strangegrapes 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2014 Hey all,Am renovating my resale flat, and I understand from my contractor that false ceiling is strictly not allowed according to HDB ruling. Is that true?The images I see online seem to have false ceiling for most HDB bathrooms?If it's a concern for leakage, I stay at the top floor, so there are no units above us.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xfer 0 Report post Posted January 29, 2015 This is interesting cos I was told I should have a false ceiling for the lightings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tiler Seng 57 Report post Posted January 29, 2015 I guess you should make sure the one that in-charge of your renovation is familiar with HDB ruling.HDB has never allowed false ceiling in Bathroom or Kitchen/ Balcony...so call wet area, but they never stop you from having it there,only one rule- do it at your own risk, they will not responsible for damaging it due to future water seepage or repair.Hope this helps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vanleoleo 1 Report post Posted March 2, 2015 actually my friend's living room has false ceiling leh... quite common leh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tiler Seng 57 Report post Posted March 3, 2015 The Topic is about Bathroom with false ceiling not Living lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yika 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2015 I guess you should make sure the one that in-charge of your renovation is familiar with HDB ruling.HDB has never allowed false ceiling in Bathroom or Kitchen/ Balcony...so call wet area, but they never stop you from having it there,only one rule- do it at your own risk, they will not responsible for damaging it due to future water seepage or repair.Hope this helps HDB allows kitchen as per their website; Installation of false ceiling in kitchen No Minimum clearance height of 2.4 metres measured from finished floor level. To use non-combustible materials. No gas pipe is allowed to be enclosed within the false ceiling. Power-driven nails of 6 mm diameter and not exceeding 40 mm in penetration depth length are to be used for fixing of false ceiling to the underside of reinforced concrete slab. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason008 2 Report post Posted March 18, 2015 U can do false ceiling to any wet area u want. Wet area refer to bathroom, balcony or wet kitchen.But make sure is calcium silicate ceiling board, not gypsum ceiling board.Gypsum board for common area used (Dry area) while calcium silicate for wet area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
