Thank you everyone for such great ideas! I have a lot to look into and I'm almost starting to wish I had more drop ceilings around to try these out on. The sound issue of leavin...

These are great ideas!! So far I'm really intrigued by the suggestions of painting everything black and leaving it open, using plain metal panels like a standing seam roof, or putting in corrugated...

Jonathan here: Thanks for the suggestions already! I think I would be pretty worried about walling in a piece of machinery that needs maintenance and eventual replacement. Plus, an access hatch wou...