There are plenty of outdoor options worth checking out in Montreal today, January 19, as you cap off your weekend in style.

Quartier des Spectacles

Place des Festivals is lit.

The Quartier des Spectacles public square is hosting the 10th edition of Luminothrapie through Pop!, a celebration of five fantastical creatures that aim to light up the city during the dark days of winter.

Because if anything can lighten up our bleak winter, its Luminothrapie, Quebecs largest temporary public art installation.

When:From now until January 26Time:12 to 11 pmWhere:Place des FestivalsPrice:Free

Fte des neiges

Youre best off standing up to the snow and the cold instead of shying away from it this weekend. Luckily, Parc Jean Drapeaus four-weekend-long winter festival is a perfect opportunity to make the most of the wintery season.

The 37th edition of the Fte des neiges takes place every weekend between January 18 and February 8, and it starts this weekend.

Outdoor activities includesnow tubing, cross-country skiing, dog sledding, snow archery, an icy pirate ship, ice skating, ice sculptures, ziplining, a Ferris wheel, Tour de Lvis, axe throwing, a penguin village, a Polar Circus, snow scooters, an inflatable bouncy castle, a snow castle competition, and a mini igloo play area.

When:Weekends until February 9Time:10 am to 6 pmWhere:Espace 67, Parc Jean-DrapeauTickets: $8 $38,available online

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The Montreal Canadiens foundation has six outdoor, refrigerated rinks around the island. The professional-level rinks provide the opportunity for hockey players to develop their skating skills on exceptional quality ice.

The program is divided into six sessions of approximately 45 minutes each.

The rink is free to use but has rather strict schedules so the shinny hockey players dont hit the ice at the same time as the little skaters.

Rinks can be found at the following spots around Montreal:

When:Sunday, January 19Time:Varies per rinkWhere:Various locations around Montreal

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Montreal has been coated with an exhibition of the works of Vincent Van Gogh, the Dutch post-impressionist painter who is among the most famous figures in the history of the art world.

The exhibition, Imagine Van Gogh, which opened last week, takes guests through the world of colours and emotions of Van Goghs works through gigantic murals and an immersive soundtrack.

When:Sunday, January 19Time: 10 am to 6 pmWhere:Arsenal Contemporary Art ContemporainPrice: $26 $36, available online

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If the weather is too cold today for outdoor skating, check out an indoor option. Atrium Le 1000, an indoor ice rink located inside Montreals tallest building, has aglass ceiling, perfect to be part of the weather without actually being part of it.

Plus, the skating rink plays music so you can glide to some tunes.

You can bring your own skates or rent equipment on site.

When:Sunday, January 19Time:11:30 am to 9 pmWhere:1000 Rue de la Gauchetire OuestPrice:$8.26

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Take advantage of the pride of Montreal by snow tubing down it.

Discover the exhilaration of snow tubing down reserved lanes next to the toboggan hill overlooking Beaver Lake.

When:Sunday, January 19Time:10 am 4 pm (until 6 pm on Saturdays and Sundays)Where: Mont Royal ParkPrice: $6 for 4 to 11 year olds, $10 for 12 years old and up

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Celebrate Sunday mass at Montreals most viewed structure at 11 am and hear a 25-person choir accompanied by the organ. Or, take a walking tour of the basilica which is an absolutely gorgeous spectacle. It is filled with hundreds of wooden carvings, several religious statues, and gigantic stained glass windows.

When:Sunday, January 19Time:12:30 to 4 pm on Sundays (mass starts at 11 am)Where:110 Rue Notre Dame OuestPrice:Free

Rage Axe Throwing

If you feel the need to get some adrenaline pumping post-holidays, head inside to Rage Axe Throwing and toss some axes.

The competition is based on accuracy points but throwing hatches, axes, andTomahawks is fun enough without needing to tally the scores.

When:Sunday, January 19Time:Fridays and Sundays, 12 pm to 10 pm; Saturdays, 10 am to 11:30 pmWhere:1436 Rue AmherstPrice: $45 $55, available online

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If you want to cap off your weekend with some improv comedy, Le Ptit Impro might be your spot on Sunday.

The shows players take audience suggestions and turn them into hilarious skits, right on the spot.

When:Sunday, January 19Time: 8 to 9 pmWhere:Le Ptit Impro 3713 blvd St-Laurent #20Price:$6

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No offence Mont Tremblant, but we might hit the slopes a bit closer to home this weekend as LaPente Neigehas constructed a man-made ski hill at Parc Ignace-Bourget.

The third edition of the urban hill is big enough for up to 250 people along with a mini slope that can accommodate up to 50 mini-skiers.

The hill welcomes skiers, snowboarders, tubers, and sledders of any age and features a cozy heated yurt, mulled wine, hot chocolate, and music. Guests can bring their own equipment or it can be rented on site.

The slope is 300 metres long and has professionals on site to teach people proper skiing/snowboarding/falling down techniques.

