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Posted by Peder on July 25, 2005, 2:39 pm
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>> Hi. I have an older Armstrong residential ceiling and I'm looking
>> for a box of their Rockcastle tile, #945. Contacting Armstrong and a
>> local distributor have it as a discontinued item. Anyone have a hint
>> where I might find some NOS? Thanks for reading.
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>> Peder (Please reply to group only, email invalid
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> The answers you go should have given you a clue to what you need to
> do. If the tile was discontinued more than 2 years ago then you need
> to consider a new ceiling. If less than two years then you need
> contact the local distributor and make a deal with them first. The
> have them furnish all of the phone numbers and contact information to
> all of the other distributors in the country................... let
> your fingers do the walking. ............
> Sure is not going to be easy..
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> I had the same problem with some tile that I bought. A couple of
> boxes were broken upon opening the boxes. I needed 12 pieces to
> finish. I got a hold of all the places that sold the tile and told
> them I would buy all that they had. I found 15 tiles in 3 places. One
> was a 4 hour drive from my home. Took me several weeks. I was
> considering starting over. Tile was not all that expensive in fact
> most stores sold it to me at less than I paid for it new.
>
> Luck of the Irish to you
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>
Thanks for the reply. I called quite a few local distributors w/o success.
I was hoping maybe this was an issue someone else in a newsgroup had faced
with better success than I. It wouldn't be the first time... Thanks
again.
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Peder (Please reply to group only, email invalid)
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