Ceiling Panels from the Bathroom Marquee

All of the UPVC panels sold by The Bathroom Marquee can be used on ceilings - although some are more popular than others - white or light coloured panels are the most commonly used in this application.

The panels are made from UPVC plastic with a hollow construction so they are very light and are easy to install - using a staple gun and adhesive. The fact that the panels are maintenance-free is also a great benefit especially when used in kitchens and bathrooms where the high levels of moisture can adversely affect traditional ceiling coverings.

There are various panels available that can produce different effects. The effect you choose will really only depend on personal taste as there is no inherent advantage or disadvantage in any of the designs. The joints of the panels can be either:

There is also a silver or gold highlight infill strip available for the Labo and Blanca panels (more info).


Belmont White Ash	Ambiance Gloss White	Labo Ultra White	Labo with Infill

Examples of these various styles of panel are shown above but there are many others that can be used including:

Allure Gloss White
Allure White Wood
Allure Birch
Ambiance White Wood
Belmont Warm Ash
Blanca Matt Classic White
Blanca Matt Ultra White
Evol 3000 White Wood
Evol 3000 Green Wood
Labo Classic White
Labo Ultra White
Topline Beige Wood
Topline Gloss White

As was stated above, any of our panels can be used on ceilings but the ones listed above are the more popular choices for this use.

Labo and Blanca panels fit together with a flush fit joint which results in a plain white ceiling. This is the most popular choice with our customers but these panels can also be used with the optional extra of a separate Highlight Strip. This fits in between the panels to break up the solid colour and provide visual interest. They are available in silver or gold effect

The Infill Strip is self adhesive so it can be fitted to the panel prior to installation on the ceiling. This makes life a lot easier when working overhead.

The Infill Strips can also be used on panels fitted to walls. Infill Strips should not be used on walls in wet areas, such as around baths or shower cubicles, as the addition of the strip means that the joint is no longer waterproof.

Bathroom ceilings can be a problem. The high levels of humidity, condensation and even deflected spray can really cause havoc with traditional ceiling coverings.

The standard finishes, such as plaster, texturing compound, wallpaper or tongue and groove panels are all usually overcoat with paint (or sometimes varnish in the case of tongue and groove). The two main problems that can affect paint are: mould growth - caused by the constant presence of moisture; and peeling - caused by moisture getting underneath the paint surface and reducing the bond between the paint and the substrate.

There are several specialist bathroom paints on the market that help prevent mould growth but even these can suffer from peeling if the underlying substrate is not dry.

The result can be very unattractive as can be seen in the following image of a timber tongue and groove bathroom ceiling:

The Bathroom Marquee has a large range of waterproof ceiling panels that can be used to replace the traditional bathroom ceilings - including some panels that can be used as direct replacements for tongue and groove ceilings.

They are totally waterproof, warm to the touch (making it difficult for condensation to form and mould to grow), there is nothing to paint and they require no maintenance.

Kitchens are another area where problems can occur with the ceiling. Flooring and walls tend to get coverings that are ideally suited to their environment. Kitchen ceilings, however, frequently get overlooked with painted plaster or texturing compound being used. These can be adversely affected by the large amount of moisture that gets generated in the kitchen. Painted surfaces can require maintenance in the long run if they start to peel or turn mouldy.

Luckily The Bathroom Marquee has a wide range of maintenance-free ceiling panels that can transform a kitchen ceiling.

The kitchen ceiling above was updated as part of a complete makeover. The original ceiling had pine tongue and groove cladding fitted which had been varnished. The knots in the wood had not been sealed properly which resulted in the natural oils in the wood affecting the varnish coating and dripping through onto the kitchen units below. The ceiling was replaced with a white upvc panel that offered a similar tongue and groove effect but was made from maintenance free UPVC. The bright white colour was a complete contrast to the darker wood that had been there before making the whole room feel lighter and more open.

We often get asked if our ceiling panels can be used with recessed spotlights. The answer is yes - providing the spotlights do not cause the temperature of the panels to exceed 60deg C which is sufficient in most spotlight installations. It is impossible for us to guarantee that panels will not be adversely affected by using recessed spotlights, or any other heat generating sources, as it depends on the temperatures generated by the lighting in-situ.

LED recessed spotlights are now available which generate hardly any heat - check with your lighting supplier as to the suitability of your chosen lighting for use in your room, paying particular attention to bathrooms and shower rooms. The lights used in bathrooms and shower rooms have to meet different regulations depending on where they are fitted in the room (over a shower cubicle for example).

We have over 20 years experieince of fitting ceiling panels and in that time we have only had two occasions where the lights have generated excessive temperatures which have caused the panels to degrade.

The first instance was where a customer fitted the lights in a room with an attic space above. The attic was lagged and the lagging was placed on the back of the lights so that there was no ventialtion space behind the lights. The second instance occurred when bathroom rated spotlights were used which were fixed to the surrounding flange (as opposed to the pivoting kind that only touch the outer flange at the pivot points - as seen in the kitchen installation below). The flange is the only part of the light in contact with the panels and temperature generated by these lights caused the panels to degrade and melt slightly where the flange made contact with the panels.