Installation Tips Home

Ceiling Grid - Wall Molding
Tip 2: Leveling wall molding
Tip 3: Installing wall molding on drywall with metal studs
Tip 4: Installing wall molding on solid or concrete walls
Tip 5: Installing wall molding along an uneven wall surface

Ceiling Grid - Main Beams and Cross Tees
Tip 6: Choosing your hanger wire
Tip 7: Bending hanger wires
Tip 8: Using "Shenk clips"
Tip 9: Supporting the main beam
Tip 10: Squaring the grid

Tile Installation Using the Ashlar Method
Tip 11: Using furring strips

Overhead Support Beams and Ducts
Tip 12: Boxing around overhead ducts and support beams
Tip 13: Using grid to box around obstructions

Support Columns
Tip 14: Boxing in columns with a suspended ceiling
Tip 15: Installing panels around columns, pipes, vents and posts

Windows
Tip 16: Boxing in basement windows: two methods
Tip 17: Installing decorative molding on boxed-in area

Stairwells
Tip 18: Boxing in a basement stairwell

Ceiling Borders - Panels
Tip 19: Figuring borders on scored panels or panels with 12" x 12" patterns
Tip 20: Cutting "recessed grid" ceiling border panels
Tip 21: Cutting reveal border panels for crown molding

Field Cuts - Step Edge Panels
Tip 22: Field cutting

Replacement - Panels
Tip 23: Replacing ceiling panels at sprinkler head locations


Replacement - Tiles
Tip 24:  Replacing damaged tiles using the Easy Up kit

Lighting
Tip 25: Hanging 2' x 4' lights
Tip 26: Installing recessed lighting in a tile ceiling
Tip 27: Installing recessed lighting in a suspended ceiling
Tip 28: Installing surface-mounted lighting in a suspended ceiling
Tip 29: Installing surface-mounted lighting in a tile ceiling

Ceiling Fans
Tip 30: Mounting a ceiling fan in a tile ceiling

Vents and Recessed Fans
Tip 31: Mounting ceiling vents

Audio Speakers
Tip 32: Installing audio speakers

Cathedral Ceilings
Tip 33: Installing plank on a cathedral ceiling
Tip 34: Installing molding or trim between a suspended panel cathedral ceiling and wall Insulation
Tip 35: Installing insulation

Miscellaneous
Tip 36: Installing tile where kitchen cabinet doors are close to ceiling
Tip 37: Removing dirt from tile and panel surface