Many experienced professionals often make small mistakes that could hamper the quality of a false ceiling. Hence besides material, installation is the other most important factor for a durable false ceiling. Given below are the tips on how to install a room false ceiling with a grid, tiles, and border. With the help of these tips, the installers will not compromise the correct installation technique leading to sub-optimal results.
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How to Install Room False Ceilings – Tips for the installer:
Before You Start
1: Allowing panels and tiles to adjust to the job site
Room false Ceiling Grid—Wall Molding
2: Leveling wall molding
3: Installing wall molding on drywall
4: Installing wall molding on solid or concrete walls
5: Installing wall molding along an uneven wall surface
Ceiling Grid—Main Beams and Cross Tees
6: Choosing your hanger wire
7: Bending hanger wires
8: Supporting the main beam for the room false ceiling
9: Squaring the grid
10: Installing Easy Up Track
Tile Installation Using the Ashlar Method
11: Using the Easy Up system
Overhead Support Beams and Ducts
12: Boxing around overhead ducts and beams
13: Using grid to box around obstructions
Support Columns
14: Boxing in columns with a suspended ceiling
15: Installing panels around columns, pipes, vents, and posts
Windows
16: Boxing in basement windows
17: Installing decorative molding on boxed-in area
Room False Ceiling Borders—Panels
18: Figuring borders on scored panels or panels with 12″ x 12″ patterns
19: Cutting “recessed grid” ceiling border panels
Replacement—Tiles
20: Replacing damaged tiles using the Easy Up Installation System
Room False Ceiling Lighting
21: Hanging 2′ x 4′ lights
22: Installing recessed lighting in a false ceiling tile
23: Installing recessed lighting in a suspended ceiling
24: Installing surface-mounted lighting in a tile ceiling
Room Ceiling Fans
25: Mounting a ceiling fan in a tile ceiling
Vents and Recessed Fans
26: Mounting ceiling vents
Cathedral Room False Ceilings
27: Installing WoodHaven™ planks on a cathedral ceiling
28: Installing molding or trim between a suspended panel cathedral ceiling and wall
Insulation
29: Installing insulation
