Luminous ceiling. An easy-to-build wooden grid holds plastic diffusers to cover fluorescent lights and an unattractive ceiling. Other options for the inlays (wood panels and acoustic tiles) are suggested.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #320 Jul-Aug 1991 (v.41#7) pg. 46
Installing a suspended ceiling.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #355 Feb 1995 (v.45#2) pg. 38
Installation of suspended acoustical ceilings.
HOME CRAFTSMAN Jan-Feb 1965 (v.34#1) pg. 54
How to install a suspended grid and tile ceiling. Some tips.
HOMEOWNER Sep 1985 (v.10#7) pg. 81
Tip: Cut light-diffusing plastic panels with a hot soldering iron instead of a saw to avoid breaking.
HOMEOWNER Mar 1986 (v.11#2) pg. 22
Added Info HOMEOWNER Oct 1986 (v.11#8) pg. 6
How to install a luminous ceiling with a suspended T-bar system and fluorescent fixtures.
HOMEOWNERS HOW TO Sep-Oct 1978 (v.3#5) pg. 98
Tip on installing suspended-ceiling tiles between the joists in a basement.
MODEL RAILROADER Oct 1998 (v.65#10) pg. 37
How you can install an illuminated ceiling. Use the suspended ceiling system.
POPULAR MECHANICS Oct 1967 (v.128#4) pg. 163
How to install a suspended luminous ceiling.
POPULAR MECHANICS Jan 1972 (v.137#1) pg. 116
Special feature booklet shows how to install Armstrong Chandelier ceilings. Similar to a suspended ceiling, but the grid work is not exposed.
POPULAR MECHANICS Dec 1972 (v.138#6) pg. 167
How to install a suspended ceiling.
POPULAR MECHANICS Jul 1996 (v.173#7) pg. 81
How to install a redwood-grid suspended ceiling.
POPULAR SCIENCE Jul 1968 (v.193#1) pg. 114
Photos illustrate the installation of suspended acoustical ceiling.
POPULAR SCIENCE Feb 1972 (v.200#2) pg. 118
The Lockbox House. Part 5. Installing the hidden grid suspended ceiling (Integrid) and the gutters and downspouts.
POPULAR SCIENCE Nov 1972 (v.201#5) pg. 116
Special 8-page Armstrong booklet illustrates how to install the Armstrong Integrid suspended ceiling.
POPULAR SCIENCE Feb 1973 (v.202#2) pg. 127
How to install a suspended ceiling.
WORKBENCH Jul-Aug 1972 (v.28#4) pg. 8
Tips on various ways to install a dropped ceiling.
WORKBENCH Sep-Oct 1977 (v.33#5) pg. 4
Conceal basement ceiling and reduce sound from your workshop by installing panels of "fiberboard" between the joists. This homemade "suspended ceiling" is inexpensive. You may also recess your fluorescent fixtures between joists.
WORKBENCH Jan-Feb 1982 (v.38#1) pg. 28