Dune Then, To Dune Now
If you’ve spent any amount of time strolling beneath suspended ceilings, there’s a fair chance you’ll have come across the Armstrong Dune. For years it’s been a sort of ‘go-to’ tile, renowned for its quality. As a result, it has sold in vast quantities.
New Dunes – Armstrong Changes The Dune Tile
Over the years Armstrong has improved its Dune tiles and re-branded them. Inconveniently, it has also changed the model BP numbers, making it difficult to match up older versions of the tiles to the new equivalents. What began as the Dune Premier became the Dune Supreme. Then a further rebrand brought things up to date with the Dune Evo.
Why Did Armstrong Change The Dune?
It’s not just the names that changed. Over the years building standards have changed too, and that meant that tile specifications also needed to adapt. And as technology has advanced, so Armstrong has incorporated it into each new generation of tile. Today’s Dune Evo tiles offer better light reflectance, sound attenuation and fire ratings compared to their predecessors.
Such changes are only likely to continue. Ceiling tiles must change and improve just as cars are required to improve on emissions and quality. But if that’s left you asking ‘which tile replaces mine?’ here are the answers.
The obsolete ceiling tiles are in black. Their current equivalents are in blue:
600mm x 600mm Board Edge Tiles
Armstrong Dune Premier Board BP 9919M = Armstrong Dune Evo Board BP 5460M
Armstrong Dune Supreme Board BP 2271M = Armstrong Dune Evo Board BP 5460M
600mm x 600mm Tegular Edge Tiles
Armstrong Dune Premier Tegular BP9921M - Armstrong Dune Evo Tegular BP 5462M
Armstrong Dune Supreme Tegular BP 2273M – Armstrong Dune Evo Tegular BP 5462M
600mm x 600mm Microlook Edge Tiles
Armstrong Dune Premier Microlook – BP9922M – Armstrong Dune Evo Microlook 90 BP 5464M
Armstrong Dune Supreme Microlook BP 2274M – Armstrong Dune Evo Microlook 90 BP 5464M
Tile Matching
The above are direct replacements for their ancestors, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the tile will look like a direct match. Further changes and adaptations made over the years could mean your old tiles differ in look and performance to that of new Dune ceiling tiles.
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