Are bubble ceilings in now? I want to change my bedroom ceilings. Suggestions
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Culpepper Carpets and Interiors, Inc. on Jun 18, 2012Elizabeth, describe the "bubble" ceiling please. Do you mean popcorn?Helpful Reply
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3po3 on Jun 18, 2012Also, are you trying to create a "bubble" ceiling or replace a bubble ceiling?Helpful Reply
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Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com on Jun 18, 2012Your speaking of popcorn ceilings like Lee Anne Said. No popcorn went away with the drive in movies. Depending upon how old it is and how it was applied you need to be aware of a few things. one it can be quite a challenge if it was painted over. Scraping can be quite difficult to do, not to mention dirty. They make all sorts of sanding tools, scrapers and gadgets to do this work. And being over your head it can become quite tiring to hold heavy tools up for the several hours its going to take to remove the stuff. However there is one more thing that is very important to understand. Many years ago popcorn ceilings were done with asbestos. Making this already difficult task even more daunting. The very first thing you need to do is to take a small scraping of this material and place in in a bag to have it checked by a lab. Check your yellow pages for local labs in your area. The cost of the lab test for a single sample will run you around $35. You need to do this before you even think of removing this stuff. Its funny I am in the very process of removing all my popcorn ceilings in my house. I put this stuff up over 28 years ago. When I was still learning all the fancy tricks on how to spackle. I used it to hide all sorts of defects, like holes where my dog fell through the attic, don't ask. Dog was fine, ended up in laundry basket on first floor. But my patching was not so good. It was then I discovered the popcorn sprayer. It was so much fun to use, my whole neighborhood started using it. Most moved away but I keep hearing every now and then the new neighbors cussing while taking the stuff off of their ceilings wondering what were these people thinking.Helpful Reply
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Jeanette S on Jun 19, 2012I agree with Woodbridge...taking down popcorn ceilings can sometimes be a snap and then again it can become your worse nightmare! You could wind up with an environmental situation that could lead to all of you having to move out of the house until it is considered safe. Know what you are doing before you start. Unless you are prepared financially for a possible big problem, just leave it up! This just goes to prove you do not always get what you want...and to be careful what you ask for!Helpful Reply
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Elizabeth W on Jun 19, 2012Thank you ver, very much. Super good information.Helpful Reply
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Elizabeth W on Jun 19, 2012I meant popcorn ceiling.Helpful Reply
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Elizabeth W on Jun 19, 2012I am trying to replace two "popcorn" ceilings. I understand that that might be a difficult task.Helpful Reply
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Leslie D on Jun 19, 2012It can be done, but I agree with Woodbridge, safety first. as popcorn asbestos was used through the mid 80's. The other thing is that you don't know what the condition of the ceiling is under the popcorn. You may expose a horrible drywall job and open a whole other can of worms.Helpful Reply
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Elizabeth W on Jun 19, 2012Thank all of you. I guess I will have to replace the popcorn ceiling with another popcorn ceiling. Can't afford any surprises. Are there other possibilities?Helpful Reply
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Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com on Jun 19, 2012I am tearing out my ceilings to do mine. You can put fir strips over the ceiling and new light weight wall board up. To me that is faster in some cases. But simply try to remove what you have. Once you check to see that its not asbestos. You need lots of drop cloths put down, a spray bottle or better yet a garden sprayer to wet the ceiling, much like you were doing wall paper removal, and a good scraper on a long pole.Helpful Reply
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Elizabeth W on Jun 19, 2012Thanks for the info. I do not think I could undertake such a job on my own. My insurance company is covering removal of acoustic (popcorn texture), seal/prime acoustic (popcorn) texture, mask wall-plastic, paper, tape (per LF) since some parts of my ceilings were water stained from the leakage (rain and high winds). I thought that I would not have the popcorn texture replaced in the two rooms affected by the stains since removal of the popcorn ceiling was in the work detail. Instead I thought I would just have a smooth ceiling. I actually had thought about a design of some kind on the ceiling. But I now understand it will not be that simple or will it?Helpful Reply
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3po3 on Jun 19, 2012You could spray texture on the ceiling (either rent a machine and do it yourself or hire someone). That way, your mudding work doesn't have to be absolutely perfect. Textured ceilings don't have to look like popcorn, and they are pretty typical these days. Hope that makes sense.Helpful Reply
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Elizabeth W on Jun 20, 2012Sure does, and a good idea.Helpful Reply
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Elizabeth W on Jun 26, 2012Thanks again for all the good info. I sincerely appreciate you alerting me about the possibility of popcorn asbestos. Problem resolved.Helpful Reply
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3po3 on Jun 26, 2012What did you end up doing?Helpful Reply
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Elizabeth W on Jun 27, 2012I will remove the popcorn texture.Helpful Reply
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3po3 on Jun 27, 2012Be sure to post pictures. I'm curious how this progresses and what you end up doing.Helpful Reply
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Elizabeth W on Jun 28, 2012I sure will.Helpful Reply
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