Posted: 5/12/2017 7:19:20 PM EDT
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I have popcorn ceiling in all rooms.
Parts of it look had in some rooms. Some one did some homemade popcorn ceiling repair job with some DIY popcorn ceiling stuff. It looks completely different than the rest of the ceiling. I figure I can just remove it with a putty knife, but I'm guessing it would be a big deal to fix rough areas and paint it over with ceiling paint. My parents got their ceilings redone by a pro. It looks awesome. Almost like this. 
I think that after I remove the textured layer, it's going to look like crap. So if I apply a textured ceiling, it will cover any imperfections without being labor intensive. Anyway, redo their ceiling and what did you do? I'm not going with tin sheet squares if you've done that. That's too much money. |
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If not painted it will scrape easy with water/vinager spray. Its fucking messy.
AFA covering up whats left, YES you will have some work if you want flat ceilings. Why do you think they blew that shit on there in the 1st place-it hides shitty work There are multiple ways to cover it though, personally I like the dab/knock down method. It covers everything and is very easy to do. |
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We scraped our entire house a room at a time. The family room was hired out 100% since it is a cathedral ceiling. Trust me, scrape it yourself and hire out the finishing and painting. It was something like $250 a room. Money well spent. New drywall, mud, and tape was cheaper. We painted. |
| Scraping, then sanding, then skimming, then sanding, then priming to kill the stains, then painting. Screw that. I put new drywall over the old ceilings. That way you have a new surface that will last. Not some 30 yr old crap that was cobbled together and might start lifting, peeling. I do it for $3 a square ft. |
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If the house was built in or before the late 1970s, the texturing material is probably chock full of chrysotile asbestos.
I took down a popcorn ceiling by myself nearly 20 years ago - horrible, messy work. The previous homeowner was a heavy smoker and on warm days the house smelled like an ashtray. The builders used that stuff to cover shoddy drywall work underneath. I had to fill the nail marks in with joint compound and sand down a lot of the tape work. I didn't have much cash so I just did knock-down by apply small globs of joint compound by hand. |
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As someone else posted, if it's not painted then it will come down pretty easy; just messy. If you decide to scrape it off, there is a tool out there that is a scraper which you attach a plastic bag to, to catch the popcorn as it falls. It works OK, not terrific.
Flat, painted ceilings will make you rooms look "taller". |
| I scraped the popcorn off every room in my house. Light spray of water, let it soak in, and scrape with a wide blade. They even make a scraper that you can attach a garbage bag to. Wide blade and enough water is the key. I did have a guy plaster the living room ceiling (vaulted), but I did the rest. Mostly touching up the taped joints and where I got careless with the scraper. |
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In one house I bought in Florida the entire thing was popcorn ceilings and it had messed up walls. I hired Blue Sky Popcorn Removal, popcornremoval.com, to do it. They covered and taped everything. They sprayed and scraped the ceilings then put a light knockdown texture on everything. It came out nice and I think it ran about $2000 for a 2500 sf, two story house with some high ceilings.
You can probably find a similar company that does it in your area. I think its easier to hire people that do that kind of work all of the time rather than trying to learn it or do it myself. That usually ends up costing me more with less professional results. |
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I have popcorn ceiling in all rooms. Parts of it look had in some rooms. Some one did some homemade popcorn ceiling repair job with some DIY popcorn ceiling stuff. It looks completely different than the rest of the ceiling. I figure I can just remove it with a putty knife, but I'm guessing it would be a big deal to fix rough areas and paint it over with ceiling paint. My parents got their ceilings redone by a pro. It looks awesome. Almost like this. https://secondhandroses.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/fan-pattern-plaster-ceiling.jpg I think that after I remove the textured layer, it's going to look like crap. So if I apply a textured ceiling, it will cover any imperfections without being labor intensive. Anyway, redo their ceiling and what did you do? I'm not going with tin sheet squares if you've done that. That's too much money. How old a house. Built before about 1980, could have asbestos. |