Clip-In Metal Ceiling Tiles for Concealed, Flush Ceilings

Anchors fixed to the soffit carry hangers that support the spring tees at the required level. In the standard configuration, spring tee brackets connect the tees to rod hangers with adjustment clips. In the advanced configuration, a C-channel is hung on threaded rods with drop anchors, and the spring tees are attached to it with omega clips and C-channel clips, adding a secondary carrying level.

Tiles are pushed up until their edges engage the spring tee. At the perimeter a U-shape wall angle receives the cut edge of the last tile. To open the ceiling, a tile is pulled down with a tile lifter and the carrier stays undisturbed.

Plain aluminum clip-in tiles are listed for hotel lobbies and reception areas, showrooms and retail fit-outs, entrance halls and corridors, bathrooms and wet areas. Plain galvanized steel clip-in tiles add kitchens, utility and service areas, and commercial or industrial interiors that require a flush, durable and easy-to-clean ceiling.

Perforated clip-in tiles are listed where a seamless ceiling and noise control are needed together: offices and meeting rooms, hospitals and clinics, schools, universities and lecture halls, airports, transport terminals and exhibition centres, auditoriums, sports halls and hotel public areas. Stainless steel clip-in tiles are listed for bathrooms, kitchens, wet areas, halls, the food and beverage industry, hospitals, shops, airports, exhibition centres and laboratories.

Galvanized steel clip-in tiles combine the flush look of a concealed ceiling with a stiff steel substrate. Their references are those of galvanized steel raw material and are listed separately from aluminum.

Jawdah lists two system configurations for every clip-in tile. The standard system hangs the spring tees from rod hangers through spring tee brackets. The advanced system adds a C-channel level hung on threaded rods, to which the spring tees are clipped. The Clip-In suspension system itself is hot dipped galvanized iron complying with ASTM A653M, offered in standard and heavy-duty types, with raw-material references to EN ISO 6270-2 (up to 1000 hours humidity), BS 476 Part 6 – 1989, BS 476 Part 7 – 1997 Class 1 and fire reaction class A1.

Hang and level the spring tees or C-channels completely before any tile is offered up, because a clip-in ceiling shows every level error along its joints. Install perimeter U-shape wall angles at the finished ceiling level, then work tiles outward from a set-out line. Handle coated tiles with clean gloves and keep perforated tiles dry. The Jawdah installation manual is available in hard copy.

Plan access before handover: mark the tiles that give access to valves, dampers and junction boxes, and keep a lifter on site for the facility team. Clean faces with mild detergent and a soft cloth; never pry tiles down with screwdrivers, which deforms the edges and spoils the flush line. Perforated tiles should be cleaned from the face only to protect the acoustic tissue.

Jawdah supplies the clip-in tiles together with the spring tees, brackets, joiners, C-channels, wall angles and hanging accessories, so the hidden system is matched to the tile edge. The Aluminum, Galvanized Steel and Stainless Steel Clip-In Ceiling Tiles Technical Data Sheets, the Clip-In Suspension System Technical Data Sheet and the Metal Ceiling System Catalogue are sent on request, with installation manual and tests in hard copy.