Installation Guide
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Ceilume Installation Instructions | Revised September 2016
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Beginning in a corner, peel o the backing of your tape to expose about 2 feet of adhesive. Grasp
the backside of the grid with one hand (to compensate for the force of installation) and press the tape
against the front of your grid with the other. Press about 2 inches of the tape onto your grid at a time,
aligning the remaining exposed tape carefully before pressing it rmly into place. Press hard and
evenly over the full surface of the tape (a small roller may assist with rm and consistent pressure)
to ensure that the adhesive forms a rm bond with the grid.
When you reach a corner, trim the tape to t. When you’ve nished applying the tape to the perimeter
of your room, move on to your ceiling mains (long seamless portions of grid), and nish with your
ceiling T’s (shorter cross pieces of grid). Trim to t precisely; do not overlap any portions of tape,
particularly where the cross T’s intersect the mains.
Install Your Decorative or Smooth Strips
“Dry t” your rst decorative or smooth strip by placing the beginning of the strip over the intersection
of four ceiling tiles, and its length over the grid between two adjacent tiles. If installing decorative
strips, center the “dot end” of the strip over the intersection. Trim to length if necessary.
Peel o the backing of your strip to expose the adhesive. Line the strip up as before and press rmly
into place. Grasp the backside of the grid with one hand (to compensate the force of installation) and
press hard and evenly over the full surface of the strip with the other to ensure that the adhesive
forms a rm bond with the grid.
Butt the next strip directly against the end of the rst. If you are installing decorative strips, pay
close attention to the repeating dot-dash pattern; the dot on your second strip will land over the next
intersection of four ceiling tiles.
Install all of the strips running in one direction, and then nish by installing the set of strips that run
perpendicular to the rst, trimming as necessary. If installing decorative strips, you’ll need to trim the
dot o the end of each strip in this second set in order to keep the dot-dash pattern consistent.
Install Your Ceiling Tiles
Remove your existing tiles (if you have them!) to give yourself full grid access, and then pop your new
tiles into place.
If you are refacing an existing ceiling, slide your new refacing ceiling tiles (with features projecting
down and into the room) under your old, existing tiles.