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OWA manufactures and supplies high-quality, galvanised steel, exposed, 15mm and 24mm suspended ceiling grid. Review our T15 and T24 ranges today...
An exposed, modular, tile and grid suspended ceiling consists of a suspension system, removable ceiling tiles and a perimeter trim. The suspension system, known as ceiling grid or tee grid, suspends from the ceiling soffit via hangers, wire or galv angle. At OWA, we manufacture our tee grid from galvanised steel coil. The coil passes through many shaped rollers to fold the sheet material into inverted ‘T’ profiles. To finish the T-profiles we apply a pre-painted white capping to create our standard OWAwhite tee grid. Here in the UK, a grid system will usually consist of three T-profiles: the main runner, a 1200mm cross tee and a 600mm cross tee.
The primary main runners connect end to end and suspend from the ceiling parallel to each other at 1200mm centres. Then, the 1200mm long tees connect perpendicularly between the main runners at 600mm centres. Finally, the 600mm small tees connect perpendicularly between the 1200mm long tees. The interlocking T-profiles form a suspended lattice grid structure suitable for the most popular 600x600 mm ceiling tiles. However, if you omit the short 600mm tees, the ceiling tile module size becomes 1200x600 mm.
OWA offers two different exposed tee grid systems, hook and click connection varieties. Our hook grid is available as 24mm in OWAwhite and black. Whereas our click (cliq) grid is available as 15mm and 24mm in OWAwhite. For reference, OWAwhite is similar to RAL 9003 signal white. Also, we offer our 15mm click grid in RAL 9010 pure white to accompany our metal ceiling tiles.
We engineer our premium OWAconstruct grids for strength. The main runners, which are the primary structural profile, are manufactured from 0.4mm steel to ensure a robust and rigid system. Our customers and ceiling contractors appreciate the quality.
Specifically, tee grid is used to create a modular suspended ceiling. A tile and grid system that hangs from the ceiling soffit or roof structure to create a continuous, level, finished ceiling at a specific height. Notably, we test our high-quality, German engineered grids, tiles and trims according to BS EN 13964 ‘Suspended ceilings – Requirements and test methods’. You may install this type of ceiling to hide M&E services, an existing ceiling or the roof structure. The ceiling tiles used within the grid can absorb unwanted sound and reduce reverberation. Alternatively, they can help prevent sounds transmitting from one space to another. However, the 600x600 mm or 1200x600 mm ceiling tiles are easily removable to enable access to services, pipes and cables below the soffit or roof.
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