Removing Old Ceiling Tiles

Begin removing the tiles carefully ensuring that your respirator is never directly underneath the tile you are moving.

Removing old ceiling tiles.

These ceiling tiles. Slide your wide scraper between the ceiling and the tiles. Set up a sturdy stepladder in one corner of the room. Surface mount ceiling tiles are easy to install.

If you plan to replace the old tiles with new you don t need a new grid. Until the 1970s most ceiling tiles in suspended ceilings contained asbestos. Contained in this rigid form asbestos is far less dangerous than in loose insulation form. For a quick update pop old tiles out of the ceiling grid and replace with fresh ones.

Begin removing the tiles. If you still have concerns however contact an asbestos removal contractor to remove your entire ceiling. Dropping ties with an old drop ceiling is easy. Use a pair of pliers to pull the old staples from the furring strips.

This goes faster with two people or more working on ladders from various points of the room. Make sure the strips are left smooth. This detergent and water combination will help to form an adhesive which will keep the asbestos fibers in place even if the tiles are damaged. How to remove glued up ceiling tiles.

Step 3 remove the tiles. Suspended tile grid system. Your aim here is to break the bond between the tiles and the glue or adhesive holding them up. This is another project that can be done by one person and in most cases the tiles that go into place can be easily cut to size using scissors.

The grid for this system is much easier that the drop ceiling grid and the tiles attach directly to the grid. Many remodelers working on older homes may come across plaster ceilings with glued on ceiling tiles that no longer fit the home s decor. If your grid holds 24 x 48 tiles try a scored product that s designed to look like 24 x 24 panels. Suspended tiles rest in a metal grid that is fastened to the walls and the ceiling.

Tap it as far under the tile as you can using your hammer.