September 10, 2007: Waterproof suspended ceiling

Undertoad · 09-10-2007, 08:10 AM

It's Neatorama collaboration Monday!

Today's entry is from a site called English Russia where they often find interesting items in Russian and translate them for the rest of the world's enjoyment.

Their entry suggests that many Russian suspended ceilings are like this. And frankly it's a fine idea, because I'm sure many of us are going to weigh in with stories of how the upstairs neighbor made a mistake and left us with an unintentional flood.

I know I have a story, and it's not the neighbors but bad plumbing that allowed the upstairs shower to drip greywater out of an electrical connection, ruining part of a ceiling.

(greywater: now there's a vocabulary word for ya.)

But that can't happen here. I can't imagine that every ceiling is set up this way...

It looks like you could get rid of the excess by putting something under the leak and poking it with a pin.

Check out our friends at Neatorama for more neato items all the time!

monster · 09-10-2007, 08:14 AM

Looks like boobs.

Pie · 09-10-2007, 08:49 AM

I can't imagine the floor/ceiling can support that much weight!

Sheldonrs · 09-10-2007, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

Looks like boobs.

And you know we are going to milk it for all it's worth!

lumberjim · 09-10-2007, 10:08 AM

MMMMMMMM...ceiling tits.

smurfalicious · 09-10-2007, 10:27 AM

That's udderly fantastit!

monster · 09-10-2007, 10:44 AM

There's even a pearl necklace nestled in them!

monster · 09-10-2007, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

And you know we are going to milk it for all it's worth!

I wouldn't, if the stuff in those bowls is the result

A most extreme case of mastitis at best. Can you get cabbage leaves that size?

Shawnee123 · 09-10-2007, 12:50 PM

What the heck are their ceilings made of? The Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man?

Coign · 09-10-2007, 01:02 PM

It looks to me like that is a least a 100 gallons of space and if that is 100 gallons of water that would be 700 lbs at the minimum. That is a lot of weight for whatever that its to hold. And how is the light fixture attached? Wouldn't water leak through what ever hole is cut in the ceiling for the light fixture?

Cool picture but this one is a little hard for me to swallow.

barefoot serpent · 09-10-2007, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Coign

Cool picture but this one is a little hard for me to swallow.

anything more than a mouthful....

mitheral · 09-10-2007, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

What the heck are their ceilings made of? The Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man?

Suspended ceilings like that are made of canvas fastened at the edges and painted with a lightweight paint. They used to be fairly common before the advent of sheet gyproc as they are a fairly low skill treatment. They are also much cheaper than say punched tin.

Elspode · 09-11-2007, 01:23 AM

And considerably more waterproof than punched tin.

Scriveyn · 09-11-2007, 03:08 AM

The 50ft woman living upstairs?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_..._50_Foot_Woman

HungLikeJesus · 09-11-2007, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Scriveyn

The 50ft woman living upstairs?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_..._50_Foot_Woman

In that first picture, all the men are running out to look up her skirt.

All she's wearing is a sheet.

09-10-2007, 08:10 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	September 10, 2007: Waterproof suspended ceiling It's Neatorama collaboration Monday! Today's entry is from a site called English Russia where they often find interesting items in Russian and translate them for the rest of the world's enjoyment. Their entry suggests that many Russian suspended ceilings are like this. And frankly it's a fine idea, because I'm sure many of us are going to weigh in with stories of how the upstairs neighbor made a mistake and left us with an unintentional flood. I know I have a story, and it's not the neighbors but bad plumbing that allowed the upstairs shower to drip greywater out of an electrical connection, ruining part of a ceiling. (greywater: now there's a vocabulary word for ya.) But that can't happen here. I can't imagine that every ceiling is set up this way... It looks like you could get rid of the excess by putting something under the leak and poking it with a pin. Check out our friends at Neatorama for more neato items all the time!

09-10-2007, 08:14 AM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Looks like boobs. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-10-2007, 08:49 AM	#3
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I can't imagine the floor/ceiling can support that much weight! __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

09-10-2007, 10:08 AM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	MMMMMMMM...ceiling tits. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-10-2007, 10:27 AM	#6
smurfalicious Tool. Not the band - you are one. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 501 Northlake Blvd., North Palm Beach FL Posts: 329	That's udderly fantastit! __________________

09-10-2007, 10:44 AM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	There's even a pearl necklace nestled in them! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-10-2007, 12:50 PM	#9
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	What the heck are their ceilings made of? The Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-10-2007, 01:02 PM	#10
Coign Wanted Driver Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vail, CO Posts: 279	It looks to me like that is a least a 100 gallons of space and if that is 100 gallons of water that would be 700 lbs at the minimum. That is a lot of weight for whatever that its to hold. And how is the light fixture attached? Wouldn't water leak through what ever hole is cut in the ceiling for the light fixture? Cool picture but this one is a little hard for me to swallow. __________________ Quoting yourself is the height of hubris. -Coign

09-11-2007, 01:23 AM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	And considerably more waterproof than punched tin. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-11-2007, 03:08 AM	#14
Scriveyn amnesic-confabulatory opsimath Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 739	The 50ft woman living upstairs? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_..._50_Foot_Woman Attached Images

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