Painting Popcorn Ceiling?

[yatg]

Is it easy? It was not too bad. A two car garage took around six hours. Two, three hour sessions, including follow up patching of gouges, holes.

popcorn ceiling in a garage?

 

[mike93lx]

popcorn ceiling in a garage?

My house had it as well. They even sprayed one of the walls with that ****

 

[djbmw]

The question is how to paint previously unpainted popcorn ceiling.
I recall painting apartment ceilings but I'm pretty sure they were previously painted, actually with each new tenancy.
Will a deep or split foam roller do it without destroying the texture?

Tape off the room and use an airless sprayer (ideally the ones that look like small pressure washers - not the hand held kind). Makes quick work of the ceiling with great results.

 

[yatg]

My house had it as well. They even sprayed one of the walls with that ****

 

[Rusted Nut]

Built in '83 and what I have read asbestos was banned in in the finish by 1980 here because our state followed Federal standards but it's worth a look.

If it’s ‘83, probably not asbestos. You could always scrape a small piece off and have it tested ant a lab. Another option is overlay it with 1/4” drywall. Yes, you’ll have to tape the new drywall.

 

[Skellyii]

popcorn ceiling in a garage?

Sadly, yes. My last two houses had a popcorn ceiling in the garage. The last one had the popcorn ceiling, but the walls had only been mudded and taped.

 

[crguy]

I doubt it has any effect here for the age of our house.
I have never seen a house without it and I've been around for what seems like forever.
My father was nomadic and we moved every two years. No smooth ceilings in our lives.
Perhaps things are different in other areas of the country.

With all the disclosure rules and inspections these days before you sell a house, the asbestos issue will always come up. And if you have to bring the pros in to clean it up, you'll pay big time.

 

[four.cycle]

House was built in 1970 by a developer who used the cheapest, low-grade materials available. All bottom-of-the-barrel stuff, and assembled by cheap labor that didn't bother worrying about trifles like "square" and "plumb".
When the house sells, it will be bulldozed. A new developer will be able to "build on the existing footprint" on this structure, construct a two-story condominium unit where this structure stands, and add two "auxiliary dwelling units" (ADUs) in the back yard, and make an absolute killing.
The popcorn ceiling is a non-issue. Full stop.

There are two structures one block north of me. Both constructed two years ago by a developer. Smaller one sold for $1.35M, the larger one for $1.5M. Neither are significantly larger (in terms of square feet of living space) than what I am in now, and both are on smaller parcels than mine.

Real estate value here is the location, not the structure.
Current "market value" on this parcel is roughly 6 times the original purchase price.
Phone calls are received daily by the three parties on the deed asking about buying it.
Average number of pieces of mail received each week inquiring about purchasing: about 6 between the three of us.
We are holding out for ten times the original purchase price, and it will be a cash sale only.

But feel free to insist my "popcorn ceiling" will have any bearing on any of that.

 

[racecougar]

Are we talking about Beemer's house or four.cycle's in this thread?

 

[gahrajmahal]

My house had it as well. They even sprayed one of the walls with that ****

(Garage) I thought I’d have a quick look at mine, yep, popcorn (Actually stomp ceiling). Ceiling and walls too! They did a nice job on our house in the 60’s. The mudd layer is very thin and the stomp is very uniform. At my mother-in-laws 80’s condo in Cleveland every garage in that 50+ unit neighborhood had the thick stomp walls and ceilings crumbling down in their garages.

Mine

 

[shakenfake]

@racecougar Four.cycle decided the popcorn ceiling devaluation was a personal attack on his own home. Or he’s having a schizoid moment and thought he created this thread about his popcorn ceilings in his million dollar homes somehow built using the cheapest materials in the 70s.

 

[four.cycle]

what?

hahahaa....

you can attack the house all you want... I don't care.
the house doesn't matter.
this neighborhood got "gentrified" when they put in the "Point Ruston" development down the street.
then the city revised all the building and permitting codes.
what's happening here right now is really quite bizarre.
same thing happened up at Alki about 20-30 years ago: all the little crackerbox houses came down and were replaced with 2-story condo units.
I used to live at 3716 Beach Drive SW (98116) in a tiny little duplex. It's a big monstrous condo thing today.
Same thing is happening here now.

but if you want to make this about me, have at it.
you guys livin' out in the sticks have no clue what's happening in the city.

