Popcorn ceilings are on their way out. This subtle and attractive texture is taking over instead — it's clean, modern, and ...
Are you renovating your home and thinking about what to do with the ceilings? If your ceilings have texture, you may wonder whether they are popcorn ceilings or another finish entirely. There is a ...
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How to remove a popcorn ceiling

Do the scrape test Before you start removing the old popcorn texture, do a simple scrape test in a small area of the ceiling.
"You know what's a fun DIY weekend project? Scraping my popcorn ceilings!" said no one, ever. Between testing your popcorn ceilings for asbestos and enduring the subsequent avalanche of falling debris ...
Q: Our home was built in 1970 and has a textured ceiling and paneled walls in the living room. We started to remove the old paneling, but this caused some of the ceiling texture to be scraped off.
Though they were once the height of fashion, these days, many are wondering how to remove popcorn ceilings. In the middle of the 20th century, the textured feature perched above living rooms around ...
Mark repoints a fieldstone foundation; Mauro smooths over a textured ceiling. Mark repoints a crumbling fieldstone foundation and shares an important lesson about water management on the outside of ...
Warning: The wrong cleaning supply or technique could irreparably damage these textured ceilings! Here’s how to clean a popcorn ceiling the right way. Love ’em or hate ’em, popcorn ceilings are a ...
In early 2007, the Sidwell Friends Middle School in Washington, D.C., was awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. The private school ...