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Stretch
ceilings.

A membrane tensioned across a slim perimeter track. One continuous surface, no joins, no dust, and the old ceiling stays exactly where it is.

Stretch ceiling installation
What it is

A ceiling with no joins in it.

A lightweight membrane, cut to the room’s exact dimensions and tensioned into a slim aluminium track fixed around the perimeter. It sits just below the existing ceiling.

Which means the old ceiling doesn’t come down. Cracks, stains, patchy plaster, wiring, pipework and ductwork all disappear behind it. No stripping out, no skip, no fortnight of dust.

How it works

The old ceiling stays. You just stop seeing it.

Four steps, and most rooms are done inside a day.

Step one

The room is measured

The membrane is cut to that room and no other, so the finished surface runs wall to wall with nothing joined in the middle.

Step two

The track goes up

A slim aluminium profile is fixed around the perimeter, just below the existing ceiling line. That’s the only fixing the system needs.

Step three

The membrane is tensioned

PVC is warmed until it’s pliable, stretched into the track and left to cool. It tightens as it goes and pulls itself dead flat. Fabric membranes are stretched cold.

Step four

Lighting goes behind it

A translucent membrane lets you light the ceiling itself rather than hang something off it, so the whole plane glows evenly with no visible fitting.

Illuminated ceiling in a finished interior
How we work

Specified by us. Fitted by a specialist.

We don’t pretend to fit these ourselves. Stretch ceilings are installed by a specialist we’ve worked with for years, because a ceiling this unforgiving should go in the hands of people who do nothing else.

What you get from us is one contract and one number to call. We specify it, we manage it and it goes in alongside the rest of the room, rather than you sourcing a ceiling company and hoping the two trades talk to each other.

Common questions

Worth knowing.

What’s the membrane made of?

Either a PVC film or a polyester fabric. PVC is impermeable, so it’s the one for kitchens, bathrooms and anywhere damp. Fabric is stretched without heat.

How long does it take?

Most rooms go in inside a day. There’s no scraping, sanding or painting, so the space isn’t out of use for a week.

Will it hide what’s up there now?

Yes, and that’s half the point. It hangs below the existing ceiling, so defects and services sit behind it and stay accessible.

Can lighting go in it?

Yes. Fittings can be integrated into the membrane, and a translucent one can be backlit so the ceiling itself becomes the light source.

Where does it suit?

Restaurants and bars, hotel lobbies, spas and wet rooms, and high-end homes. Anywhere the ceiling is worth looking at or the existing one isn’t.

Start a project

Tell us what you’re picturing.

Ceilings work best specified alongside the rest of the room, so it’s worth talking about the whole thing at once. Tell us about the space and somebody who knows the work will come back to you within one working day.

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