[brooklynkitchen]

I'm wondering what the pitfalls are of just nailing up some ceiling tin tiles - I love the look but will it rust? Could I treat it with something? Anyone do this and have any advice?

[kisaacs]

I have them, and I love them. Mine are copper, and I got them from American Tin Ceiling Company: Tin Ceiling Panels and Products. The ones I have have a finish on them, so they don't oxidize. We used liquid nails plus little copper finish nails to put ours up. They've been up for over a year, and still look great.

Kristen

[Snaily]

Originally Posted by brooklynkitchen

I'm wondering what the pitfalls are of just nailing up some ceiling tin tiles - I love the look but will it rust? Could I treat it with something? Anyone do this and have any advice?

I just joined but have you considered flashing? This is what we went with - comes in 12" or 18" widths in a roll. I nailed it on and then used 1" wide steel metal bars (used mainly for mirror edges - found with carpet edgers etc at Home Depot) for finishing the edges off. Very cheap and it looks and feels the exact same as out stainless steel appliances

[marcella610]

Cheaper and easier imitation tin ceiling tile is available in one big roll here Ceiling Tiles By Us. That's what I'm getting.

[zoenut765]

I'm thinking about doing this as well. There's an architectural salvage store here in Philly that sells old panels of tin ceiling that I was thinking I'd just attach to the wall somehow. I'll let you know how it goes when I get to that stage. Might be a few weeks though.

[kelly]

If they are vintage, you may need furring strips to attach them...Not difficult, but just FYI.

[zoenut765]

Why furring strips? As a buffer between the wall and the tin? Structural? Haven't thought this plan through yet

[kelly]

Older tin ceilings were really drop ceilings, and needed something to attach to- I think that they were formed for furring strips, so they might not lie flat without them. I could be quite truly wrong that they won't lie flat on a wall, but just want you to be thinking about possible installation complexity with vintage. I love vintage but sometimes you have to work with it...

Glad to be wrong!

[picaman]

For what it's worth--we put in a tin backsplash directly on the wall using Liquid Nails and finish nails. No problems at all.

Discussion of our methods here

Pictures of the final install

2' x 4' sheets from TheTinMan.com

Installation instructions at the Tin Man's site



Jamie