Removing Polystyrene Roof Tiles

You may be lucky and find that they come off.

Removing polystyrene roof tiles.

My bathroom ceiling had polystyrene ceiling tiles which i have just removed as i am having a complete bathroom re fit. Heat is the only fast way to remove the. It is all spread around the ceiling in patches. Slide your wide scraper between the ceiling.

Step 1 removing the tiles save yourself the arm pain by over stretching on a ladder and attempting to push these tiles off the ceiling in a jerky back and forth motion instead take a wide scraper and use a hammer to gently but forcefully break the bond between the tile and glue pushing them down from the ceiling as you go. Because of different glues available to install polystyrene ceiling tiles. Removing polystyrene tiles or styrofoam tiles as they are sometimes known from walls or ceilings can be a tedious job and unfortunately there is no easy way of doing it other than getting stuck in with a wide scraper to scrape the tiles off. Hi remove tiles just bye scraping of next scrap of as much tile adehesive as poss.

The ease of removing polystyrene ceiling tiles is inversely proportional to the diligence and quantity of adhesive with which they were applied. Working with roof tiles is a lot easier when you know a couple of basic tricks. Before you get down to it you need to get the room ready for what is a major and messy job. Set up a sturdy stepladder in one corner of the room.

The tiles came off easily enough but the glue used to put them up is still on the ceiling. Use the scraper to remove the adhesive off the ceiling. Getting rid of the remaining adhesive. This video from bunnings shows you how to take a tile off and replace it prop.

Use the steam to loosen the adhesive that remains on the ceiling.