Resources

Everything you need to plan, order, and install a tin ceiling — from first idea to finished room.

Ceiling Visualizer — Pattern 130 in Oil-Rubbed Bronze on a tray ceiling with cove lighting
Design tool

See it on your ceiling before you buy

Pick a pattern and finish, set your room size, and walk through it in 3D. Nail-up or drop-in, tray ceilings, wall colors — with your tile count, hardware, and price building live as you design. Download your design as a PDF or send the whole project straight to your cart.

▸ Open the Ceiling Visualizer

Free to use · works on your phone · nothing to install

Project calculators

Quick answers if you already know your room. The same math runs inside the visualizer — one source of truth, no re-entering your numbers.

Tile estimator

Room dimensions or square footage → tiles needed, with 5–15% overage for mis-cuts and spares.

▸ Open the tile estimator

Nails calculator

Cone-head nails for nail-up installs — about 12 per tile at 6" spacing, matched to your finish color.

▸ Open the calculators

Clips calculator

Hold-down clips for drop-in grids — one per rail intersection, counted from your room grid.

▸ Open the calculators

Or estimate in our project visualizer — the Ceiling Visualizer runs the same math live while you design.

Guides & documents

The right document for the right moment — start at the top if you're new to tin.

START HERE Style Guide Patterns, finishes, and rooms — browse the whole look-book online, no download needed. PLANNING Specification Sheets Generate a sheet for any pattern — exact dimensions, materials, weights, and live colors and pricing, ready to print or download. PLANNING Fire Rating Documentation What you need for permits, inspectors, and commercial specs. INSTALL DAY Installation Guide Now a full web guide — nail-up, drop-in, fillers, crown molding, backsplash, and fixtures, with the PDF still available inside. AFTER Finishing Guide Now a full web guide — painting unfinished tin and the antique hand-finished look, with the PDF available inside. QUESTIONS FAQs Shipping, lead times, minimum orders, returns — the practical stuff.

Measuring & installation guides

Step-by-step guides from our blog — everything from the first tape measure to the last tile. Videos are in the works; these cover the same ground today.

Coffered tin ceiling with fan — measuring guide

Measuring your room

The measuring guide for drop-in and nail-up projects — everything the estimator needs.

Read the guide → Bedroom with tin ceiling — nail-up install guide

Nail-up install, start to finish

The DIY walkthrough — surface prep, layout, nailing, and finishing edges.

Read the guide → Installing a ceiling suspension grid — drop-in guide

Drop-in grid, step by step

Rails, clips, and how the tiles seat — the suspended-ceiling walkthrough.

Read the guide → Tools for cutting metal ceiling tiles on a workbench

Tools & equipment

What to have on hand before install day — the professional checklist.

Read the guide → Choosing between drop-in and nail-up tin tiles

Nail-up or drop-in?

How to choose the right install type for your room and ceiling.

Read the guide → Tin snips cutting a ceiling tile — custom fits guide

Measuring & cutting custom fits

Odd-sized rooms and borders — measure and cut tiles for a custom drop ceiling.

Read the guide →

See it in person first

Photos are good. Holding the metal is better. Screens are only so honest — finishes shift with your light, and shades can vary slightly between production batches. A sample in hand settles it.

Full-size unfinished tin ceiling tile pattern sample

Full-size pattern sample — $9.00

A real 24" × 24" unfinished tile of any pattern. Feel the relief, test your light, hold it to the ceiling.

Order a pattern sample
Color sample pack — powder-coated tin finishes side by side

Color sample packs — from $8

Compare our powder-coated finishes side by side before committing — pick 5, 10, 15, or the whole deck.

Browse sample packs

Talk to us about your project

CONSUMER

Homeowners & designers

Not sure which pattern suits your room, or how a tray ceiling would work? Send us your room photos and rough dimensions — we do this all day.

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PRO

Contractors & commercial

Volume projects, spec support, and AcousTin™ — our perforated acoustic tin line, spec'd per project. Tell us what you're building.

AcousTin™ for your project →