When:Sunday, January 19Time:10 am to 6 pmWhere:Parc Ignace-Bourget 6101 Avenue de MontmagnyPrice:Various pricing, details available online

Happening Gourmand

Nine gourmet restaurants in the Old Port are taking part in the 13th edition ofHappening Gourmand, a food festival where foodies can knock back some delicious brunch and dinner meals for under $40.

Whether youre into pizza, steak, eggs- benedict, or burgers, Happening Gourmand offers gourmet meals and a vibrant atmosphere for every food lover. Plus, the meals wont set you back too much (were dreading the post-holiday credit card statements too).

Check out a full list of participating restaurantsonline.

When:From now untilFebruary 9Time:Varying times per restaurantWhere:Nine participating Old Port locationsPrice:$17 brunch, $25-$35 dinner

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Its the start of a new year, which means new exhibitions are opening at museums across the five boroughs of New York City. As always, expect something for everyone, whether you prefer blue chip art stars like Gerhard Richter or thought-provoking examinations of our rapid changing world from architect Rem Koolhaas.

Here are some of the exhibitions were looking forward to most this winter.

Left, Jaques Louis Davids Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (1800-1) with Kehinde Wileys Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps (2005). Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum.

The contemporary twist on equestrian portraiture painted by Kehinde Wiley is being shown alongside the work that inspired it, on view in New York for the first time. Jacques Louis Davids traditional depiction of a triumphant general astride a horse is contrasted with Wileys update, which switches out a drab mountain scene for a vibrant fleur-de-lis pattern and the uniform of contemporary battlecamouflaged pants and Timberland boots.

The Brooklyn Museum is located at 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York; general admission is $16.

A still from James Coupe: Warriors. Photo James Coupe.

The International Center of Photography is unveiling its new home at Essex Crossing on the Lower East Side, with a slate of inaugural exhibitions that includes James Coupes unsettling reimagining of Walter Hills cult filmThe Warriors (1979). Agree to let the artist scan your face, and deep fake technology will insert your likeness into the movie in real time, artificial analysis having studied your features and determined which gang you would most likely belong to. Its a creepy reminder of the growing power of data harvesting and the potentially problematic applications of new technologies, particularly when it comes to your own image.

ICP is located at 79 Essex Street, New York; general admission is $16.

Equestrian, Bamana peoples, Bougouni District, Ouassabo, Mali (19th20th century). Photo by Peter Zeray, the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Met is looking backway back,to the first millenniumfor this show tracing the establishment of flourishing trade routes and societies in the southern region of the Sahara Desert. Some 200 works on loan from Mali, Senegal, and Niger, display the rich visual culture that emerged from those communities in the form of terracotta figures, bronze, illuminated manuscripts, and more, and explore the convergence of religions and political dynasties.

The Met is located at 1000 5th Avenue; general admission is $25.

Lee Mingwei, The Letter Writing Project (1998present), installation view of Lee Mingwei and His Relations at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2014). Photo by Yoshitsugu Fuminari, courtesy of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.

This six-artist show at the Rubin Museum, featuring Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Shilpa Gupta, Tehching Hsieh, Meiro Koizumi, Lee Mingwei, and Taryn Simon, takes as its theme the Buddhist concept of impermanence, reminding viewers that the only thing that is inevitable is the passage of time. Featuring film, sculpture, photography, and durational installations, the exhibition is at times participatory, offering a fleeting moment of reflection. (The museum will celebrate the opening with a freereception on Friday, February 7, 6 p.m.10 p.m.)

The Rubin Museum is located at 150 West 17th Street, New York; general admission is $19.

Christian Dior gown (1947). Photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, courtesy of the Museum at FIT

Ballerinas often seem like otherworldly creatures, able to bend and fly across a stage like tulle-covered fairies, but their impact extends far beyond the stage. For the first time, an exhibition is examining the impact of ballet from its rise as a cultural force in Britain and America in the 20th century to its influence on contemporary fashion.

The Museum at FIT is located at 227 West 27th Street, New York; admission is free.

Peter Saul, Ronald Reagan in Grenada (1984). Photo: Jeffrey Nintzel, courtesy Hall Art Foundation.

A great satirist of contemporary culture and politics, Peter Saul is finally getting his due with the first New York museum survey in his decades-long career. Sauls acid-trip canvases are like the fever dreams of a conspiracy-theorist, depicting icons of popular culture ranging from Donald Duck to Donald Trump.

The New Museum is located at 235 Bowery, New York; general admission is $18.

Baron Wolman, Jimi Hendrix performs at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, February 1, 1968 (1968). Photo courtesy of Iconic Images/Baron Wolman.

The legendary rock-and-roll impresario Bill Graham (19311991), who worked with such stars as Jimi Hendrix, Santana, and the Rolling Stones, gets the museum treatment. The show, which comes to the New-York Historical Society by way of the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, features over 300 objects including concert posters, archival photographs, and other memorabilia linked to the great concert promoter. Dont miss the site-specific installation recreating the psychedelic liquid light show concert backdrops that Graham staged in New York with multimedia artist Joshua White beginning in 1967.

