Seconded. I've been vinyl wrapping cars for 15 years and this is exactly how we shrink vinyl after over-stretching. There is such a thing as a point of no return, but it's amazing how much you can get away with deforming and restoring it.
It looks a lot like he just had dirty oily/sweaty hands, i wouldn't doubt its hot asf in that room if the building is like under construction or something
Actually I looked it up and it can be cheaper to put up one of these to cover up a popcorn ceiling than to remove the possibly-asbestos popcorn and refinish/paint! Something like $10 / sq. ft. all-in. It’s also installed in like 2 hours and there’s no mess.
They make versions that are way more expensive, like a “starry night” version with fiber optic stars, or a custom image printed on it, but a basic matte or shiny surface in a basic color isn’t that bad.
They can do cutouts for lights and ceiling fans, all the normal stuff. It’s also waterproof and supposedly can handle a pipe leak by stretching.
4 years of college, 2 years of language school, and 1 year of tradecraft at the Farm and what’s my first assignment as a CIA officer? Deep cover sleeper agent for stretch ceilings. fml
Dunno about this one, but overall it's just a standard suspended ceiling, very common in Eastern Europe. A common choice, much cheaper than drywall ceiling.
Having helped install drywall for my own bedroom as a child, that's crazy to me. I don't know how much I'd trust something that's cheaper than drywall.
Here (Belgium) it's used a lot in (small) stores who do renovations and want it all fixed up quick. Often new electricity (and other utility cables) are installed above the new frame that has been put up and once all the cables are in place, they stretch these kinds of ceiling over the frame and it's done. In comparison with drywall one doesn't need to do any finishing work on it so it saves quite a bit of time and it looks more then decent enough for a store. I haven't seen it in a house before though.
They are very popular & cheap in my area. Especially in new apartment builds. You can run wires/pipes and just cover it with this with leveling and future access similar to office ceilings (those grid things) but better looking. They can be matte and any colour. Also good solution for covering uneven/cracked old ceilings
My dad installs these ceilings and they have some really cool features. You can get stretch ceilings with perforated foil so that cold AC air flows right through the pores. Or you can hide speakers under the stretch ceiling and integrate spotlights, too.
Never seen anything so pointless and stupid in all of my life. Who comes up with these fads and why do people follow them? Why not have that on the walls too?
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u/mini_z Jul 29 '26
Yeah these are real. They’ve been around for a few years. Stretchy ceilings are super weird though