The family handyman expert wade sides will show you how to cut custom ceiling tiles and shadow lines along the wall.
How to cut ceiling tiles.
How to cut recessed drop ceiling tiles.
The power tools are optional in any case.
Place the tile in its spot in the ceiling and cut the edge.
Recessed drop ceiling tiles are shallower around the edges allowing most of the panels to hang even with or below the metal grid.
Use a step ladder to climb up and place the cut section of tile in its spot on the ceiling grid.
With the tile in its position take your knife and make a light incision along the border of the grid.
As for marking ceiling tiles for cuts it helps to have a framing square or a drywaller s t square.
The lip of the tiles grip.
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If you have plastic tin or wooden tiles place the tile in the grid and mark the.