Sunday, October 04, 2015

BUYERS: LOOKING AT A HOUSE YOU LIKE, BUT HATE POPCORN CEILINGS -




THREE DIY WAYS TO RID OF POPCORN CEILINGS


SCRAPE IT AWAY:
  • Cover walls and floor with plastic drop cloth
  • Cut off light fixtures power
  • Saturate popcorn layer with water
  • Start scraping it off
  • Use joint compound to touch up ceiling and buff
  • Prime; paint
  • BUT - if your house was built before 1980, have a sample of your ceiling tested for asbestos.  Online and home improvement stores carry test kits

COVER IT OVER WITH WOOD PLANK:
  • No scraping needed
  • Adhere thin (but quality grade) tongue and groove wood planks to ceiling with coat of Liquid Nails
  • Secure them with nail gun
  • You can stain or pickle or paint them – inexpensive way to go

TILE OVER IT:


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