Fortunately our damaged ceiling tiles were in a corner of the basement used as a laundry room.
Replace single ceiling tile.
Unlike drop ceiling acoustic tiles that fit into a suspended frame most interlocking tiles are mounted on the ceiling with nails staples adhesive or a combination of the three.
Some ceiling tiles manufactured prior to mid 1970 contain asbestos.
If they re glued directly on it will take some extra effort to remove them.
With this style you won t need to purchase additional cross tees just pop out the old ceilings and place in the new.
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 you work on a ceiling that old contact your regional epa office state environmental office or local health department for advice on testing and handling.
We simply removed all tiles in that corner to install replacement tiles.
For a quick update pop old tiles out of the ceiling grid and replace with fresh ones.
If your grid holds 24 x 48 tiles try a scored product that s designed to look like 24 x 24 panels.