The top of the head is one inch below the 7'2" ceiling. I've put foam core in these pictures to get an even light on the enlarger head. Normaly you would only see flat black walls. The table lowers to about 6 inches from the floor. I make 20x24" prints with the 300mm lens and the table up from the floor. This allows room for larger if I had the trays. If that is not large enough I also have a 240mm lens.