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Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System

Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System

Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System

(OP)
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.

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System

Try Lowes or Home Depot online. Look for suspended ceiling.

Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter

RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System

(OP)
BTDT. Not even close. But, thanks.

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System

Sorry for wasting your time, Mike.
Is this the product?
Popular Mechanics, 1976; Link

Bill
--------------------
"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter

RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System

(OP)
Yep.

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System

Mike I think you are totally - SOL - on this. I can find nothing at all.

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

My solution.
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

It might be worth looking some more before committing to a new ceiling. My in-laws got replacement tiles for a ceiling that looks a lot like that. It was maybe 8-10 years ago, though, and my father-in-law has since passed, so I can't ask him. Have you tried the forums for This Old House, etc.?

RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System

Smoked,

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

Call Armstrong, get an experienced customer service person, or better yet, an Engineer, and give them your story. Maybe, they got you covered! Or, BTDT?

Good luck,
Latexman

To a ChE, the glass is always full - 1/2 air and 1/2 water.

RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System

(OP)
Mint, I wish...

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

(OP)
Armstrong has a website where they will help you find new tiles, using the number coded on the back of the tiles.
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

RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System

Popcorn, ugh. Our latest house was built in the early '70s so it has popcorn ceilings everywhere. What an impressive way to collect cobwebs.

Z

RE: Armstrong INTEGRID Ceiling System

When we moved into our current home in 1987, which was built in 1978, having the 'popcorn' removed from the ceiling was the first order of business. The second was replacing all of the window coverings, drapes and blinds, with wooden plantation shutters.

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