The New-York Historical Society is located at 170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street); general admission is $22.

The global countryside, highlighted with an abstract representation of the areas addressed by AMO in the exhibition Countryside: The Future. Image courtesy of AMO.

This might be hard to process for New Yorkers, but only two percent of the years surface is occupied by cities. Rem Koolhaas and Samir Bantal, the director of AMO, the architects think tank, have teamed up with students at universities around the world to present global case studies that consider the so-called countryside that makes up the vast majority of the earth, and how humans are rapidly and radically modifying it. The exhibition will illustrate the effects of global warming, mass migration, and artificial intelligence, to name just a few of the factors that are physically altering landscapes the world over, sometimes almost beyond recognition.

The Guggenheim is located at 1071 5th Avenue at East 88th Street, New York; general admission is $25.

POSE/ARAZZI, Autumn/Winter 20142015. Editorial Title: A Ghost Affair, by: The cARTel in-house publication. Photography: Saeed Khalifa. Styling: Basma Al Shunnar & Jose Ramon Almacha of The cARTel. Hair & Make up: Pastels Salon. Model: Maha Sulaiman. Image courtesy The cARTel

This buzzy show, with more than 80 ensembles and 40 photographs, was widely praised when it debuted at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco for its exploration of the wide range of Muslim dress and how it has influenced the wider fashion world.

Cooper Hewitt is located at 2 East 91st Street; general admission is $16.

Al Taylor, Untitled (100% Hawaiian), 1994. Photo by Graham Haber, 2019 the Estate of Al Taylor, courtesy of the Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Hamish Parker.

Although Al Taylor(19481999) died young, he produced no less than 5,000 drawings over the course of his prolific career. The Morgan highlights these witty artworks, and how the artists technical skill lends a gravitas to every day objects such as tin cans.

The Morgan Library & Museum is located at 225 Madison Avenue at East 36th Street, New York; general admission is $20.

Jos Parl, Grand Concourse and 149th Street. Courtesy of the artist.

In his first institutional solo show in New York, Jos Parl presents paintings inspired by the Bronx, particularly by the way the borough has suffered due to redlining policies, structural racism, and displacement due to gentrification. Curated by Manon Slome, chief curator of nomadic art nonprofit No Longer Empty, the exhibition featuresParls childhood sketchbooks as well as recent large-scale paintings.

The Bronx Museum is located at 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York; admission is free.

Donald Judd, Untitled (1991) Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 2019 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: John Wronn.

Even if you dont know his name, you definitely know his legacy. Donald Judd, the man who essentially created the high ceiling-ed, streamlined furniture aesthetic of brands like Calvin Klein and turned Marfa into an art-girl thirst trap is being feted at MoMA with a career-long survey for the first time in over 30 years. Expect a whole lot of boxes, one right after another, plus wall-mounted stacks and progressions that trace Judds career.

The Museum of Modern Art is located at 11 West 53rd Street, New York; general admission is $25.

Gerhard Richter, a painting from his Cage series (2006). Gerhard Richter.

The Met may bepulling the plug on its contemporary art experiment with the old Whitney flagship, subletting the Breuer Building to the nearby Frick Collectionwhich is closing for renovationsfor the last three years of its lease, but Gerhard Richter should be a hell of a swan song. The show will span the Germans artist over six-decade career, while spotlighting two recent series, Birkenau (2014) and Cage (2006), which are making their US debut.

The Met Breuer is located at 945 Madison Avenue; general admission is $25.

Carl Craig at Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York. Photo by Eva Deitch.

Dia pushes the boundaries of the fine arts with this sound art commission with Detroit-based techno DJ Carl Craig that marks the culmination of a five-year engagement between the music producer and art foundation. The site-specific sound installation draws on the techno tradition of transforming industrial spaces into raging night clubs, inspired by the architecture of Dias lower level, a massive room filled with monumental columns that was once part of a Nabisco packaging factory.

The Dia Art Foundation, New York Dia:Beacon is located at 3 Beekman Street, Beacon; general admission is $15.

Agnes Pelton, Ahmi in Egypt (1931). Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

This survey of spiritually infused paintings by Agnes Pelton (18811961), who retreated to the deserts of Cathedral City, California, to make her luminous, criminally under-known abstractions, could be this years Hilma af Klint. Organized by the Phoenix Art Museum, the show includes 45 paintings, two of which are from the Whitneys own collection.

The Whitney is located at 99 Gansevoort Street, New York; general admission is $25.

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Alexandra Suda took over the top job at the National Gallery of Canada last year in time to see two major exhibitions challenge the notion of a blockbuster show.

Gallery staff expected the years big attraction would be the summer exhibition of portraits by the famed post-Impressionist French master Paul Gauguin, the worlds first to focus on his portraiture.

