Interior stucco walls
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I'm buying a house that the previous owner updated by enclosing the lanai & converting it to A/C living space. Nice room open to the living room but he didn't change the walls. Any low-cost ideas to smooth out those walls?
6 answers
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Best to dry wall over them for a smooth lasting finish.
Johnchip
on Nov 04, 2016
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I do not no if you are interested in the work involved,however if you do not want to put new dry wall in heres a method I found. homeguides.sfgate.com/update-stucco-27935.html
Janet Pizaro
on Nov 04, 2016
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Applying drywall over the stucco is one way. Another is to put a skim coat of drywall compound over the existing stucco. Drywall would cost more than the skim coat and just about the same amount of labor involved.
William
on Nov 04, 2016
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If you don't want to make permanent changes at this time, think about just using patterned sheets and either hanging from small rods in a light gather or spraying the walls with starch and hanging them like wallpaper (this was a designer's hint I used one time on inside stucco that was a rental and I couldn't make permanent changes to) ... or there's always a spray paint that mimics the look of sand/granite or other metals/stone if you wanted to experiment with. I get a lot of ideas from magazine or web "This Old House" ; home rehab / staging, etc.; or simply browsing the net. Have fun and find something that pleases you and think about how you will use the room.
Judy Holcomb
on Nov 05, 2016
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drywall or shiplap
Melissa Leach
on Nov 06, 2016
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Skimcoat is not that hard and if you thin it down a little it will go on very easy. Then sand it to take out the little ridges and seal with primer and paint. I have done this and it takes about 2 days to complete.It takes 1 day to skimcoat and then let it dry for 24 hours and sand then prime and paint.
Abbigail Hunter
on Nov 16, 2016
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