Repeat this process with any remaining tiles.
Cutting suspended ceiling tiles.
Measure the location of holes required in the tiles such as those for lighting or air vents.
Saw slowly to prevent cracking.
Press down firmly on the waste to snap the tile along the scored line.
Run your utility knife along the marked line to cut the tile place your cut edges to one side.
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Complete the cut move the tile so the scored line is aligned with the edge of the work surface and the waste is overhanging the edge.
With the tile in its position take your knife and make a light incision along the border of the grid.
They extend the blade to whatever the measurement is then with the other hand hold the tape on the edge of the tile.
Pros suspended ceiling and drywall use their tape measure utility knife and hands as a cut guide.
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Use a step ladder to climb up and place the cut section of tile in its spot on the ceiling grid.
Push out the center of the hole.
Tilt up the tile on its edge then cut through the back paper of the tile along.
Insert a keyhole saw or drywall saw through the tile along one of the lines you drew.