY WILLIAMS <livhosaere62@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Plastic ceiling panels

It was not meant in a mean way and I feel your frustration, As a remodeler of 30 years unfortunately things don't always go the way you plan or want all the time for many reasons such as,availability of products to fit needs,hidden costs of plumbing and electrical needs not known until you open that can of worms and fixing half ass workmanship from the previous owners that may also be hidden till that can is opened.and lastly should you decide to hire out certain phases of your remodeling project ,getting your subs to work on "your" schedule and the very real potential of them doing a substandard work and still want to get paid.I am empathetic to your plight in your diy project.hope this clarifies my comment to you . .jeff

From: Cindi Waters <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Plastic ceiling panels

while I think your response is probably amusing, kindly explain what you mean. :-) WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT IT IS REMODELING? Decent plastic is remodeling? hehehe. Anyway, I found a guy on craigslist who swears he knows what he's doing, he used to work for the complex I live at, and thanked me for the opportunity. He's willing to do the job for $60 ... I'm happy about that, and hopefully i can MOVE ON from that point! I won't count the chickens until they're hatched, I'll let you know if he fulfills his promise to do a perfect job!

From: JEFFREY WILLIAMS <livhosaere62@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Plastic ceiling panels

that's remodeling; you can't have it all.lol

From: Cindi Waters <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Plastic ceiling panels

Yeah. I only wish there was plastic that was soft enough to be easily cut yet stay in place as well. sigh.

From: JEFFREY WILLIAMS <livhosaere62@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Plastic ceiling panels

I believe you can do it to and yes use poster board or those file folders,beer boxes what ever that is stiff enough for you to keep it in place to mark.

From: Cindi Waters <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Plastic ceiling panels

I was thinking to get posterboard for the curves so I could easily bend it. The cardboard is good for the rectangular pieces, yes, you are right. This morning i came to a stalemate with myself and realized I could not go on. So I called someone who said he could do it for $50-100. i thought it was a fair price, but I do believe I can do more of it myself -- now that I have the right cutting tool and the idea of how to do it. The big problem will come in with the curved part, so I think I'll go out and buy some posterboard material, or I even have file folders that might work also to get a template of the curved parts.

From: JEFFREY WILLIAMS <livhosaere62@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Plastic ceiling panels

if you have to you could make cardboard templates of each curve then transfer to the plastic panels then the curves will be right the first time

From: Cindi Waters <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Plastic ceiling panels

the utility knife didn't do the job. The lady at HD told me how to do it, with a special cutter ($4) and HD40, also put masking tape on each side of the cut to make sure I have a straight line. So far, it worked, now all I have to do is the curve part.

From: Mike Shoaf <mike.shoaf@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Plastic ceiling panels

how where you cutting the panels? I have seen it done with a $10,000 table saw designed to do just that, but you probably don't have one of those either-lol. you can cut the straight ones using a straight edge and scoring with a razor knife, then breaking at the score line. for the angle cuts, have you tried a rotary cutter such as a dremel?

From: clean_boost <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:29 PM
Subject: [DIY] Plastic ceiling panels

I have old, horrible plastic ceiling panels in the kitchen. They are breaking and so I took them down. I should not have taken them all down, but I did. I erroneously thought they would be easy to replace. I was wrong. I bought the plastic sheeting they make for these things and tried to cut them. They are very hard to cut. they split and break when I cut them. Plus it is very hard to make the right curves on them to fit the panels on the ceiling, not all the panels are angular. Some of the panels have curves, which makes it harder than ever to size and cut. Meantime, I am wondering if there is something else besides this junk sheeting that I can use, short of simply ripping the entire fluorescent light units down off the ceiling which will cost me a fortune to do and then replace the ceiling? This is A W F U L!!! HELP. Please.

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