Hello, I am framing in part of a steel building and was looking for some recommendations on how to frame in the ceiling. The room is 18x24. My first thought was to use 18 foot 2x8s across the entire 24 feet and then add some blocking. Will that be enough support? Thanks

My kitchen ceiling sags as a result of a bearing wall being removed. I had an engineer come out a few years back. Basically, he said that a header needed to be installed in the ceiling and he spec'd out the beam for me. I didn't have time to work on it then and let it be. Now that I am ready to...