This is not generic classroom instruction. It is hands-on training built around real materials, real installation workflow, and real project conditions. The goal is simple: help your team bring premium ceiling work in-house, reduce reliance on outside subs, and deliver a cleaner, more differentiated finish on residential and commercial projects. CeilEx positions this category as a way to keep ceiling margin inside the business instead of outsourcing it away.
Build a High-Margin Ceiling Capability Into Your Business
MURAÉ Installer Training is designed for contractors and specialty trades who want to add stretch ceiling systems to their offering with confidence.
What Is a Stretch Ceiling System?
A stretch ceiling system uses a prefabricated PVC or fabric membrane tensioned into an aluminum perimeter track installed below the existing ceiling. The result is a perfectly smooth, seamless surface that can integrate recessed lighting, linear light, perimeter LED, luminous ceilings, and specialty effects. The system is also removable for service access above the ceiling plane.
This system is used across:
- Residential remodeling and custom homes
- Commercial interiors
- Hospitality spaces
- Showrooms and retail
- Wellness environments
- Acoustic and feature-driven applications
Why Contractors Add This Service
Every time ceiling work is outsourced, margin, schedule control, and finish quality are placed in someone else’s hands. The training deck is direct about the usual outcome: lost profit, delays from third-party crews, inconsistent finish quality, and more callbacks.
Adding stretch ceiling installation creates several advantages:
- Capture a premium ceiling line item in-house
- Improve control over timeline and coordination
- Reduce dependency on outside crews
- Increase contract value through lighting and design upgrades
- Differentiate your company with a finish clients notice immediately
For many contractors, the value is not in adding more workload. It is in earning more per job through a cleaner, higher-margin scope. The training materials note that one completed ceiling project can often recover the training investment.
Who This Training Is For
This program is designed for contractors already working in interiors, remodels, and finish scopes who want to expand into a premium architectural system.
Good fits include:
- General contractors
- Remodeling companies
- Interior contractors
- Electrical contractors and lighting-focused trades
- Specialty trades expanding into architectural finishes
If your team already handles drywall, paint, trim, interiors, lighting, or renovation scopes, this is a natural extension of your work.
What You Learn
The CeilEx training format is structured as a 3-day hands-on program, with each day focused on a real installation type and lighting condition. It is explicitly not theory-only. The goal is for teams to leave with repeatable field capability.
Day 1 — Classic Stretch Ceiling Installation
Learn the fundamentals of a wall-to-wall membrane installation with recessed lighting. This includes core system theory, material handling, track setup, tensioning process, and finish expectations.
Day 2 — Linear Light and Perimeter LED Integration
Focus on the integration of linear light profiles and perimeter lighting details. This includes coordination logic, cleaner layout planning, and how ceiling and lighting work as one system.
Day 3 — Luminous and Star Ceiling Systems
Train on backlit ceiling assemblies and fiber optic feature ceilings. This includes specialty detailing, lighting placement, service strategy, and installation sequence for high-impact ceilings.
Beyond Training: Real Project Workflow
The broader CeilEx system deck helps explain what contractors are actually stepping into. Successful installations are built around a sequence that includes site measure, reflected ceiling plan coordination, electrical rough-in, perimeter profile installation, lighting module setup, membrane tensioning, and commissioning.
That matters because the value of training is not just learning to stretch membrane. It is learning how the full system comes together in the field:
- Layout and coordination
- Lighting placement
- Access strategy
- Edge detailing
- Finish control
- Handover and maintenance logic
Systems You Can Offer After Training
Once trained, your business can step into more than one ceiling category. The product deck outlines a broader system family that includes:
- Classic matte, satin, and gloss finishes
- Luminous backlit ceilings
- Printed ceilings with custom graphics
- Acoustic ceiling systems using perforated membrane plus absorber
- Linear light profiles and coordinated light lines
- Fiber optic star ceilings and feature assemblies
This gives contractors a real upgrade path. You are not learning one decorative trick. You are gaining access to a ceiling system family that can serve residential, hospitality, retail, office, and specialty environments.
What You Receive
The training deck states that participants receive:
- Full 3-day hands-on training
- Professional tools and materials during training
- Certified installer status
- Wholesale dealer pricing on products
- Lifetime project support
- Installation guides, CAD details, and calculation templates
That combination matters. Certification without ongoing support is weak. Product access without technical backup is risky. This program is built to support actual execution after training, not just attendance.
Lifetime Project Support
One of the strongest parts of the training offer is what happens after the course. CeilEx specifically addresses the concern contractors usually have: what happens on the first real project? Their support model includes ongoing project support with no expiration, remote or on-site assistance for early projects, help with layouts and cut lists, CAD detail support, and direct access to the technical team.
That means you are not expected to figure everything out alone after training. You are backed by a system.
Why Designers and Developers Benefit Too
This page is built for installers, but the impact extends across the entire project team.
Stretch ceiling systems deliver a clean, monolithic finish with consistent results on every installation. They eliminate common issues like cracking and surface inconsistency, reduce installation time, and minimize disruption on site.
Because the system installs below the existing ceiling, coordination becomes simpler while still allowing access above the ceiling plane when needed.
Lighting is fully integrated into the system. Linear illumination, perimeter glow, and luminous ceilings are designed as part of the assembly, not added later.
The result is a faster process, tighter control, and a higher-quality finish.
A trained installer network is what makes that possible.
For contractors, it creates a new capability.
For designers, it ensures clean execution.
For developers and owners, it delivers a more predictable outcome.
Investment
3-Day Hands-On Training
$2,000 USD
Includes:
- Full 3-day hands-on training
- Tools and materials provided during training
- Certified installer status
- Wholesale dealer pricing
- Lifetime project support
- Installation guides and CAD details
For most contractors, one completed ceiling project can cover this investment.
Apply for Installer Training
Upcoming Training Dates:
March 26–29, 2026
April 23–25, 2026
May 21–23, 2026
Location:
Dania Beach, Florida — CeilEx Training Center
Tell us about your company, your current work, and your interest in adding stretch ceiling systems to your business. We’ll review fit, discuss training options, and walk you through the next step.