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Will the popcorn ceiling make a comeback?
Posted on 3/13/14 at 7:08 am
Posted on 3/13/14 at 7:08 am
I tend to not really care about popcorn ceilings. Who all has them? Why were they first popular? Fads tend to cycle.
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Posted on 3/13/14 at 7:09 am to crazyhorsedog
Doubt it. Just sold a house and the first thing the guy did was spend $2500 to have that shite redone.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 7:10 am to crazyhorsedog
Posted on 3/13/14 at 7:14 am to crazyhorsedog
I just bought a 30+ year house in Metairie and first thing I did was removed the popcorn ceilings. It was popular in the 70s. I can't see that ever coming back.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 7:29 am to crazyhorsedog
What's next? Blue ceramics in the bathroom, wood paneling and flower wallpaper?
Posted on 3/13/14 at 7:32 am to crazyhorsedog
I hope not, it's terrible.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 7:33 am to Swagga
hell no
Posted on 3/13/14 at 7:52 am to 4WHLN
Nope. I don't like them but I'm not going through the trouble of scraping my ceilings.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 7:59 am to crazyhorsedog
Probably not. They do allow a much messier mud and tape job on the ceiling though. That crap can hide some seriously bad workmanship...
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:00 am to crazyhorsedog
My place was built in 80 and has them. Going to scrape them off in a few places, but not throughout. Fortunately there is no wood paneling or flower wallpaper to deal with.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:01 am to crazyhorsedog
quote:
I tend to not really care about popcorn ceilings. Who all has them? Why were they first popular? Fads tend to cycle.
Sure.
Right after wall to wall harvest gold, burnt orange, and avocado shag carpet, gaudy linoleum, and tacky wallpaper becomes all the rage.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:26 am to crazyhorsedog
It doesn't bother me either way. Some texture hides imperfections in the drywall and may have some acoustic benefits. Most ceilings on the houses I've built in 2006-2007 had textured drywall....just not the popcorn stuff you see on houses from the 1970s-1985ish.
I wouldn't go out of my way to replace it if I had to fix something in the ceiling in a house with it.
Finish trends and styles aside, I much prefer the workmanship of the average home built before 1985 to those after.
I wouldn't go out of my way to replace it if I had to fix something in the ceiling in a house with it.
Finish trends and styles aside, I much prefer the workmanship of the average home built before 1985 to those after.
This post was edited on 3/13/14 at 8:38 am
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:28 am to dewster
Since there seems to be some experts here -
A friend of a friend said they bought a house with popcorn ceilings and scraped it off with a blade. Then they painted it.
Would that actually work? I hate the popcorn on my ceiling, but I don't want to spend a shitload of money replacing it.
A friend of a friend said they bought a house with popcorn ceilings and scraped it off with a blade. Then they painted it.
Would that actually work? I hate the popcorn on my ceiling, but I don't want to spend a shitload of money replacing it.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:30 am to crazyhorsedog
I'm not a fan, but they are throughout most of my house and I'm not about to replace all that shite.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:32 am to Doldil
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:36 am to Kadjin
I sure hope not
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:38 am to StringedInstruments
quote:
A friend of a friend said they bought a house with popcorn ceilings and scraped it off with a blade. Then they painted it.
Would that actually work? I hate the popcorn on my ceiling, but I don't want to spend a shitload of money replacing it.
I've done it, and it's a little time consuming to do it right, but a pretty simple process. Spray with water in an pump spray container, let sit for a little, and scrape with scraper they sell at home improvement stores that has bag attachment on bottom. It makes a mess, so make sure you have viscuine (Sp?) on your floors. That's fairly simple, but you also need to hit the imperfections, dimples, and such with some Sheetrock mud and sand smooth. Wear a mask. Then hit with some texture like orange peal you can get in a can. Get the one designed for verticals surfaces. Prime and paint.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:43 am to crazyhorsedog
I've got it in my office. Removing it is not in the top 1,000 things on my to do list. Honestly, I hadn't even noticed it and don't care at all.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:48 am to Tigris
If youre going to get it removed, make sure you get it tested for asbestos first, depending when your home was built (pre 1980s)
Posted on 3/13/14 at 8:48 am to fr33manator
quote:Stop sneaking into my house!
What's next? Blue ceramics in the bathroom, wood paneling and flower wallpaper?
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