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In the three pictures, the first one shows a dropped ceiling in a hallway that holds the AC ductwork; the second one shows a ceiling support beam that has been covered over (maybe because someone removed a load bearing wall here and had to put in a beam) and the third one shows soffits that enclose AC ductwork and some that probably don't but were built to give a symmetrical appearance to the room. I wouldn't mess with any of those.
In the three pictures, the first one shows a dropped ceiling in a hallway that holds the AC ductwork; the second one shows a ceiling support beam that has been covered over (maybe because someone removed a load bearing wall here and had to put in a beam) and the third one shows soffits that enclose AC ductwork and some that probably don't but were built to give a symmetrical appearance to the room. I wouldn't mess with any of those.
OP, if it turns out you can't remove some of them, you might be able to get some cohesiveness to the overall look of the house, if you turn the openings into arches. Such as the beam where it looks like a wall was removed by the dining room table. If you have to leave that beam, if you turn it into an arch, it can look nice and that it was perhaps a deliberate decorating thing.
Well duh. Unless you've been in the house in question you have exactly as much information as I do.
But I think it's reasonable to ASSUME that there are AC ducts in the dropped ceiling that has the AC registers in it. And I think it's reasonable to ASSUME that the long rectangular thing hanging down from a ceiling and crossing a room right where a beam would generally be found, is probably in fact a beam. And I think it's reasonable to ASSUME that the soffits in the kitchen that have AC registers clearly visible also have AC ducts in them.
If we, according to your directives, are not permitted to ASSUME anything from the pictures the OP has so kindly provided, then why bother to even post the question? For that matter, why even bother to have the Internet at all? Let's just shut down the forum, cancel the Internet, scrap all the servers, and be done with it.
The kitchen looks like it used to have florescent recessed lighting covered by plastic diffuser panels that were flush with the perimeter ceiling height. I used to own a townhouse built in 1976 that had such a set up. You may be able to remove the perimeter and get it all one height. I agree with others who say the foyer probably has HVAC in the ceiling and picture #2 is a structural beam.
The kitchen looks like it used to have florescent recessed lighting covered by plastic diffuser panels that were flush with the perimeter ceiling height. I used to own a townhouse built in 1976 that had such a set up. You may be able to remove the perimeter and get it all one height. I agree with others who say the foyer probably has HVAC in the ceiling and picture #2 is a structural beam.
This is 100% the case. That was the situation in the kitchen and the two bathrooms. They were eventually "updated" to what you see now. We've since replaced what used to be eyeball lights with LED lights. Looks better but not great.
As FYI, I don't plan on doing any of this work myself, though I understand that it is my responsibility to ensure that any changes are up to code.
OP, if it turns out you can't remove some of them, you might be able to get some cohesiveness to the overall look of the house, if you turn the openings into arches. Such as the beam where it looks like a wall was removed by the dining room table. If you have to leave that beam, if you turn it into an arch, it can look nice and that it was perhaps a deliberate decorating thing.
Interesting. I thought the OP meant this type of lighting soffit, below. It looks as if in his third picture, the soffit was removed and recessed lighting installed.
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