Answers for "grid element not 100% width css"

div inline grid 100% width

.customGrid {
	display: inline-grid;
    grid-template-columns:100%;
}

css grid not taking full row height

.img_container{
    height: 50%; // or whatever value just make sure you give your parent a height
    width: 100%;
    background: url('link to your image') 50% no-repeat;
    background-size: cover;
 }