house has polystyrene ceiling tiles - apparently to hide "poor
ceilings" aparently some cracks but nothing major - or so I'm told by
previous owner


What options do I have other than
1) leave them
2) remove and Artex
3) replace with some other lightweight tile

I'm assuming the ceilings are not too bad they are lath and plaster
but seem sound

Any other ideas ?

wrote:

house has polystyrene ceiling tiles - apparently to hide "poor
ceilings" aparently some cracks but nothing major - or so I'm told by
previous owner

What options do I have other than
1) leave them
2) remove and Artex
3) replace with some other lightweight tile

I'm assuming the ceilings are not too bad they are lath and plaster
but seem sound

They may be sound, but the tile adhesive will almost certainly be
a problem to remove. If it really isn't too bad, you could use
either a plain lining paper, or a textured paper, but papering
ceilings is never a fun job.

I have in the past used acoustic tiles for a ceiling which had
polystyrene tiles (with very hard adhesive) on top of artex, but
they were quite expensive - actually pretty close to what a skim
would have cost.

As part of a kitchen refit, I am now having it skimmed.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

On 11 Apr, 09:24, wrote:
house has polystyrene ceiling tiles - apparently to hide "poor
ceilings" aparently some cracks but nothing major - or so I'm told by
previous owner

What options do I have other than
1) leave them
2) remove and Artex
3) replace with some other lightweight tile

I'm assuming the ceilings are not too bad they are lath and plaster
but seem sound

Any other ideas ?

I have just done this in my living room - took off the tiles and had
the ceiling skimmed.
I was lucky too - the tiles just fell off with a bit of encouragment
from a scraper.

Mark.

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On 11 Apr, 09:24, wrote:
house has polystyrene ceiling tiles - apparently to hide "poor
ceilings" aparently some cracks but nothing major - or so I'm told by
previous owner

What options do I have other than
1) leave them
2) remove and Artex
3) replace with some other lightweight tile

I'm assuming the ceilings are not too bad they are lath and plaster
but seem sound

Any other ideas ?

I have just done this in my living room - took off the tiles and had
the ceiling skimmed.
I was lucky too - the tiles just fell off with a bit of encouragment
from a scraper.

Same here, although not in my house but that of a relative. The tiles
appeared to be stuck with wallpaper paste so came of very easily and quite
quickly. I do not know wht these tiles were put on as the ceilings
underneath were not showing any signs of cracking etc. I suppose it was the
'latest fad' in the 70's though.

HTH

John

wrote:
house has polystyrene ceiling tiles - apparently to hide "poor
ceilings" aparently some cracks but nothing major - or so I'm told by
previous owner


What options do I have other than
1) leave them
2) remove and Artex
3) replace with some other lightweight tile

I'm assuming the ceilings are not too bad they are lath and plaster
but seem sound

Any other ideas ?

Remove them and see what you're left with. Previously I've scraped the
glue off with a metal scraper. Steam stripper can help.

I've scraped artex off the same way.

You will probably need to line the ceiling which is quite possible. Set
up a couple of scaffold boards on trestles if you can.

dan

wrote:

I have just done this in my living room - took off the tiles and had
the ceiling skimmed.
I was lucky too - the tiles just fell off with a bit of encouragment
from a scraper.

A handy tool to use for the initial removal is a garden hoe. You
don't need steps, and you are at arm's length from the falling
debris.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

On Apr 11, 7:19 am, Chris J Dixon wrote:
wrote:
I have just done this in my living room - took off the tiles and had
the ceiling skimmed.
I was lucky too - the tiles just fell off with a bit of encouragment
from a scraper.

A handy tool to use for the initial removal is a garden hoe. You
don't need steps, and you are at arm's length from the falling
debris.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

I found a heat gun worked quite well on the adhesive mine were held up
with.

"Seri" wrote in message
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On Apr 11, 7:19 am, Chris J Dixon wrote:
wrote:
I have just done this in my living room - took off the tiles and had
the ceiling skimmed.
I was lucky too - the tiles just fell off with a bit of encouragment
from a scraper.

A handy tool to use for the initial removal is a garden hoe. You
don't need steps, and you are at arm's length from the falling
debris.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

I found a heat gun worked quite well on the adhesive mine were held up
with.

I think that in the early days of polystyrene tiles the adhesive was very
hard - later the recommendation was to use wallpaper adhesive. I guess this
is the one that is easy to remove.

Hi Jim...

You can paste these tiles directly to your old Polystyrene Tiles and
get a fast fast face lift of your ceiling, they are easy fast and
fun.. Take a look at http://stores.ebay.com/talissadecor-ceilingtiles
or www.talissadecor.com

Best Regards
Hardik Sheth, India.