They werent sure what to expect with the fall exhibit, badakone: Continuous Fire, which put the spotlight on contemporary Indigenous art from around the world. It continues until April 5.

Sasha Suda is the Director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada.Errol McGihon / Postmedia

What happened surprised everyone. The Gauguin exhibit never did grab the publics imagination in a big way, attracting 107,469 people during the summer, while badakone is shaping up to be a hit, with close to 31,000 visitors during the first two months of the slower fall-winter season. Its opening night attracted 3,600 people, the largest attendance for any opening in the gallerys history. So many people showed up on that November night that security had to stop letting them into the building.

Whats exciting and terrifying about that is were not quite sure what happened, Suda said during an interview in her office, an airy space with a postcard-perfect view of the Ottawa River and Parliament Hill.

The artists from New Zealands Mato Aho Collective stand in front of their monumental woven installation titled AKA, 2019. Numerous artists from all over the world were on hand Wednesday (Nov. 6, 2019) at the National Gallery of Canada for the preview of badakone: Continous Fire.Julie Oliver / Postmedia

How we managed to have so many people that we had to shut the doors for capacity reasons still defies our comprehension. People dont necessarily come for Indigenous art, and contemporary art is also something that is quite specific. There isnt too much of a data set to tell us that this is what people want right now.

The reaction to those exhibitions show that culture-consuming audiences and their expectations are changing as millennials come of age and the population diversifies. These conclusions are echoed in the findings of the first Culture Track report, a 2018 survey of cultural consumers in Canada, that shows allophones, those whose first language is neither English nor French, are more likely to attend a cultural event than anglophones or francophones, and millennials are the demographic most likely to participate monthly in a cultural activity such as visiting a music festival, concert, historic attraction, natural history or art museum or going out for a food and drink experience.

In other words, if you believe the only people going to cultural institutions such as the National Gallery of Canada and the National Arts Centre are old white people, think again. Canadians of all age groups and backgrounds are participating in cultural activities, and both institutions have been adapting to shifting audience tastes for more than a decade.

At the gallery, which moved to its current location on Sussex Drive in 1988, more than 930,000 people visited the Moshe Safdie-designed building during the first year (attendance is measured during the fiscal year, ending April 1), the strongest year ever for attendance. The interest continued through the 1990s, with just over 600,000 people visiting in 1995-96, and more than 770,00 visitors the following year.

Between 1997 and 2014, though, the numbers dropped considerably. In 2004-05, close to 400,000 people visited, but nine years later, just 237,391 people went through the doors.

Cornelia Homburg (L), guest curator of the exhibition Gauguin Portraits, opening at gallery May 24 and Doris Couture-Rigert, Chief of Conseration of the National Gallery discuss Gaugins wood sculpture.Jean Levac / Postmedia News

In 2017-18, the slide was reversed as more than 385,000 people visited, despite the renovations that kept several galleries closed until June 2017. Many were checking out the new Canadian and Indigenous gallery, which integrated previously separate Canadian and Indigenous art into one permanent, comprehensive space. It launched June 15, 2017 the first transformation of the gallerys collections since the facility opened in the lead-up to Canadas 150th anniversary celebrations.

Attendance continued to grow in 2018-19, with 434,834 visitors, a 13 per cent increase that was attributed to the popularity of the special exhibitions mounted that year, including a summer show entitled Impressionist Treasures: The Ordrupgaard Collection. With 132,494 visitors, it was the best-attended summer exhibition since 2012s Van Gogh: Up Close, which attracted more than 230,000 people. The 2018-19 year is also notable for the multimedia exhibition Anthropocene by renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky, a powerful perspective of human-altered landscapes that also included, for the first time at the National Gallery, augmented reality-enhanced installations and interactive films.

These attendance trends are mirrored around the world, and several institutions have responded by removing admission charges. In London, government-sponsored museums and art galleries have had free admission since 2001, a tactic that more than doubled attendance in the first decade. Washington, D.C. is filled with free museums, from the Smithsonians to the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery of Art.

At Torontos Art Gallery of Ontario, where Suda worked before coming to Ottawa, a pilot project was introduced last year offering free memberships to people under 25, and a $35 annual membership for those over 25. In the first six months, they attracted 100,000 new members, 70,000 of them under the age of 25.

The recently renovated Ottawa Art Gallery also re-opened with free admission, along with later operating hours and free child care on certain days.

National Gallery.Raven McCoy / Post Media

Suda is watching these initiatives with interest. While there are no immediate plans to remove the admission at the National Gallery, she says its an idea that floats around once in a while, most recently during last years election campaign, when the Conservatives made it a last-minute part of their platform.

The National Gallery does have free admission on Thursday evenings, and its almost always a busy night. Other ideas to attract new visitors include programming that makes use of the public spaces in the building, and performance-based events such as the Jan. 25 companion concert to the Beautiful Monsters exhibit of prints and drawings. The concert features the Ottawa Baroque Consort with storytelling by actor/host David Brennan.

