Ceiling material

The FRP is nice to work with and the easiest ceiling material there is to
clean. It can be cut with heavy duty scissors, you can use contact adhesive
to bond other ceiling materials to it. It also makes a great splash
panel for the sink and cooktop. I used the scraps for battery box liners as
it's about as impervious to battery acids as anything. The bigger leftover
scraps make nice drip pans.

> Hi everyone,
>
> This weekend I pulled out the interior from the beltline up. The ceiling
> was coming apart and needed replacing. While wandering around Home Depot I
> saw these Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) panels. They are about an
> 1/8
> inch thick and very flexible. They looked perfect to me (maybe a tad
> expensive). I was wondering if anybody has seen or used these on the
> interior of a GMC. also it seems that some of the spans in the ceiling are
> over 48 inches. How do you deal with that? I have some ideas, but looking
> for the experiences of all the experts out there.
>
> Link: http://www.frpshop.com/liner-panels-c-3_4.html
>
> Also, now that the inside is quite open, I am thinking lighting and
> speakers. I am looking for ideas in this area. My thoughts are to put LED
> lights in the ceiling down the aisle as a general lighting. I think LED's
> should be small enough to fit in the ceiling and they give off no heat.
> Then I want some LED reading lights under the overhead cabinets. Speakers
> may be a bit more challenging because they either need to be very small or
> they will be more of a surface mounted fixture. I have seen some speakers
> that stick down from the ceiling and are pointed forward. I do like those
> but I am not sure where to find them yet.
>
> Looking for any and all ideas. Thanks everyone.
>
> Alan LaVoisne
> 75 Glenbrook.
> Ortonville, MI
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--
Steve Ferguson
Sierra Vista, AZ
 
..If by length how
did you get the panels over the bath and closet modules?
..Have not done the closet with this, but just "pop fit the bath piece also.


A pancake turner works well to help get it past some of the edges where it doesnt curve enough and assist it into going in...
BTDI

--
CBWood
77 Kingslay
MWC OK
 
> ..If by length how
> did you get the panels over the bath and closet modules?
> ..Have not done the closet with this, but just "pop fit the bath piece also.
>
>
> A pancake turner works well to help get it past some of the edges where it doesnt curve enough and assist it into going in...
> BTDI

It is not "over" the bath module, but "in" the module. To much trouble to move the module for just the ceiling piece. JWID
--
Larry :)
78 Royale w/500 Caddy
Menomonie, WI.
 
Very flexible stuff to work with. The headliner only reaches an inch or so
past the permanent modules in the GMC, it does not extend all the way to the
roofline rib like it does elswhere in the coach.

>
>
> ..If by length how
> did you get the panels over the bath and closet modules?
> ..Have not done the closet with this, but just "pop fit the bath piece
> also.
>
>
> A pancake turner works well to help get it past some of the edges where it
> doesnt curve enough and assist it into going in...
> BTDI
>
> --
> CBWood
> 77 Kingslay
> MWC OK
>
>
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>

--
Steve Ferguson
Sierra Vista, AZ
 
Alan,

When we renovated my 1977 Eleganza my father and I replaced the
ceiling with FRP bought at HD.

There are pictures on my website at:

http://www.jcmco.com/gallery/gmc

I think it turned out great.

For what its worth, one of those dremel multi-max tools made the
project MUCH easier - both for removing the old sprayed-in insulation
and also for cutting the FRP; the FRP will eat sabre saw blades for
lunch but the dremel tool and its blades fared much better and made
cleaner cuts.

--Jim Miller
1977 Eleganza II
1977 Royale
Hamilton, Ohio

> Hi everyone,
>
> This weekend I pulled out the interior from the beltline up. The
> ceiling
> was coming apart and needed replacing. While wandering around Home
> Depot I
> saw these Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) panels. They are
> about an 1/8
> inch thick and very flexible. They looked perfect to me (maybe a tad
> expensive). I was wondering if anybody has seen or used these on the
> interior of a GMC. also it seems that some of the spans in the
> ceiling are
> over 48 inches. How do you deal with that? I have some ideas, but
> looking
> for the experiences of all the experts out there.
>
> Link: http://www.frpshop.com/liner-panels-c-3_4.html
>
> Also, now that the inside is quite open, I am thinking lighting and
> speakers. I am looking for ideas in this area. My thoughts are to
> put LED
> lights in the ceiling down the aisle as a general lighting. I think
> LED's
> should be small enough to fit in the ceiling and they give off no
> heat.
> Then I want some LED reading lights under the overhead cabinets.
> Speakers
> may be a bit more challenging because they either need to be very
> small or
> they will be more of a surface mounted fixture. I have seen some
> speakers
> that stick down from the ceiling and are pointed forward. I do like
> those
> but I am not sure where to find them yet.
>
> Looking for any and all ideas. Thanks everyone.
>
> Alan LaVoisne
> 75 Glenbrook.
> Ortonville, MI
> _______________________________________________
> GMCnet mailing list
> List Information and Subscription Options:
> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
>
 
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