Replacing Damaged Armstrong Ceiling Tiles

Repair cracks with drywall tape and mud and thoroughly cover stains with a white shellac based product like b i n.

Replacing damaged armstrong ceiling tiles.

For a quick update pop old tiles out of the ceiling grid and replace with fresh ones. Once you ve trimmed off the top lip of the groove you can place the tongue edge in the grooves of the adjacent tile and pivot the patch tile into place. Tiles that were installed prior to 1980 might contain hazardous asbestos which requires professional abatement and repair. The replacement tiles have two sides with an extended lip for stapling to the framework as well as a recessed groove for the lip of the tile next to it see first photo below.

Before replacing a tile determine the age of the ceiling. Cut away the damaged area first so you can get a grip on the tile. The trick to replacing a tile is cutting off the top lip of the grooved edge of the new tile. Ceilings that will get partial treatments medallion and layered drywall or soft coverings wallpaper should be repaired and cleaned with diluted tsp or trisodium phosphate.

After removing all damaged tiles unpack your replacement ceiling tiles. Use the armstrong ceilings ceiling replacement finder to find matches for existing discontinued and competitive ceiling products. Fortunately our damaged ceiling tiles were in a corner of the basement used as a laundry room. With this style you won t need to purchase additional cross tees just pop out the old ceilings and place in the new.

The fire retardant mineral fiber material reflects 80 of the light striking it creating a bright space to work or live in. X 2 armstrong single raised panel 2 ft. Ceilings damaged due to moisture water. If your grid holds 24 x 48 tiles try a scored product that s designed to look like 24 x 24 panels.

Cut out the center of the damaged tile to about 1 inch 2 5 cm from the perimeter with a utility knife. Make additional cuts perpendicular to each side up to the joints with adjoining tiles to remove the remaining pieces. We simply removed all tiles in that corner to install replacement tiles.