Hired at the age of 38, Suda is the youngest National Gallery director in a century, and the first female boss in two decades. Some key things have already changed in her nine months in the position, the most evident of which is the relocation of the front desk from the main entrance, up the ramp to the Great Hall. Now when you enter the building, the first thing you see is an installation, the Sami Architectural Library, by Norways Joar Nango, which is part of the badakone exhibit.

That was my idea but it was really to make room for an art experience upon crossing the threshold, said Suda, whos now 39. It changes the dynamic from the authoritative transaction to an engagement in a conversation. I see a lot of people stop and wonder whats going on. Thats what we hope to do in that space from here on out offer an experience that asks that question: What is art to you?

It also makes the gallery more accessible in that you can see art in the public spaces without having to buy a ticket.

As for the Gauguin exhibit, one of the lessons learned by Suda and gallery staff was that people would have liked to see the exhibit delve deeper into the social context of his work, particularly during his time in French Polynesia. He was not only a privileged colonialist but also a pedophile who infected several child brides with syphilis.

We focused on the scholarly thesis of the show, and what we found was that people were really interested in that, but they were also, like, Wait a second, what about these issues of colonialism and gender dynamics? Why arent you talking about that in the show? Suda said.

For me, the learning there was that people are really engaged. They care about art, and they care about 19th-century painters so theyll come, but they expect us to engage with the work in a way that engages with the present. I think it surprised us a little bit but the extent that people were able to articulate the issue was also, I thought, really refreshing.

Eleng Luluan, from the Rukai Nation in Taiwan, poses in front of her installation made from styrofoam and wrapping bags entitled Between Dreams.Julie Oliver / Postmedia

On the other hand, the gallery is considered a world leader in the presentation of Indigenous art, and the current exhibit, badakone, does not shy away from works that address issues such as cultural oppression, residential schools, and loss of land and language. Its the second exhibition in a series that started with 2013s Sakahn, a groundbreaking exhibit in that it had a global perspective.

Nobody was really doing the global thinking at this scale six years ago, Suda said. I think were going to continue building that momentum because theres real leadership within the organization, and a great ability to work with Indigenous artists and communities with their protocols, and make this a space thats not just ours.

The gallery is also highly regarded for its contemporary art and new-media collection, which includes digital and video art such as Christian Marclays masterpiece, The Clock, a 24-hour video installation.

One of the most recent contemporary acquisitions is More Sweetly Play The Dance, an eight-channel, high-definition video installation with a 15-minute run time, by the renowned South African multi-disciplinary artist William Kentridge. Its currently on display at the gallery for the first time.

The installation is in a room of its own, consisting of seven floor-to-ceiling horizontal video screens set up in a semi-circle around the viewer, creating an immersive experience. The film depicts a procession, set to a lively soundtrack of South African music with figures that reflect the often-troubled history of South Africa.

For me, it seems very relevant today when you think about the refugee crisis in different parts of the world, said Jose Drouin-Brisebois, the gallerys senior curator of contemporary art. Its outside our comfort zone. He also talks a lot about the importance of people walking, and that the idea of the march is still important. That is very relevant were still a people that walks, both as a mode of locomotion and a form of expression.

Suda sees it as a great example of a piece that brings viewers into the artistic experience in a different way.

The more immersive the experience can be, and the more we think about our audience and the context in which we live, and develop a program that has a diverse set of offerings, the more generous welcome were going to extend to a larger community, she said. What we hope is that theres something for everyone, not necessarily all the time but that over the course of time, the program has a rhythm thats inclusive and diverse.

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This article is about how to install a drywall ceiling, either on wood or on metallic frames. The most difficult part of this project is to lift the drywall boards. You could rent a drywall jack, or ask another person to help you hang the drywall boards. However, if you choose to build a metal stud frame, the process will take a little long, but the quality of the project will be extraordinary. Installing a drywall ceiling is not difficult, provided you use proper tools and materials and understand the basic techniques. Remember that you have to install the sheets of drywall perpendicular to the direction of the joists.

Although installing a drywall ceilingis not an easy job, with the help of another person virtually any experienced diy-er can finish such a project. The most difficult stage is to lift the drywall boards up to the ceiling, while the rest of the operations are just common-sense. Therefore, you can either rent a drywall jack for several days, or use a ladder and ask a friend to assist you. If you dont afford to rent the drywall jack, you need someone to hold the sheet into position, while you drive in the screws.

As you probably now, drywall panels come usually in the following dimensions: 4x8, 4x9, 4x10, 4x12, with a thickness ranging from 1/3 inches to 5/8 inches, but the most commonly used drywall boards are the 1/2 inches and 5/8 inches thick. Read carefully our article and you will learn the skills required to hang a drywall ceiling in a professional manner. If you are not prepared to work by yourself, consider hiring a qualified contractor, even though this will increase the cost of your remodeling project.

