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Ceiling Installation (continued)
Assemble a Ceiling Panel Row (continued)
3. Connect two adjacent ceiling panels together.
Refer to the illustrations below.
a. Insert a 1/4-20 x 3-1/2" carriage bolt through the square hole in a panel inner corner clip,
through the two outer corner clips, and through the other panel inner corner clip.
b. Attach a 1/4-20 hex nut to the carriage bolt so that it is snug.
c. Attach a 1/4-20 x 3-1/2" carriage bolt and 1/4-20 hex nut on the opposite side of the panels
by repeating steps 3a and 3b.
d. With two people working together, use 7/16" sockets with universals and tighten the hex nuts
(keep the tension equal on both sides by tightening each side at the same time)
until the two panel inner corner clips begin to bend.
Carriage Bolt,
1/4-20 x 3-1/2"
Hex Nut, 1/4-20
Panel Outer
Corner Clip
Panel Inner
Corner Clip
Ceiling Panel
Panel Inner
Corner Clip
Ceiling Panel
Ceiling Panel
Recess
Ceiling Panel
4. Connect the other ceiling panels by repeating step 2 and step 3.