Installation Guide

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THREE EASY STEPS TO INSTALL YOUR CEILING
A
B
C
1. Mark height desired for new ceiling (A).
2. Add height of Wall Molding and mark a level line around 3 walls (B).
3. Snap a connecting chalk line on the 4th wall.
4. Nail Wall Molding to the wall studs (C).
5. If nailing molding directly to wall is not possible (for example, a solid
concrete or stone wall), hang a section of main runner next to the wall as a
substitute for regular wall molding.
Outside
Corner
C
C
Inside
Corner
Install Fasteners and Hanger Wires.
1. Snap Chalk Line for Main Beams 4' Apart (A).
2. Screw in Wire Fasteners 4' Apart (B).
3. Wrap hanger wire securely around itself 3 times (C).
NOTE:
Add extra wires for light fixtures, one at each corner of the light.
2'6"
2'6"
10'6"
9'
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4'4'
4' 4'
Sample Room
A
B
Joists
A
C
B
4
Prebend Hanger Wires
1. Measure up 7/8" from the bottom of the molding. Drive nail into wall just
above molding.
2. Do the same on other side of room. Stretch a string from nail to nail along a row
of wires
(A)
.
3. Swing hanger wires over to string and bend each one at 90° where they touch the string
(B). Stretch additional strings to prebend other hanger wires, to help level entire ceiling.
4. Remove Leveling String(s) after prebending wires.
Install Wall Molding
STEP
1
Install Suspension System
STEP
2
Use Main
Beam
instead
of Wall
Molding
B
A
Joist
90°
Set Trimmed End of Main Beam on
Wall Molding
Cross Tee Slot
Trim the Main Beam
Trim end of first Main Beam(A) so that a Cross Tee slot on the Main Beam is the border panel distance from the wall (B).
Step 1
A
Step 2
Border Panel Distance
AB
Leveling
String