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    Painting ceiling tiles in a public school classroom.

    I'm in New Jersey: There was a thread in June 2017 and I'd like more info on this. Some years ago I was denied permission to allow students to paint designs on a limited number of individual ceiling tiles. I was told this would alter the fire retardant properties of the tiles. I looked it up at...
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    In-ceiling speakers in suspended ceiling

    Good afternoon, I'm the Operations Manager at a local non-profit here in Oregon. We are in the planning phase of doing some new IT installations in the building, including a new public address/intercom system. The manual for the intercom system suggests doing an in-ceiling install, by cutting...
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    Are drop out ceiling tiles ok?

    I am planning on putting a drop ceiling in a commercial space in Oakland. There are already sprinklers in the space. I don't want to drop down sprinklers so I was thinking of getting drop out tiles. I was looking at Ceilume tiles. On their page they say that they are rated Class A and UL94 V-0...
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