How To Install Suspended Ceiling Tiles

Cut one flange of the angle and bend it around outside corners.

How to install suspended ceiling tiles. Snap a chalk line marking the top of the wall angle. Put a secondary runner every 2 ft 0 61 m along your main runners. Setting the perimeter with the perimeter established locate the wall studs and nail the perimeter molding in.

Tilt the first 2 by 4 tile and insert it in one of the center openings in the ceiling. Locate the slots on the main runners every 2 ft 0 61 m. If clearance is a problem you may want to use fiberglass ceiling panels which are more flexible.

How to install a suspended ceiling with ceiling tiles step 1. Alternatively you can install a drop ceiling by first attaching thin 1 inch by 3 inch strips of wood at right angles to the room s joists. Setting the perimeter the first step is to determine the maximum height of the new suspended ceiling.

If your ceiling is in good shape you can install tiles by applying adhesive to them and pressing them against the ceiling starting in the center of the room and working outward. Work the tile so it lies flat in the opening. Pick a height so the ceiling tile will clear the lowest ceiling obstruction like plumbing lines or ductwork.

Allow a minimum of 3 4 inches of clearance between the old ceiling and the new ceiling for installation of the ceiling panels. Lift your 4 ft 1 2 m runners above the main runners and feed them into the slots on the mains. Nail the wall angle at every stud with 1 1 4 in.