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Offline brandon

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Shop Relocating - warehouse ceilings vs drop ceiling
« on: August 14, 2020, 04:08:46 PM »
Hey all,

Curious to everyone's experience with moving from open warehouse space to standard drop ceiling. Moving to new space soon with full environmental control though shop. Have separate AC for print production vs separate AC for CTS, sewing, and coming DTG.

So ceiling is dropped through building. Dryer will have exhaust from main chamber and both ends. The press area has 4 AC drops and again is separate from everything else. What should I be worried about. I know there is something.  Seems to good to be true.

Thank you. Any input is appreciated


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Re: Shop Relocating - warehouse ceilings vs drop ceiling
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2020, 04:36:58 PM »
 Sounds like a dream setup, but we all know how that goes. But seriously, I can't see any problems on first consideration...

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Re: Shop Relocating - warehouse ceilings vs drop ceiling
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2020, 04:57:02 PM »
Acoustic ceiling tiles breakdown and create dust. We've noticed it in EMB room.
May or may not cause you issues.

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Re: Shop Relocating - warehouse ceilings vs drop ceiling
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2020, 04:54:50 PM »
smaller volume of air is easier to AC, but also easier to fill with fumes/smoke. we often have to open all the doors and blow everything out. for a long time we could not keep the doors closed.
ceiling tiles gather the dust bunnies. you'll have to clean it somewhat regularly to avoid the fire hazard.
our electric bill is  more than $1k higher in the summer, well worth it though.
the ceiling might be too low for some of the presses with tall light tree. make sure you measure.
all your the drop tiles will yellow from the fumes. it is more prominent by the dryer. your hoods will not catch all. You can repaint them though.
if you have sprinklers, they have to come through the tiles. the sprinkler heads will get covered in lint, be careful with those.
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Re: Shop Relocating - warehouse ceilings vs drop ceiling
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2020, 05:58:33 PM »
Yah, totally jealous.  Congrats!

Can't really think of much to worry about outside of what's been said.  You might have some special considerations in your wet areas, or maybe not...I think the #1 item I would tackle would be the air mechanical.  Make sure the system makes sense for your usage and doesn't simply "have AC".   It should have a lot of strategically positioned make up air in addition to that, imo, but I'm no hvac engineer.