Drywall ceiling layout

Before installing the drywall ceiling, you have to understand thatyou have to use a proper layout, as to get the job done in a professional manner. Consequently, you have to start with one corner of the room, by using a full drywall board.

The next row of drywall must start with half of a drywall sheet, as to create a proper layout. In addition, when inserting the screws make sure you observe the right spacing, as to secure the boards properly.

Metal stud ceiling frame

The first step of the project is to evaluate the structure of the ceiling, made of either wood studs or of metal studs. As you can see, in our case we will install the drywall ceiling on a metal stud frame, but you can install drywall boards on wood studs, as well.

The first thing you have to evaluate is if the ceiling frame is level. This aspect is very important, as otherwise the ceiling wont have a pleasant appearance and in time the joints between the drywall boards will crack.

Installing polyethylene vapor barrier

After we have made sure the ceiling frame is level and secured properly, weve decided to install mineral wool insulationand an anti-vapor foil, for both saving energy and ensuring a long lifespan for the drywall ceiling. The anti-vapor foil can be installed on a double adhesive tape or can be locked with staples. The main aspect is to make sure the foil is fixed properly and it doesnt make folds.

Work with patience and make sure your ladder is installed on a level surface.

Installing drywall on ceiling

When installing the drywall ceilingstart from a corner, making sure the boards are as close as possible to the walls. If the corners of the room are not right angled, you should cut the drywall panels as to fit perfectly into place.

All edges of the drywall boards should be fastened to the ceiling studs. When connecting two drywall boards, you should screw them on the same stud, the joint line being exactly over the studs median. Lock the drywall boards into position with several screws, along edges and in the middle.

Fixing the drywall ceiling with screws

Afterwards, continue fastening the drywallwith screws, using an electric screwdriver. If you install 1/2 drywall, then you should use 1-1/4 drywall screws, as if you are installing 5/8 drywall a better option would be 6 x 1-5/8 screws.

This size of the screws is very important, as the rigidity of the ceiling is also based on the type of screws you are using. Along walls, we have installed screws every 7/15 cm, while inside the boards we have installed the screws every 12/30 cm. Dont insert the screws too close to the edge of the drywall panels, but leave around 1/2 to prevent cracks.

Drywall ceiling joints

After you have installed the first drywall board, you should continue with the next boards.Therefore, work with great care to make sure you align them properly.

Drive in the screws, as to make sure their heads are aligned with the drywall surface. In order to make a proper job we recommend you to use a screwdriver with torque control, as you can adjust the speed.

Installing drywall ceiling boards pattern

When installing a drywall ceiling, you have to use the stretcher bond pattern. Therefore, you have to start the the next row with half of a drywall board and continue it with full boards.

In addition, you might have to cut several holes in the drywall boards for smoke detectors, for electrical wires for light fixtures of for ventilation appliances. In order to get the job doneprofessionally, you should use a drill machinery with torque control and masonry drill bits.

Installing drywall ceiling

Continue installing the drywall boards in the same manner described previously. When installing a drywall ceiling it is important to follow the layout, otherwise it wont be durable.

Finishing drywall ceiling

After you have installed the drywall ceiling, you have to finish the joints by applying putty and drywall paper. This step is not difficult, but it is essential for a neat look.

Therefore, you should cover the screw heads and the drywall board joints by using a large trowel, paper tape and drywall putty. Remember that you have to apply at least 2 layers of putty. After you have applied the putty, you have to sand it a couple of times (using at first medium grit sandpaper and then fine grit sandpaper), until it will look properly.

Cutting drywall

In order to cut the drywall boards, you should mark the exact dimension on the plasterboard, using a pencil and a T-square. Use a tape measurement, to make sure you make accurate marks on the sheet.

The next step is to use a sharp utility knife and to go several times over the drawn line, as top make sure you have cut it deeply. Bend the board alongside the cut and split the two drywall boards by cutting the paper layer with a utility knife.

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If you had asked me a year ago would I ever write an article called "how to install a drop ceiling" I would have looked at you like you had three heads. Yet, here I am. Or rather, here we are.

I taught myself how to install a drop ceiling and here's the result. It makes me tear up with joy each time I go down to my basement. I'm writing this article to show you how to do yours.

I'm guessing you are here for the same reason that I was Googling for days on end a year ago. You want to know if you can install a drop ceiling in your basement on your own.

The short answer is yes! Yes you can and it's not that hard. You can save a lot of money by doing it yourself IF you don't make some of these key mistakes.

If you're here because you're still trying to decide should you go with a drop ceiling over a drywall ceiling for your basement then make sure to read both sides of the debate here on the site. Here's Jason's article that is definitely against drop ceilings. And here's my argument FOR choosing a suspended ceiling (let's show a little respect).

Now let's get to the meat and potatoes of how to install a drop ceiling.

