How to Install Your Armstrong
®
Suspended Ceiling
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• Lift panel at angle up through the grid; drop into place
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IP
If there’s an obstruction in the area where you are inserting a ceiling tile,
ou may need to lift the ceilin
tile throu
h an ad
acent openin
and
ently
move it across the back of the
rid into place
• Trim border panels using a straight edge; panels should be cut face side
up
or tegu
ar t
es, you w
nee
to cut t
e e
ge t
at
s rest
ng on t
e
all molding to allow it to lay fl at
Cuttin
“Te
ular”/“Recessed Grid” ceilin
border panel
• Trim tegular edge border panels to the same dimensions as
or
at panels.
he tegular edge detail must now be cut into the panel
• Set the panel into the
rid. Draw a li
ht pencil line on the panel usin
the
a
mo
n
as a
u
e
C
• Remove the panel. Use a sharp utility kni
e and straight edge to cut hal
way
through the panel
rom the
ace side along the pencil line
• La
the utilit
knife on its side next to the
anel and, with the
anel face u
,
cut in at blade hei
ht for a reveal cut
• Remove the cut edge. If the cut edge of the panel is visible, paint with a fl at
te
atex pa
nt
• Fit the panel into the
rid
For additional information on installin
suspended ceilin
s, please visit our website at
ceilin
s.com or call Techline at 1-877-ARMSTRONG
276-7876
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L
m
ted Warrant
For warranty information, please visit ceilings.com
warranty
Precaut
onar
Measures
recautionary Measures: Durin
the installation be certain that the work site is well ventilated and
void breathin
dust. Avoid contact with skin or eyes. Wear lon
-sleeve, loose fi ttin
clothes,
loves and eye protection. Cut and
trim with kni
e, razor or hand saw. Do not cut with
ower e
ui
ment unless either a dust collector is used on the e
ui
ment or
local exhaust is used and a NIOSH a
roved res
irator is worn to
revent overex
osure to airborne silica. Ex
osures to res
irable
rystalline silica are not detected in industrial hy
iene testin
on workers installin
acoustical ceilin
panels
or an 8 hour wor
day and are not expected durin
the normal use o
this product; however, actual levels must be determined by workplace hy
iene
testin
. Prolon
ed and repeated exposure to airborne free respirable crystalline silica can result in lun
disease
i.e., silicosis
and
r lun
cancer. Panels do not release respirable dust in their installed state and there
ore do not present any known health hazards
when installed and
ro
erl
maintained.
First Aid Measures
If e
e or skin contact occurs, fl ush with
lent
of water for at least 15 minutes and remove contaminated
lothin
. After installin
material, wash with warm water and mild soap.
efer to Armstrong World Industries
afety Data
heet for more information
If
ou have an
technical or installation
uestions, or to re
uest a Safet
Data Sheet,
lease call: 1 877 ARMSTRONG.
Do not store or install under conditions where relative humidity exceeds 70%.
Except Humi
uard
Plus and Humi
uar
ax
ut line
encil
ut
ne
Tile
ace