Ideally they will be evenly placed along the perimeter. Like tiling a floor, you want to make sure your outer edge ceiling tiles aren't too small. Then layout your tile spacing and see how it looks. Literally, measure and make a TO SCALE drawing of each room.
#DROP CEILING HOW TO#
Read through these, then watch the video, then leave a comment with any questions on how to install a drop ceiling. Save yourself some major aggravation and avoid my mistakes. I want to highlight here the key steps with some pain saving pointers. I pretty much learned 90% of what I needed to know from this guys so props to him! I've embedded it at the bottom of this article after these steps, but I recommend reading these steps first. I found a great video that explains how to install a drop ceiling. I can't stress how important sharp blades are while cutting tiles. Cutting drop ceiling tiles dulls them quickly and if you attempt to cut tiles with dull blades, your cuts will look sloppy.
Several fresh Utility Knife Blades: Do yourself a favor and stock up on utility blades before getting started.
#DROP CEILING FREE#
It's rated 4.5 stars and has free shipping with Prime.ĭrill Eyelet Adapter: A special drill bit that the eyelets fit into. I recommend this Bostitch model on Amazon. Tin Snips: You'll need a good pair of tin snips to make all the cuts on the L and T channels. Wire and Wire Hanging Eyelets: The eyelets are screwed to the floor joists and the wire is looped through the eyelet and the wholes in the main T-Channels to provide the needed support from the weight of the tiles. Personally I think the reveals provide a nice aesthetic touch. They come in a ton of styles and can be humidity and mold resistant and offer various levels of sound insulation.ĭrop ceiling tiles come in flush mounts (the tiles are even with the T's) or with reveals (tiles sit slightly below T's).
If you are going with 2'x2' tiles, these are needed and run between the 4 foot cross T's.ĭrop Ceiling Tiles: These will be the most expensive part of your drop ceiling project. yep you guessed it, T! These run perpendicular to your floor joists.Ĥ foot cross T's: These are like mini T-Channel that run parallel to your floor joists and snap to the main T-ChannelĢ foot cross T's: If you are purchasing 4'x2' tiles, these are not needed. T-Channel: Metal channel thats shapped like a. You will install this first around the entire perimeter of the wall, a few inches below your ceiling (hence the "drop" in drop ceiling). L-Channel: Metal channel thats shapped like an L. Now let's get to the meat and potatoes of how to install a drop ceiling.ĭrop Ceiling Installation Tools and Materials And here's my argument FOR choosing a suspended ceiling (let's show a little respect). Here's Jason's article that is definitely against drop ceilings. If you're here because you're still trying to decide should you go with a drop ceiling over a drywall ceiling for your basement then make sure to read both sides of the debate here on the site. You can save a lot of money by doing it yourself IF you don't make some of these key mistakes. The short answer is yes! Yes you can and it's not that hard. You want to know if you can install a drop ceiling in your basement on your own.
I'm guessing you are here for the same reason that I was Googling for days on end a year ago. I'm writing this article to show you how to do yours. It makes me tear up with joy each time I go down to my basement.
I taught myself how to install a drop ceiling and here's the result.
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