Hi, we need to fix our drop ceiling asap and we need some recommendations. So... the bottom of a 24 case of beer fell out and smashed all over on the main floor, and it leaked into our basement through the drop ceiling. The section that it leaked over was done very strange (we were living upstairs when our landlord was refinishing the basement). It is around the stair well and the construction man who did it decided to glue the frame on the cut pieces of ceiling rather than secure the frame to the other frames in that area. When the beer spilled, it spilled partially over a floor grate and so the pieces of glass went up into the drop ceiling. I had to disassemble that area of the ceiling to clean it up properly; so the parts that were glued are now unglued. We tried to glue the frame back on with hot glue from our hot glue gun, but it won't stay. What should we use? Some kind of silicone adhesive? I don't want to spend money on glues that won't work. I know it's not normally supposed to be glued, but we are trying to get things back to the way they were so our landlord doesn't get upset and decide to jack the rent way up when the lease renews (where I live, there is no rental increase laws). Please help!

Remodeling 2nd floor bath in 88 year old house. I am drawing up my plans for my structural permit and wanted to run one aspect by the experts here first. After removing all plaster, lath, and 2" mud bed I can see several problems with studs and joists. Every single joist is either way over notched, cut entirely, missing, or simply not supported at all. (fwiw, the install of the massive cast iron stack and fittings is the cause for a lot of this. I have vacillated between replacing it, then had a plumber convince me it is in pretty good shape, but now I see the structural problems and am back to removing it.) I'm pretty clear on how I can repair it all except for one aspect. The house is divided into three parts structurally with joists spanning each of the three sections as shown below. The bath being remodeled sits over the middle section. | -------- 11.5' -------- | --- 7.5' --- | -------- 11.5' -------- | When the house was originally built, it appears the joists under the bathroom floor were originally 2x8 (all other joists in the house are 2x8). Somewhere along the way, these were replaced (or cut down) to be 2x6 in order to create the 2" mud bed. So originally the left wall of the bathroom was supported by the left section and middle section joists , and the right wall of the bathroom was supported by the middle section and right section joists. But now, the middle section joists are too short to provide any support for the bathroom walls (which in turn support joists in the attic). So I either want to replace these short joists with 2x8 joists. My concern is - will I be able to get the new joists into place without jacking up the walls? One more bit of info - the shoe doesn't rest directly on the existing 2x8 joists - there is actually a layer of 1/2 inch wood floor separating the joists and the shoe. I'm wondering if I can remove a portion of this flooring in order to get the new joists into place, and then pound in a new piece of wood between the new joist and shoe. A pic is attached showing what I am referring to. [ATTACH]23928[/ATTACH]