Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
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I've got a ~150 ft^2 room with a ceiling made of this stuff.
It comprises metal runners instead of furring strips, with T-shaped crossbars that fit into,
>and are completely hidden by<
slots in the side of tongue and groove interlocking acoustic ceiling tiles of size 12" x 12" or maybe 12" x 24".
It was all the rage in 1975, when it was installed.
The installation was so neat and tight that I thought it was one big sheet of something with no seams for ten years after I moved in in 1978.
Now, I could use a few replacement tiles to repair some water damage (from three roofs ago) and some physical damage from installation of an a/c duct, apparently done with an ax.
Most of the ceiling looks fine. ... but I haven't found any replacement parts.
Does anyone know of someone in the USA who might have a modest stock of tiles and maybe a few t-bars?
Thanks.
It comprises metal runners instead of furring strips, with T-shaped crossbars that fit into,
>and are completely hidden by<
slots in the side of tongue and groove interlocking acoustic ceiling tiles of size 12" x 12" or maybe 12" x 24".
It was all the rage in 1975, when it was installed.
The installation was so neat and tight that I thought it was one big sheet of something with no seams for ten years after I moved in in 1978.
Now, I could use a few replacement tiles to repair some water damage (from three roofs ago) and some physical damage from installation of an a/c duct, apparently done with an ax.
Most of the ceiling looks fine. ... but I haven't found any replacement parts.
Does anyone know of someone in the USA who might have a modest stock of tiles and maybe a few t-bars?
Thanks.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA





RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
Bill
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RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
Is this the product?
Popular Mechanics, 1976; Link
Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter
RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
You should probably start thinking of alternative replacements.
Hey, you can buy spray popcorn ceiling-in-a-can for that retro look.
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
I have a basement with almost 1500 sq. ft. of conventional T Bar suspended ceiling.
I have two bedrooms, a bathroom and a large family room all with the same tiles.
The house is about 40 Years old and I have similar damaged tiles.
I have considered redoing one room with new tiles and using the salvaged tiles to repair the remaining area.
Someday.
Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter
RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
He might have to buy some black market chopped asbestos to mix into that stuff, to get it really real.
RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
Good luck,
Latexman
To a ChE, the glass is always full - 1/2 air and 1/2 water.
RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
It the "Easy Up" system now available the same produce by a different name?
http://www.armstrong.com/residential-ceilings/easy...
RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
Not that system.
Correction: The tiles are 12" wide x at least 42" long, so they must have gone up quickly, once the grid was in place.
ISTR finding instructions that suggest you install the tiles starting in one corner of the room, and work your way to the diagonally opposite corner. The water damage is in what appears to be the starting corner, so salvaging the good part of the ceiling requires pulling it _all_ down, inserting a few new tiles, and putting it all back.
The tiles have an asymmetrical tongue and groove, where one groove edge cantilevers out at least 1", and covers the t-section track that supports the tile. I have so far not been able to remove even one tile without breaking at least one edge of the grooves.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System
My tiles so far have no numbers on the back; I guess they predate the website.
Looks like I'm SOL on fixing this ceiling; I'll have to tear it out and replace it.
We used varnished SYP T&G on another ceiling, and it came out looking pretty decent.
I'm thinking doing the same thing. ... except for the cost, of course.
HD offers some spruce t&g, preprimed, for less than the SYP, but it's only offered online, and I'd rather see it in person. SWMBO wants white for this ceiling, so the primed saves a little work.
... all of which is of no interest to you folks.
Thanks for all the help.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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