Ceiling Tiles

 

Tin ceiling tiles are not as easy as as nailing them up. The ceiling has to have a substrate of wood to hold the nails. And the ceiling joists have to be strong enough to hold that up. Then the edges have to parallel. Then the edges have to overlap in a direction that looks good. Then the lamps have to line up and the electrical has to be finished. Etc. etc.

The cost is about $7 each tile. But the shipping is $300. So the tiles might only cost $350 but the whole cost is closer to $800. I thought long and hard about going this route and decided it was now or never. So I bought them and installed them with a 5/8'' brad nail gun. The edges look rough. The edges aren't parallel. The metal got dented many times. The corners of the crown molding don't look good. It looks a little cheap even though it cost me $1000 and lots of time. I think a border of tongue and groove painted pine would've looked more classy. And the crown molding doesn't look very good and was impossible to finesse so it looked good. 

if the ceiling looks slopped that's because it is sloped to accommodate more insulation.

The unfinished look doesn't appeal to me. I will have to paint this.

Newest decoration

Tin Ceiling in kitchen looks good.

So, that's the last project for a while. I'm broke. unemployed, the country is besieged by zealots,  my knees are surely arthritic, my hemorrhoid's have returned with a vengeance, and interior decoration doesn't really appeal to me right now. I only wanted to finish the ceiling because the insulation dust was pouring down through the cracks in the foam board.