Cutting Tin Ceiling products
Almost every job requires cutting tin of varying lengths. There are various tools that can be used to effectively cut our tin ceiling products.

  • Tin Snips. This is the most commonly used cutting tool! It is effective at trimming edges and cutting holes, but the quality of the cut edge is dependent upon a steady hand. Also, it can be tiring on the wrist and hands.

  • Guillotine Paper Cutters. The tool of choice! Heavy-duty tabletop paper cutters similar to those used in schools and office environments. Installers swear by them for near factory cut edges! We carry industrial quality Martin Yale 'Premiere' model, 18" x 26" guillotine cutters.

  • Metal Shears. Quick! Tricky to use, but once you get use to them they are great. They take a ¼ inch section of metal with them when they cut through the tin. They can be purchased at most hardware stores like Home Depot or Lowe's for approximately $160. Most consumers and contractors rent them from equipment rental stores.

  • Reciprocating Saw

  • Skill saw with aluminum blade
Cutting tin with Tin Snips - The most commonly used tool.
Cutting tin with a guillotine cutter - The tool of choice.

Accommodating fixtures and vents:

Light fixtures, chandeliers, recessed lighting, vents, etc., can easily be accommodated by the tin.

  • Remove the fixture
  • Trace the fixture perimeter onto the tin panel
  • Drill a starter hole
  • Cut out traced area with tin snips
  • Install cut tin on ceiling
  • Re-install fixture.

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Why are Tin Ceilings so popular today?

Tin Ceilings remind us of a different time in our country's history. Tin Ceilings stir memories of gentler days when elegance and beauty reigned. A slower paced era where style and grace were the watchwords in home decor. Old time victorian homes, formal parlors, farmhouses with wood burning stoves and other historic architecture we've seen in literature and film or remember from our childhood.

It is said that "Everything Old Becomes New Again". It reinvents itself and becomes fashionable again, perhaps because it was so fashionable in the first place. Fashion goes in and out of style as modern ideas are introduced to the market. But the popular styling's of the past always cycle back into modern contemporary culture. The Tin Ceiling exemplifies this concept.