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2. Tin ceiling - Wikipedia

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   Pressed tin ceiling over a store entrance in Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.. A tin ceiling is an architectural element, consisting of a ceiling finished with tinplate with designs pressed into them, that was very popular in Victorian buildings in North America in the late 19th and early 20th century. [1]

3. Architectural metals - Wikipedia

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   The term “tin ceiling” is a misnomer and early manufacturers did not use the name. However, persons who worked with sheet metal were called tinsmiths, so the term could have sprung from this title. [3] Tinplate was a type of architectural material consisting of sheet iron or steel coated with tin. “Tin roofs,” a type of tinplate, was ...

4. Chicago Metallic Corporation - Wikipedia

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   The company was noted by the Chicago Tribune as “one of the largest global manufacturers and suppliers of roll-formed ceiling grid, stamped metal decorative ceiling panels and related products”. [1] The company was owned by the Jahn family from 1938 to 2013. On August 19, 2013, the company was acquired by Rockwool International. The ...

5. Wunderlich (panels) - Wikipedia

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   Initially the panels were imported from Berlin, Germany but later patents were taken out and the panels were manufactured in Australia. [1] The panels were produced until the 1950s when popular tastes changed away from these traditional elements. In 1983, production of the panels recommenced to meet the needs of restorations of period buildings ...

6. Corrugated galvanised iron - Wikipedia

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   Corrugated galvanised iron (CGI) or steel, colloquially corrugated iron (near universal), wriggly tin (taken from UK military slang), pailing (in Caribbean English), corrugated sheet metal (in North America), zinc (in Cyprus and Nigeria) or custom orb / corro sheet (Australia), is a building material composed of sheets of hot-dip galvanised ...

7. Dropped ceiling - Wikipedia

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   An older, less common type of dropped ceiling is the concealed grid system, which uses a method of interlocking panels into one another and the grid with the use of small strips of metal called 'splines', thus making it difficult to remove panels to gain access above the ceiling without damaging the installation or the panels. Normally, they ...