L-Channel: Metal channel thats shapped like an L. You will install this first around the entire perimeter of the wall, a few inches below your ceiling (hence the "drop" in drop ceiling).

T-Channel: Metal channel thats shapped like a... yep you guessed it, T! These run perpendicular to your floor joists.

4 foot cross T's: These are like mini T-Channel that run parallel to your floor joists and snap to the main T-Channel

2 foot cross T's: If you are purchasing 4'x2' tiles, these are not needed. If you are going with 2'x2' tiles, these are needed and run between the 4 foot cross T's.

Drop Ceiling Tiles: These will be the most expensive part of your drop ceiling project. They come in a ton of styles and can be humidity and mold resistant and offer various levels of sound insulation.

Drop ceiling tiles come in flush mounts (the tiles are even with the T's) or with reveals (tiles sit slightly below T's). Personally I think the reveals provide a nice aesthetic touch.

Wire and Wire Hanging Eyelets: The eyelets are screwed to the floor joists and the wire is looped through the eyelet and the wholes in the main T-Channels to provide the needed support from the weight of the tiles.

Tin Snips:You'll need a good pair of tin snips to make all the cuts on the L and T channels. I recommend this Bostitch model on Amazon. It's rated 4.5 stars and has free shipping with Prime.

Drill Eyelet Adapter: A special drill bit that the eyelets fit into. Worth its little weight in gold!

Several fresh Utility Knife Blades:Do yourself a favor and stock up on utility blades before getting started.I can't stress how important sharp blades are while cutting tiles.Cutting drop ceiling tiles dulls them quickly and if you attempt to cut tiles with dull blades, your cuts will look sloppy.

I found a great video that explains how to install a drop ceiling. I've embedded it at the bottom of this article after these steps, but I recommend reading these steps first. I pretty much learned 90% of what I needed to know from this guys so props to him!

I want to highlight here the key steps with some pain saving pointers. Save yourself some major aggravation and avoid my mistakes. Read through these, then watch the video, then leave a comment with any questions on how to install a drop ceiling.

Step 1 - Design Your Drop Ceiling Grid

It starts with a game plan. Literally, measure and make a TO SCALE drawing of each room. Then layout your tile spacing and see how it looks. Like tiling a floor, you want to make sure your outer edge ceiling tiles aren't too small. Ideally they will be evenly placed along the perimeter.

There are several websites and videos online on how to lay out a room. I was super annoyed though that every video on the web assumes you have a simple square shaped room. If you do, you've got a huge advantage in figuring out how to install a drop ceiling. Both of my main rooms had cut ins, jut outs, and soffits. If that's the same for you, use the videos as a starting point, lay out your room and make tweaks one direction or the other to avoid small tiles near those obstructions.

Step 2 - Install the L-Channel

Here's an nicely mitered L channel on an outside corner. While learning how to install a drop ceiling be sure to take the extra time to get these corners correct.

Now, time to get your hands dirty. Determine the drop you are going with and measure around the perimeter of the room down from the floor joists that amount. Mark the location of your wall studs and using self taping drywall screws, adhere the L-Channel to the wall.

Interior corners are simple - Either overlap the two pieces or butt them together. Exterior corners can similarly be butted together but to give them a sharper look, I overlapped them and cut one on a 45 degree angle to give the appearance of a mitered corner.

Step 3 - Install the T-Channel

The main T runs perpendicular to the floor joists. Place your first main piece of T-Channel spaced away from your wall as determined in your grid layout.

These pieces of channel will be supported on either end by the L channel and will be supported in the middle by the eyelets and wire spaced approximately 2-4 feet apart. This amounts to about every other or every third joist.

Once you have the wire loosely run through the channel and the eyelets, next work to ensure the channel is level. One good strategy is to run a string taut from wall to wall in line with the L-Channel. Then pull the individual wires tight to bring the T-Channel in line with the string. Wrap the wire around itself to ensure it doesn't sag or come loose with the weight of the tile. Rinse and repeat this process with the T-Channel spaced 4 feet apart until all the channel is up.

Step 4 - Install the Cross Ts

Cross T installation is a snap. Sorry, bad pun. You need to snap in the 4 foot cross T's. Again if using 2x2 tiles, the 2 foot cross T's as well. It's easiest to do both at once for a smoother install. Start with full T's and once complete move to the edges. Measure and cut each T to size. Always cut a bevel on the wall end to avoid interference with the wall.

As you are going, drop in a couple full tiles to square up the grid. Definitely do this before cutting the edge tiles to ensure the grid is totally square.

Here is one of my drop ceiling tiles with a recessed light cut-out. This is before I installed the light trim.

After all the T's are installed, drop in all of the full tiles and move on to the edge pieces. Measure and cut these as well.

If you bought tiles with a reveal, the best way to get an accurate cut is to first cut the tile to size and set it into place. Then score the tile along the edge, remove the tile and cut the reveal. This can fairly accurately be done by hand and by eyeballing the depth of the cut. After 1 or 2 cuts, you'll get used to it.

