Lucky Nolichucky: Ceiling Panels

[avianlaw]

Originally Posted by Celestina

So finished removing the ceiling. Used the square drive and got all but 4 screws removed in 4 hours. 40’ bus, so 16 panels with 61 screws per panel. Ceiling stayed up on its own. Came back the next day and started pulling the panels down. Took 15 minutes, mostly because I forgot about the four screws that were stuck and I had to grind off. There was a paper like something on the back of the panels. I had the kind with zillions of holes in the metal. The paper stuff was very fragile and would disintegrate on contact. Make a mess, almost like snow.

I had the same stuff. Square drive sometimes worked but in the end i said screw it (or rather dont screw it) becuase the pain of holding the drill over my head and applying that much pressure with shoulder bursitis was a deal breaker.

[o1marc]

Originally Posted by avianlaw

I had the same stuff. Square drive sometimes worked but in the end i said screw it (or rather dont screw it) becuase the pain of holding the drill over my head and applying that much pressure with shoulder bursitis was a deal breaker.

So how did using a grinder relieve you from working over your head? With the proper square bit in a drill/impact, no pressure is needed.