Tray Ceiling Installation for Homeowners

By Myron R. Ferguson

Tray Ceilings Enhance Ordinary Ceiling Lines to Create Architectural Interest.

Quite often when I mention a tray ceiling to a prospective customer, I find myself quickly explaining that it is not what they think. The project is actually quite simple. Tray ceilings are generally considered by homeowners to be complicated, expensive and time-consuming to build. As a drywall contractor that specializes in decorative drywall work, I build a lot of tray ceilings because they are fast, easy to construct and come out perfect.

I don’t just meet my customers’ expectations, I exceed them.

The different height levels of a tray ceiling can evoke the feeling of spaciousness by making a room’s ceiling appear higher.

A “tray ceiling” is a common term for a recessed ceiling, often with the recessed sides sloped at an angle. The original flat ceiling has its edges lowered to create the center recess area. The lowered edges vary in width according to the dimensions of the room. The basic purpose of a tray ceiling is to break up an ordinary flat ceiling line and add a variation in height to create architectural interest. A feeling of spaciousness can be created by the look of the different levels, and a tray ceiling can make a low ceiling look higher.

Chalk lines are snapped to guide placement of the EZ-Tray. This guarantees a nice, straight edge to the tray ceiling.