Make special cuts for other interferences (drop lighting, smoke detectors, etc).

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There you go, Done! A successful drop ceiling install. Congrats!

Do you have questions about how to install a drop ceiling? I'd love to hear them below!

-Adam

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If you are looking to make a breathtaking change to a room in your house, enjoy the difference a new ceiling can make. For a nominal investment in both time and money, The Home Depot can help you transform the ceiling of any room in your home or office with our stunning selection of louvers, cornices, drop ceiling grids and suspended ceiling tiles.

Revolutionize any room and give it the classic look of a traditional ceiling with our stylish ceiling tiles, ceiling panels and drop ceiling tiles. If you are looking to control sound within a space, there is a first-class collection of acoustic panels which will reduce unwanted inflections and echo in your critical listening environment.

You can also add class to any room with our large variety of decorative molding that is both beautiful and fashionable. The Home Depot can help you with all of your ceiling project needs. Go to any store and get help from one of our professional store associates and start your ceiling project today.

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A ceiling is an overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room. It is not generally considered a structural element, but a finished surface concealing the underside of the roof structure or the floor of a story above. Ceilings can be decorated to taste, and there are many fine examples of frescoes and artwork on ceilings especially in religious buildings.

The most common type of ceiling is the dropped ceiling, which is suspended from structural elements above. Panels of drywall are fastened either directly to the ceiling joists or to a few layers of moisture-proof plywood which are then attached to the joists. Pipework or ducts can be run in the gap above the ceiling, and insulation and fireproofing material can be placed here.

A subset of the dropped ceiling is the suspended ceiling, wherein a network of aluminum struts, as opposed to drywall, are attached to the joists, forming a series of rectangular spaces. Individual pieces of cardboard are then placed inside the bottom of those spaces so that the outer side of the cardboard, interspersed with aluminum rails, is seen as the ceiling from below. This makes it relatively easy to repair the pipes and insulation behind the ceiling, since all that is necessary is to lift off the cardboard, rather than digging through the drywall and then replacing it.

Other types of ceiling include the cathedral ceiling, the concave or barrel-shaped ceiling, the stretched ceiling and the coffered ceiling. Coving often links the ceiling to the surrounding walls. Ceilings can play a part in reducing fire hazard, and a system is available for rating the fire resistance of dropped ceilings.

Ceilings are classified according to their appearance or construction. A cathedral ceiling is any tall ceiling area similar to those in a church. A dropped ceiling is one in which the finished surface is constructed anywhere from a few inches or centimeters to several feet or a few meters below the structure above it. This may be done for aesthetic purposes, such as achieving a desirable ceiling height; or practical purposes such as acoustic damping or providing a space for HVAC or piping. An inverse of this would be a raised floor. A concave or barrel-shaped ceiling is curved or rounded upward, usually for visual or acoustical value, while a coffered ceiling is divided into a grid of recessed square or octagonal panels, also called a "lacunar ceiling". A cove ceiling uses a curved plaster transition between wall and ceiling; it is named for cove molding, a molding with a concave curve.[1] A stretched ceiling (or stretch ceiling) uses a number of individual panels using material such as PVC fixed to a perimeter rail.[2]

Ceilings have frequently been decorated with fresco painting, mosaic tiles and other surface treatments. While hard to execute (at least in place) a decorated ceiling has the advantage that it is largely protected from damage by fingers and dust. In the past, however, this was more than compensated for by the damage from smoke from candles or a fireplace. Many historic buildings have celebrated ceilings. Perhaps the most famous is the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo.

Ceiling height may have psychological impacts.[3]

The most common ceiling that contributes to fire-resistance ratings in commercial and residential construction is the dropped ceiling. In the case of a dropped ceiling, the rating is achieved by the entire system, which is both the structure above, from which the ceilings is suspended, which could be a concrete floor or a timber floor, as well as the suspension mechanism and, finally the lowest membrane or dropped ceiling. Between the structure that the dropped ceiling is suspended from and the dropped membrane, such as a T-bar ceiling or a layer of drywall, there is often some room for mechanical and electrical piping, wiring and ducting to run.

An independent ceiling, however, can be constructed such that it has a stand-alone fire-resistance rating. Such systems must be tested without the benefit of being suspended from a slab above in order to prove that the resulting system is capable of holding itself up. This type of ceiling would be installed to protect items above from fire.

An unrestrained non-loadbearing ceiling undergoing a 4-hour fire test. Deflection is measured off the I-beam.

Durasteel ceiling after successful fire test, being raised from the furnace and readied for an optional 45PSI (3.1 bar) hose-stream test.

demonstrative reconstruction of a Roman suspended ceiling in an Imperial palace of c. AD 306 at Trier

The interior of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City in Rome, showing the ceiling in relation to the other frescoes.

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