Projector Screen Hidden in Ceiling?

[Zeemax_Mini]

Having had a good scroll through lots of threads here where people have hidden their electric projector screens in the ceiling, I wondered if people could share a bit more info/pics about what screen they used and how they did it? I've seen some screens which are designed for that purpose but they still have a silver or white large plate visible on the ceiling, which would be quite obvious as my ceiling will be black. It looks like some people have gone a different direction and created an opening in the plasterboard or even trapdoors...i'd love to see! I'm hoping to be able to turn the projector on and the remote triggered screen drops down having been as hidden as possible.

Cheers!

Dom

[gmaz]

Have you checked which way your beams run?

[Zeemax_Mini]

Yep - the ceilings are all down at the moment and the joists run the right way (with the screen) so all good on that front.

Dom

[Techno9000]

Just paint the door of the purpose built retractable screen black to match your new ceiling...

[tonyg58]

I heard about someone who objected to the price of a trap door screen and came up with his own solution.
He recessed the screen in the roof and he covered the gap with the sort of of draught excluder brush you get for letter boxes/bottom of doors etc (one on each edge of the gap so that the screen came down in the middle).
Never saw it but it worked well apparently.
Most projectors have a screen trigger that will activate the screen - worth checking before purchasing.

[TheRainMaker]

Zeemax_Mini said:

Having had a good scroll through lots of threads here where people have hidden their electric projector screens in the ceiling, I wondered if people could share a bit more info/pics about what screen they used and how they did it?
Dom

Just paint the case black.

We use these quite a bit.

https://www.legrandav.com/resources/360_product_ov...

[JEA1K]

Zeemax_Mini said:

Yep - the ceilings are all down at the moment and the joists run the right way (with the screen) so all good on that front.

Dom

There are plenty of manufacturers who do ' in-ceiling' screens which are not much more pricewise than the 'on-ceiling/wall' versions. The difference is in the labour to install ... best case scenario, you will just require a ceiling cut out as directed by the install instructions ... the outer surface plates often screw into the plasterboard. In either case, you need power, which is probably easier to access within the ceiling rather than chasing up a wall.

I would always go in ceiling if possible rather than having a ceiling or wall mounted screen casing in show ...

[Sporky]

Some manufacturers (thinking of Screen International in particular) do trim kits to put any screen into a ceiling. Wouldn't be hard to paint one black - they might even do it for you. They've been good for custom orders before.

[Pistonsquirter]

paint the white part black?