Suspended Ceilings

There are many different ways of finishing suspended ceilings at the perimeter edge. The most common of these and also the lowest cost is a standard angle trim. As long as the walls are straight and flat standard angle trim is fine. (see diagram below)

Another way is to use shadow edge trim, which is visually superior than the standard trim, but if the corners of the room are not 90 degree…

How to install a suspended ceiling yourself

How to install a suspended ceiling yourself.

Suspended Ceiling Light Fittings

There are a huge selection of light fittings available for suspended ceilings from spot lights and pendant fittings to recessed modular lighting. Therefore this is intended as a basic guide to the most common type of office lighting, which is the recessed modular light fitting.

Recessed modular lights are available 600x600mm and 1200x600mm and can have either two, three or four fluorescent T5 or…

Acoustic Ceilings and Wall Panels

Acoustically poor environments can suffer from long reverb times which can make it difficult to understand speech. An example would be large sports halls or train stations but it can also affect smaller rooms too. Schools and Hospitals with long corridors are another classic example.

So what is reverb, well if you stand and make a noise, not only will some of the sound travel straight to your…

Which type of suspended ceiling?

There are a wide range of suspended ceilings available to choose from these days and there’s sure to be one to suit your requirements. Whether its for your home or office, this guide is to help you narrow down your choice of options.

Exposed Suspended Ceilings (Lay-in)

These are the most common type of drop ceilings available. There are a huge range of tiles available with different face…