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Peripheral
A band around the edge only — the centre keeps its full height. Drops 150–200mm. The safe choice under a 9ft slab.
False ceilings
Height is the one thing
you can't buy back.
A false ceiling is a trade: you give up inches to gain light and hide services. Done well nobody notices it. Done greedily, you spend the next decade in a room that feels low — so we lead with the number, not the Instagram picture.
The ruleNever below
Never below
8 feet 6.
Measure your slab, subtract the drop, and if the answer lands under 8'6" in the middle of the room we'll talk you out of the tray and into a peripheral band. Most Bangalore flats have 9ft slabs — that leaves less room to give away than people think.
150mm
Slimmest peripheral drop
9 ft
Typical Bangalore slab
0
Cracks, if the frame is right
Inches you give up,
light you get back.
What the ceiling doesSix jobs hidden
Six jobs hidden
above your head.
A false ceiling earns its keep by disappearing — you should never once look up and admire it. These are the six jobs it's quietly doing over your head while you forget it's there.
01
Concealed lighting
The parts you'll never seeThe half that lives
The half that lives
above the board.
01
Fixture load
Heavy things go to the slab
A chandelier or a fan bolted to gypsum comes down with the plaster. Anything with real weight is anchored past the board to the concrete above it.
02
Wet zones
Moisture-grade board at the edges
Near a balcony door or a bathroom wall we switch to moisture-resistant board, so one damp monsoon week doesn't sag the corner into a frown.
03
Site sequence
After the ducts, before the paint
The ceiling only closes once wiring and AC pipework are run and pressure-tested. Board it too early and something always needs opening straight back up.
04
Dust & primer
Sealed before the room reopens
Sanding a jointed ceiling is the dustiest hour of the whole job. We sheet the room, extract as we go and prime the board so paint lands flat.
05
Grilles
Vents set flush, not stuck on
AC supply and return grilles are framed into the board so they finish level with it — not screwed on afterwards at the slight angle you'd notice forever.
06
Wall junction
A shadow line, not a raw seam
Where the ceiling meets the wall we run a small shadow gap instead of a butt joint, so the edge reads crisp and stays that way as the building settles.
Three profiles
Sections, not photos.
02
Cove
A peripheral band with a lip that throws light up at the slab. Drops 200–250mm — and the reason most rooms look expensive at night.
03
Tray
A recessed centre panel — strong and architectural but hungry. Drops 250–300mm, only worth it above 10ft.
In motion
A ceiling only shows off
after the sun goes.
In daylight a good false ceiling should disappear. It earns its keep at night, when the cove wash and the spots come up on separate dimmers and the flat plaster overhead turns into layered, indirect light.
The tradeEvery inch you drop
Every inch you drop
is an inch you keep dropping.
A low ceiling is the one renovation mistake you can't decorate your way out of. We show you the finished height as a number, on your slab, before anything is built — so the choice is informed, not aspirational.
- Slab soffit measured room by room, not assumed
- Drop subtracted so you see the real finished height
- Peripheral over tray whenever the height is tight
- Told plainly if the room needs no ceiling at all
Why it cracksCracks are a framing
Cracks are a framing
failure, not a fashion.
A ceiling splits at its joints when the frame underneath moves, not because gypsum is fragile. We build the grid ourselves and tape every seam properly, which is why we don't sub the framing out to whoever's cheapest that week.
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Galvanised channel grid, levelled and suspended
02
Fibre-taped, two-coat jointing at every seam
03
Board fixed at the right centres, not stretched
04
Expansion allowed for where two runs meet
Know your slab height?
Send us the slab measurement and a photo of the room — we'll tell you which profile fits, what it drops, and roughly what it costs.
Gallery
Built, photographed, handed over
Cove · Hebbal
Peripheral · Whitefield
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They talked us out of the tray ceiling. The room is better for it and it cost less.
Anis & Babita — 2 BHK, Electronic City
Questions
Asked often
Gypsum board on a GI frame, almost always. It's dimensionally stable, goes up faster, cracks less and can be opened up if something above it ever needs attention. POP is cheaper and behaves like it.
Not if the frame is right. Cracks at the joints are a framing and jointing failure, not a material one — the board moves because it wasn't held properly. That's why we don't sub this out.
150–200mm for a peripheral band, 200–250 for a cove, 250–300 for a tray. Measure your slab and subtract. If you land under 8'6" in the middle of the room, take the smaller option.
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