Installing Projection Screen In Ceiling

Nothing looks worse than a properly installed projector projecting on a painted wall.

Installing projection screen in ceiling.

The mount should come with 4 lag bolts but most of the time only two are needed if they are properly centered on a ceiling joist. The template will serve to keep the holes for screws evenly spaced from each other and evenly spaced from the wall if you need to extend to bypass wall art or window trim. You then need some sort of test pattern so that you can adjust the zoom and everything else. Detach the ceiling plate from the projector plate and proceed to mount the ceiling plate on the ceiling are you tired of reading the words projector ceiling and plate yet.

Since it s already installed for you you don t need to worry about that. The first step is to prepare your projector screen. The projector screen will range between 30 60 pounds and to make its installation easier and more precise you can create a template using a piece of cardboard. This was a real informative discussion on the full process of installing an in ceiling projection screen in addition to searching out alternatives if the ceiling joists would have been perpendicular to the installation.

There are bracket connectors on the top edges of the ceiling projector screen. I know it might be more than you want to spend but it looks a million times better with a non reflective fabric screen. This is possibly the most important question about installing an in ceiling projection screen. The best thing you can do when installing a projector is to build a screen.

These bracket connectors are the ones responsible for holding the screen up.