Ceiling 120B Light Grey: planning the run and the joints

Most of the work on a PVC ceiling is decided before a panel goes up: which direction the run takes, where a joint has to land, and how many packs that costs. The Ceiling 120B light grey pack comes with a fixed set of dimensions, which means the layout can be settled on paper with a tape measure and nothing else.

What the listing actually gives you

• Panel size, fitted and interlocked: 30 x 290 x 0.9cm
• Eight panels per pack
• 6.96m² covered per pack, fitted and interlocked
• PVC, which the supplier describes as resisting moisture, staining and warping
• A quick-lock joint between panels
• Two named fittings: a Ceiling Connect Strip and a Ceiling End Strip
• Suggested settings: kitchens, bathrooms and commercial spaces

Eight panels at 30cm each make a run 2.40m wide, and every panel spans 2.90m the other way. One pack is a 2.90m by 2.40m rectangle. That single figure decides nearly every layout question that follows.

Which way to run them

The 290cm length is the dimension that saves you work, so point it at the longer side of the room. If neither wall is longer than 2.90m, no panel has to be joined end to end at all and the ceiling goes up as whole lengths with cuts only at the perimeter.

Once a room runs past 2.90m in both directions, there will be an end joint. Decide where you want it before you buy, not while you are on the steps: a joint across the middle of a small bathroom is more obvious than one tucked near a wall, and the panel count that gets it there may change the pack total. Work the width in panels first, since 30cm is a coarse unit. A 2.4m span is eight panels exactly; a 2.5m span is nine, with the ninth cut down.

Light grey as a ceiling shade

This is one of three shades listed at the same size, alongside Ceiling 120A in white and Ceiling 120C in cream. Beyond the colour name, the listing says only that the finish gives a clean, modern look. It does not give a gloss level, a colour reference or code, or any statement about how closely one pack matches another.

Two practical consequences. If the grey has to sit against a particular wall colour or an existing panelled wall, ask the shop to confirm the shade, and whether they can send a photograph of the panel itself, rather than judging from a screen. And buy the whole ceiling in one order rather than topping up later, because nothing in the listing promises that a later pack will be the same shade.

Settle these before you order

The listing is silent on the fixing method, so it does not say whether these go onto battens, straight onto a sound existing ceiling, or into a suspended grid. It gives no fire classification. It does not say whether the quick-lock joint can be opened again once closed, which matters if a panel ever has to come down to reach a pipe or a cable. None of that is a reason not to buy it, but all of it is worth a phone call first, especially in a kitchen or a bathroom where there is usually something above the ceiling you may need to get at.

Finishing the edges, and getting it here

Edges and panel-to-panel joins use the Ceiling End Strip and the Ceiling Connect Strip named in the description. The listing does not state that either is included, so price them as separate items from panel trims and fittings and check the quantity against the perimeter you measured. The rest of the range sits in ceiling panels.

Delivery is free within 50 miles of the Glasgow store and £50 beyond. With the run direction decided and the perimeter measured, the Ceiling 120B light grey pack is the next step, along with the strips the edges need.