 

[mm08822]

Gentrification is a real thing, even in the suburbs.

Knocking down existing homes is a no brainer today.

Land and it's location is worth more than what is on it in the right locations.

So sad, a lot of local history and memories vanish without a trace. Talk about erasing people's lives and the things they accomplished.

 

[shakenfake]

Oh look another post about himself!

 

[Skellyii]

Gentrification is a real thing, even in the suburbs.

Knocking down existing homes is a no brainer today.

Land and it's location is worth more than what is on it in the right locations.

So sad, a lot of local history and memories vanish without a trace. Talk about erasing people's lives and the things they accomplished.

Agreed.

Some of the close in suburbs are going crazy here. The houses are generally in great condition, good schools, low crime, stable suburban government, etc.

Whenever one of these 1940-1960s houses, (Ranch, Cape Code, Custom) goes up for sale, it's snatched up by a corporation that puts up a 1.5-2M mini-mansion on these tiny lots.

Sheesh!

A buddy of mine lives in a small house in one of these suburbs. His house is paid for, he's going to retire in a couple of years. Single, with no kids. Obviously he keeps getting offers to sell his house, but he likes the location. There's already of couple of ridiculous mini-mansions on his block, but he doesn't want to sell.

He says they can have the house after they roll me out of here, either dead or drooling.

 

[Lassen Forge]

Our former house in Oakland last sold a few years ago in the low 7 digits - wish we'd kept it, but ya never know - we watch the value go from 175 to 750, then dump to 325. My grandpa's old dairy was on the border between Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Don't want to tell you what THAT property is worth now... But you never know what influences in the future will affect what your house will be worth.

And yeah, when they chuck the both of us in the clay, the house passes on to the kids, and they can do with it as they wish. I hope they grow grapes and olives and enjoy it either full time or as a vacation hideaway. For me, it's never been what the house is worth, but that it's a roof over our head that is OURS.

 

[four.cycle]

Whenever one of these 1940-1960s houses, (Ranch, Cape Code, Custom) goes up for sale, it's snatched up by a corporation that puts up a 1.5-2M mini-mansion on these tiny lots.

^ Completely different scenario here because of the Growth Management Act the State passed decades ago, other County-wide "Growth Management" policies, and radical changes in zoning and planning, encouraging "mult-family dwelling units" and greater urban density.
The closest "K-Mart" to me was demolished. It was one of those "Super K-Mart" stores with the garden center and all that.

It was replaced with a complex of four-story apartment buildings. About 1450 units, if I'm not mistaken.
Here in the north end, they've put a cap of two stories on residential lots, which requires 2" x 6" studs on the ground level floor. Because most of the single-story homes here were framed with 2" x 4", they've being razed and the two-story "townhouses" or condominiums are being put in their place.

The "wild card" is the "ADU" thing, which requires only a 5-foot setback. I only learned about this a few months ago, when the neighbor directly behind me listed his place. HIs back yard is large enough for three ADU's.

The "mini mansions" are what people are building on their 5-acre parcels (if they can find them) out in the hinterlands - but because of the rate of population growth here those are getting to be farther and farther away from urban centers. There are quite a few of them that have gone up in the Sequim / Carlsbourg area. All fine and well if you don't mind driving two or three hours to see a specialist for a medical procedure.

 

[Beemer]

You really should be good. I'd probably not bother testing, but not saying you shouldn't.

Pump sprayer and a 6-9" knife. If will come right off. Lay plastic on the whole floor to catch it
You don't need to soak it.

If you are going to hire out the skim coating, have them quote removal. You might be surprised at the cost

Surprised in a good or bad way?

 

[mike93lx]

Surprised in a good or bad way?

Good way.

Drywall/plaster ***** to do, but guys that are good at it are unbelievably fast and reasonable in my experience.

That garage I mentioned earlier? A two car hung and mudded in under an hour with a texture. The bedrooms were done with a smooth finish that was perfectly flat. I happily wrote the check that came out to $100 per sheet all in