The remodel project has started

[Gump]

We are redoing our kitchen/ dining and living rooms. Tonight i stripped all the  molding, took out the partition wall between the three areas and ripped out all the old flooring. Tomorrow will be new underlayment and some electrical work. Saturday we will remove the popcorn ceiling. Monday will be sheetrock day.

[Scrapr ★]

shouldn't this be in the "If I had a million dollars" thread? 

[Airehead]

Take lots of pictures. 

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, Scrapr said:

shouldn't this be in the "If I had a million dollars" thread? 

[smudge ★]

The partition wall wasn't structural, was it??

Do you just wet down the popcorn ceiling and then scrape it?

And ya, lots of pictures!

[Scrapr ★]

1 hour ago, smudge said:

The partition wall wasn't structural, was it??

Do you just wet down the popcorn ceiling and then scrape it?

And ya, lots of pictures!

better put negative pressure in the room & bury that popcorn ceiling waste deep in your trash bags. That comes back positive for asbestos quite often

[Randomguy]

1 hour ago, smudge said:

The partition wall wasn't structural, was it??

Do you just wet down the popcorn ceiling and then scrape it?

And ya, lots of pictures!

Whoever thought popcorn ceilings were a good idea?

[Ralphie ★]

Don;t do it!

Oops, too late.

 

[Ralphie ★]

2 minutes ago, Dickbag with Lard said:

Whoever thought popcorn ceilings were a good idea?

Some dickbag!

[Randomguy]

Just now, Philander Seabury said:

Some dickbag!

Did it start in the 70's?  The 70's has some serious explaining to do.

[Ralphie ★]

2 minutes ago, Dickbag with Lard said:

Did it start in the 70's?  The 70's has some serious explaining to do.

I would guess 50s or 60s or even 40s.

[Randomguy]

Just now, Philander Seabury said:

I would guess 50s or 60s or even 40s.

Are there decades that don't have explaining to do?  Probably not.

[Randomguy]

2 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said:

I would guess 50s or 60s or even 40s.

"The "popcorn ceiling" is not an invention. It is a technique born of cost-cutting measures to avoid the trouble of creating a smooth, plastered ceiling. Instead of taking time to finish the ceiling properly, contractors found that they could slap a bunch of plaster (often mixed with asbestos, and sometimes even glitter!) over the surface, "texturizing" it and be done with it. The technique was marketed as something innovative, modern and quite special, as opposed to those nasty plain, flat, smooth ceilings.

Popcorn ceilings, aka "cottage cheese ceilings," can be found in U.S. homes built from the early 1930s through the 1990s. They are a real pain to paint. If a smoker lives in the house, the ceilings turn various shades of dirty brown, which must be first sealed and then painted over, usually more than once. Paint is applied with a sprayer, the the room must be emptied, and walks and floors covered. If the material contains asbestos, federal law require that it be removed."

[Randomguy]

2 hours ago, Zackny said:

Saturday we will remove the popcorn ceiling. Monday will be sheetrock day.

I stumbled onto this, is this viable for you?

[Dirtyhip]

36 minutes ago, Dickbag with Lard said:

"The "popcorn ceiling" is not an invention. It is a technique born of cost-cutting measures to avoid the trouble of creating a smooth, plastered ceiling. Instead of taking time to finish the ceiling properly, contractors found that they could slap a bunch of plaster (often mixed with asbestos, and sometimes even glitter!) over the surface, "texturizing" it and be done with it. The technique was marketed as something innovative, modern and quite special, as opposed to those nasty plain, flat, smooth ceilings.

Popcorn ceilings, aka "cottage cheese ceilings," can be found in U.S. homes built from the early 1930s through the 1990s. They are a real pain to paint. If a smoker lives in the house, the ceilings turn various shades of dirty brown, which must be first sealed and then painted over, usually more than once. Paint is applied with a sprayer, the the room must be emptied, and walks and floors covered. If the material contains asbestos, federal law require that it be removed."

I grew up in a house with this.  It had glitter in the popcorn ceiling too.  So tacky.