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Due to the many configuration options offered, our Box Beam Coffered Ceiling System pricing cannot be calculated on a standard per square foot basis. However, price quotations can be easily obtained in one of the following ways: 1. Use our …

The Tilton Box Beam Coffered Ceiling System can be manufactured from a variety of materials with our standard options being: HDU (paint-grade) MDF (paint-grade)  Poplar Clear Pine Red Oak Maple Cherry Mahogany Walnut Cellular PVC (for exterior use)  See complete …

There are no standard or stock sizes for our Box Beam Coffered Ceiling Systems. Each and every Box Beam Ceiling System is custom manufactured with the coffers being sized to fit the intended ceiling area perfectly and as per the intended …

All of our Box Beam Coffered Ceiling Systems are custom manufactured to order. As such, typical production lead times are 4 – 6 weeks for paint-grade systems (i.e. HDU or MDF) and 6 – 8 weeks for stain grade systems …

We currently do not offer any standard pre-finishing options for our Box Beam Coffered Ceiling Systems. We only offer pre-priming at this time. With our pre-priming options your ceiling treatment will only require minimal preparation prior to applying the final …

Tilton Coffered Ceilings does not employ any installers or offer any installation services. We are a product manufacturer providing unique ceiling treatments and ceiling enhancement solutions to be installed by both Professionals and DIYers.   Most Tilton Coffered Ceiling Systems …

Typical Box Beam Ceiling System installations on an average size and height ceiling can be completed in 1 -2 days. We have found that using a calculation of about 40 minutes per coffer is fairly accurate in estimating the time it will …

The Tilton Box Beam Coffered Ceiling System has been designed as a superior alternative to conventional methods for creating an authentic box beam coffered ceiling treatment. As such, it is installed as a permanent application in which the coffer modules …

Absolutely. We can design your Box Beam Coffered Ceiling System to work on any vaulted ceiling, cathedral ceiling or angled ceiling. We can also design the Box Beam System to be used on a flat ceiling that is surrounded by …

Yes, our Box Beam System can and has been successfully installed on 8 foot tall ceilings by many of our customers. While we recommend our shallowest 4 1/4″D Overlay Style or 3 1/2″D Inset Style beam sizes for these applications we …

Yes, drywall should be installed on the ceiling surface prior to installing our Box Beam Coffered Ceiling System for the following reasons: 1. If you opt for our No Ceiling Panel option the underlying ceiling surface will be visible within …

It’s common knowledge that no room is ever perfectly square, nor is any wall perfectly flat or straight and we realize this. To accommodate these inevitable circumstances the Perimeter Beam Boards of each Tilton Coffered Ceiling System can be scribed …

Since every Tilton Box Beam Coffered Ceiling System is custom manufactured to order we can design and build the coffers to accommodate any ceiling shape. Since our Design & Quote software application is not capable of configuring or products for …

Yes. Please see our Geometric and Bespoke Collection Designs for examples of the many shapes we can make our coffers in.

Absolutely. In fact, every Box Beam Coffered Ceiling System we manufacture is custom designed to fit each ceiling. Please contact us to discuss your design ideas or if you are interested in having us create a custom design for you.

Yes, we offer a ‘No Panel’ option in our HDU material type which can be seen on the Ceiling Panel Styles page.  While the integrated Ceiling Panel offers several distinct advantages we realize that there are also many applications in …

In short, yes, we can customize the beam sizes in both depth and width for our Box Beam Coffered Ceiling Systems, but our standard offerings have been sized according to industry standard S4S board widths which are readily available in …

Like other engineered wood products, Medium Density Fiberboard, or ‘MDF’ for short,  has a distinctively flat, dense surface that holds paint well. It doesn’t move like wood, so its joints stay tight and paint doesn’t crack, but the glory of …

The best way to plan for and install recessed lighting fixtures (i.e. hi-hats, pot lights, can lights etc.) with the Tilton Box Beam Coffered Ceiling System is to run the rough wiring for these fixtures prior to installing the system …

All hanging light fixtures (i.e. chandeliers, ceiling surface mounted lighting) use a hollow threaded rod and/or machine screws for installation of the fixture to the electrical box so you would install the electrical box as you normally would. Then, depending …

Yes, accent lighting (i.e. rope lighting, back lighting) can be used with our Box Beam Coffered Ceiling System utilizing one of the following 2 options we currently offer: Floating Crown Molding – We can set the Crown Molding to have …