100 sq. ft. White Surface Mount Grid Kit

Was easy to install in basement. Saved a lot of space as it was applied directly to the rafters. Easily snaps together and I used PVC tiles so all is washable. No worry about warping or staining. Everything promised and then some!

Easy to install, easy to get into later, looks great. I needed to install a drop ceiling in the basement laundry room and bathroom. I got historic tin ceiling tiles and installed the laundry room with a traditional metal system with a 2 to 3 inch clearance in the lowest places. In the bathroom I have a partial drywall ceiling and could not easily remove it all due to a 2x4 lower frame behind which I would also have to cut out to get a metal suspended ceiling in at a good height. The ceiling is already low so I did not want a metal system causing to be even lower. I opted for this system and it went in great. I had a shower dividing wall I had to go around but all the seams look great (no gaps or unevenness). I placed a ceiling fan in one tile and recessed lights in two other tiles with no issues. I still have to take one tile down to put in a heating vent grate, but I know that will be easy now...

I recommend this product for patient installers. One must take their time, think through the installation, and measure exactly since your room is not going to be perfectly square.Lots of info here in case you're installing:1) Definitely center the full size tiles. It makes it look professional. I did and it does look nicer.2) the long tracks that installs against the joists (TOP HANGER) must be perfectly level (use shims) and it needs backing along its entire edge. When you push the final snap in that is the same length you need the TOP HANGER to not flex, otherwise the runner won't snap into place (that is step 5 Locking in The runner). So you must BACK the Top Hanger when you run it perpendicular to the joists.3) Somehow when screwing in the wall brackets, one area became lower than the TOP HANGER. so continually check for level. If I use this product again, I would cut all the crosstees so I can check for level as I put up the wall bracket. Remember the CROSS TEES hang down from the TOP HANGER and then on the wall brack they SIT on the BOTTOM of the wall bracket. The PVC tiles you might use have no weight to them, so there is nothing to help pull downward on the cross tees.4) Cut everything SLOWLY and use just a razor knife / carpet knife. Not the tin snips. I wasn't impressed with how the ends turned out. I also used a bench scroll saw on slow and that worked but the razor knife was cleaner.5) When putting up the last TOP HANGER, I put the cross tees in before screwing in the Top Hanger. This ensures that they are near perfectly the width of a full tile.6) There is NO wiggle room when the final runner (Step 5 in the instructions) is snapped in. at one cross tee (a full tee) it was off by about a sixteenth of an inch and it showed. This was where I was putting in the crosstee to make sure the TOP HANGER was perfectly aligned with the previous TOP HANGER. Not sure why it did that.7) Measure exactly. There is no room for slop.

Great product. Was perfect for what I needed. I did the install myself and had about 400sq feet of ceiling and it took me 3-4 days total which included installing recessed lighting as well. I read reviews that this product is for rooms that are square shaped. I made this work with a ceiling with many angles and was an odd shape. I do wish ceilingmax would have a video for ceilings that are not square shaped because the formula can be tricky with a room of a different shape. You can see where the formula left me with a very slim section in the second pic where the ceiling width lessened. Don't mind the missing tiles in front of the stairs, I ran out lol. In the future I will take the shape of the room in account before using the formula on the video. Overall, its a great product that's easy to install and I plan on doing other areas of my finished basement in the near future.

Nice product. Perfect for shallow applications where you need access. The instructions are terrible but the videos help. What’s also nice is there is a lot of room for adjustments when laying in the tile.

All in all it worked ok, but snapping the track in was most difficult. A lot of the cross beams were different size causing the ceiling to not be square. The main track is plastic and not very sturdy. Get what you pay for. It looks ok but will eventually be replaced. Wish I had saved the money. I would never install in a main living space. Works for basement.

I am impressed with the quality thus far. I haven't fully finished the install but so far its been made very easy. The material is quite sturdy yet easy enough to cut. Only issue is I wish it came in larger sets as one box was not enough and 2 would be too much. Very happy with the product otherwise

Its probably easier than a standard drop ceiling, but its still a little tricky. First they tell you to use drywall screws to mount - but be careful, the black mounting strips end up twisting to the side you install the screw into. so you either have to just barely snug the screw to prevent twisting, or you need a screw on both sides. Second, its fairly difficult to snap the white runners into the black mounting strips - especially for the very last row since you can't reach your hand above to hold pressure behind it. I actually ran furring strips across the ceiling joists and mounted these to the furring strips, this helped immensely and I only lost ~3/4in ceiling height, and a couple packs of furring strips at the hardware store is pretty cheap. Wish this was a little less expensive, all it is is some mass produced plastic. But overall I think the ceiling turned out pretty nice.