diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hbm/blocks/generic/BlockGrate.java b/src/main/java/com/hbm/blocks/generic/BlockGrate.java
index 735c8a89f..767aaed21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hbm/blocks/generic/BlockGrate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hbm/blocks/generic/BlockGrate.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.IIconRegister;
 import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.entity.EntityLivingBase;
 import net.minecraft.entity.item.EntityItem;
 import net.minecraft.entity.item.EntityXPOrb;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
@@ -31,8 +32,6 @@ public class BlockGrate extends Block implements ITooltipProvider {
 	
 	public BlockGrate(Material material) {
 		super(material);
-		
-		//this.maxY = 0.999D;
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -65,16 +64,23 @@ public class BlockGrate extends Block implements ITooltipProvider {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	public float getY(int meta) {
+		if(meta == 9) return -0.125F;
+		return meta * 0.125F;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void setBlockBoundsBasedOnState(IBlockAccess world, int x, int y, int z) {
 		int meta = world.getBlockMetadata(x, y, z);
-		this.setBlockBounds(0F, meta * 0.125F, 0F, 1F, meta * 0.125F + 0.125F - (this == ModBlocks.steel_grate_wide ? 0.001F : 0), 1F);
+		float fy = getY(meta);
+		this.setBlockBounds(0F, fy, 0F, 1F, fy + 0.125F - (this == ModBlocks.steel_grate_wide ? 0.001F : 0), 1F);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public AxisAlignedBB getCollisionBoundingBoxFromPool(World world, int x, int y, int z) {
 		int meta = world.getBlockMetadata(x, y, z);
-		this.setBlockBounds(0F, meta * 0.125F, 0F, 1F, meta * 0.125F + 0.125F - (this == ModBlocks.steel_grate_wide ? 0.001F : 0), 1F);
+		float fy = getY(meta);
+		this.setBlockBounds(0F, fy, 0F, 1F, fy + 0.125F - (this == ModBlocks.steel_grate_wide ? 0.001F : 0), 1F);
 		return AxisAlignedBB.getBoundingBox(x + this.minX, y + this.minY, z + this.minZ, x + this.maxX, y + this.maxY, z + this.maxZ);
 	}
 
@@ -96,6 +102,52 @@ public class BlockGrate extends Block implements ITooltipProvider {
 		return (int)Math.floor(hY * 8D);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void onBlockPlacedBy(World world, int x, int y, int z, EntityLivingBase player, ItemStack itemStack) {
+		if(player.isSneaking()) {
+			int meta = world.getBlockMetadata(x, y, z);
+
+			if(meta == 0) {
+				// Check that the block below can fit a grate above it
+				AxisAlignedBB bb = world.getBlock(x, y - 1, z).getCollisionBoundingBoxFromPool(world, x, y - 1, z);
+				if(bb == null || (int) ((bb.maxY - (y - 1)) * 100) < 90) {
+					world.setBlockMetadataWithNotify(x, y, z, 9, 3);
+				}
+			} else if(meta == 7) {
+				AxisAlignedBB bb = world.getBlock(x, y + 1, z).getCollisionBoundingBoxFromPool(world, x, y + 1, z);
+				if(bb == null || (int) ((bb.minY - (y + 1)) * 100) > 10) {
+					world.setBlockMetadataWithNotify(x, y, z, 8, 3);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void onNeighborBlockChange(World world, int x, int y, int z, Block neighborBlock) {
+		if(world.isRemote) return;
+
+		int meta = world.getBlockMetadata(x, y, z);
+
+		boolean breakIt = false;
+
+		if(meta == 9) {
+			AxisAlignedBB bb = world.getBlock(x, y - 1, z).getCollisionBoundingBoxFromPool(world, x, y - 1, z);
+			if(bb != null && (int) ((bb.maxY - (y - 1)) * 100) >= 90) {
+				breakIt = true;
+			}
+		} else if(meta == 8) {
+			AxisAlignedBB bb = world.getBlock(x, y + 1, z).getCollisionBoundingBoxFromPool(world, x, y + 1, z);
+			if(bb != null && (int) ((bb.minY - (y + 1)) * 100) <= 10) {
+				breakIt = true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if(breakIt) {
+			dropBlockAsItem(world, x, y, z, 0, 0);
+			world.setBlockToAir(x, y, z);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void addCollisionBoxesToList(World world, int x, int y, int z, AxisAlignedBB entityBounding, List list, Entity entity) {
 		if(this != ModBlocks.steel_grate_wide || !(entity instanceof EntityItem || entity instanceof EntityXPOrb)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hbm/render/block/RenderGrate.java b/src/main/java/com/hbm/render/block/RenderGrate.java
index cf8eb161a..f6858c584 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hbm/render/block/RenderGrate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hbm/render/block/RenderGrate.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ public class RenderGrate implements ISimpleBlockRenderingHandler {
 		tessellator.setBrightness(block.getMixedBrightnessForBlock(world, x, y, z));
 		tessellator.setColorOpaque_F(1, 1, 1);
 
-		renderer.setRenderBounds(0.0D, meta * 0.125D, 0D, 1D, meta * 0.125D + 0.125D, 1D);
+		float fy = ((BlockGrate)block).getY(meta);
+
+		renderer.setRenderBounds(0.0D, fy, 0D, 1D, fy + 0.125D, 1D);
 		renderer.renderStandardBlock(block, x, y, z);
 		return true;
 	}