Is There An Advantage To A Metal Ceiling In My Factory?
As an industrial building owner, it might have come to the time to renew your building’s ceiling or install a ceiling for the first time. It would be prudent to consider a metal ceiling as a top choice.
Metal delivers the same advantageous characteristics in all its applications. These range from technical factors like fire resistance to aesthetic factors such as finish options. In the instance of a metal ceiling, its specific, top advantage is the reduction in energy costs due to insulation qualities.
After that, there are additional benefits:
STRENGTH
Due to the valence electrons surrounding the metal ions being in constant motion, metal is able to flex and vibrate without breaking. This forms part of its classification as a strong material. The risk of cracking and breaking is minimal compared to fibreboard ceilings.
The wiring, conduits, piping, environmental controls, cameras, and other security components that run through ceilings need to be accessed for maintenance and occasional repair. industrial ceiling paintings have a great advantage for that access period as there is no fear of breaking ceiling tiles!
Other advantages are moisture resistance which often shows as stains and crumbling in traditional ceilings.
ACOUSTICS
Your knee-jerk reaction to mentioning metal and acoustics is most likely negative. There are metal ceiling options that can form part of an acoustic solution. These options halt the creation of an echo chamber due to absorption abilities and the redirection of sound.
Layers of materials such as fleece or mineral wool form the absorption function and improve the quality of speech transfer to listeners. The layered materials also stop sound from adjoining rooms transferring via the ceiling, over the top of each wall.
APPEARANCE
To add aesthetic interest and to soften the “look and feel” you can choose from different styles, textures, and finishes. In addition, metal can be coated with any color you like and a designer may also request for “look” of antique tin roof squares or brand-related coloring. It can also be mounted directed over an existing unattractive ceiling.
The materials come in different shapes and very interesting ceilings can be designed using the underlying structure in curves, staggered heights, and combining textures.
industrial ceiling paintings are also very easy to clean!
FACILITY BLOW DOWNS
When it comes to cleaning your industrial ceiling in your industrial building, as well as all the high surfaces, it’s a big and risky job. The networks of pipes, ducts, beams, and wiring crisscrossing the building collect dust by the hour. This dust keeps becoming airborne and causes significant chronic and acute health issues, and safety hazards.
With the best intention at heart, workers may attempt to clean the dust with compressed air equipment. Unfortunately, dust is combustible and it is important your cleaning doesn’t turn into a disaster.
NFPA 654 – 2017 advises that compressed air is not a good option as a cleaning method relating to accumulated dust. Compressed air blows the dust up into a cloud which is a dust explosion pentagon. This is when the traditional fire triangle of oxygen, heat, and fuel (dispersion of dust particles) are available in sufficient density that rapid combustion occurs.
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