Ceiling tile support system and method

A method of finishing a ceiling of a building having adjacently spaced overhead framing members, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. providing a plurality of bracket members, each said bracket member having spaced first and second legs defining a channel therebetween, said elongate bracket members further having first and second flanges extending outwardly from each said leg;
• b. providing a plurality of elongated cross members having a predetermined length, each said elongated cross member having a vertical leg and first and second flanges extending outwardly from said vertical leg;
• c. attaching said plurality of bracket members to said adjacently spaced overhead framing members wherein said overhead framing members are received within said channel between said spaced first and second legs;
• d. placing said plurality of cross members in adjacent spaced relation across said adjacently spaced elongated bracket members such that each end of said cross member is supported by said opposing flanges of said adjacently spaced elongated main bracket members, wherein said flanges of said adjacently spaced elongated bracket members and said adjacently spaced transverse cross members form a supporting grid of openings;
• e. providing a plurality of tiles having sides with lengths greater than a distance between opposing flanges of adjacently spaced bracket members and cross members but less than a distance between opposing leg members of said adjacently spaced bracket members and cross members;
• f. placing said tiles within said openings of said support grid with said sides of said tiles supported by said opposing flanges of said adjacently spaced bracket members and cross members.