Removing Popcorn Ceiling And Wallpaper Then Retexturing

lexter_wolf

I recently bought a house to rent it and it has the popcorn ceiling and wallpaper and I was thinking about taking the ceiling off along with the wallpaper. Then retexturing and painting the area. In total the area including the ceiling is around 1200 spuare feet and I was wondering how much it would cost per square foot to have someone do it? I just want to see if it is worth doing it myself.

Brockster

I think your question can be answered on the DIY forum...

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Sir Mixalot

Roughly about $1.50 psf, without knowing where you are located or all the details of the job.

cmansmith

I am in the wrong damn business...

Sir Mixalot

That also included priming and painting w/ all materials included.

Tapingfool

is something wrong with the current ceiling? why not just repaint it and add some glitter? you can always tear it down and start from scratch which may be better long term than scraping the texture off and redoing..

csremodeling

GLITTER??? what the hell is wrong with you this man is askin a serious ? and you want to play games taping fool.....listen the best price for me is $1.50 sqft which will come out to $1,800 for my customers that includes labor and material and all the prep and clean up.i get alot of jobs like this everyone else is at 2 to 3 dollars a ft and i beat them out most of the time so listen if you want to do it right find your self a good mud man and please don't listen to jack ass like taping fool and good luck to you

Brock

Removal of popcorn.

1. Buy bug sprayer fill with water
2. Spray water on ceiling
3. Waith 10 minutes and scrape it off with a 12 inch mud knife.

Removal of wallpaper

1.
2. Spray texture over it and then knock it down and paint it.

Tim0282

Prime the wall paper first with an oil base prime. Soaks in the paper and makes it stick to the wall better. Then anything over it will stick and won't wet it and release it.

Brockster

If the popcorn ceiling is painted you can add a cup of your urine and it will soften the paint and make life a lot easier! I know I know it sounds weird but works like a charm.

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Sir Mixalot

What about the seams in the wallpaper? Neither paint or texture will make them go away. Also, it still could blister at anytime during the priming ,texturing,or painting process.

I would try and remove the wallpaper first. Then skim as needed.

asbestos

yeah that stuff is ugly and it can have asbestos in it, which you will then get all over the house. If they painted that crap it's a hassle,
as far as spaying it with urine. WTF?

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Brock

Easy. If it's a heavy seam, you simply drag some twenty over them the spray away. If you can't feel the seem then it hides under the knock down.

Yes the primer is the messenger. It will tell you what you need to do. If the paper bubbles after the primer dries then you know you can pull it easy.

You never want to pull the paper off unless you are getting $20 per sq. ft.

That's my free house flipping tip of the day.

Tim0282

If the paper bubbles while you are priming, when the oil dries the bubble is gone. The seams lay flat because of the oil primer and it will seal in all that tried to escape. Just skim over the seams with mud and sand the whole surface and you have a very smooth wall ready for paint. If you skimmed the seams, you should prime again if you are going to leave smooth. Latex primer stays on the surface, oil primer soaks in and reattaches the paper. Believe it or not.

stoner

Funny way to tell someone to f-off although sometimes I wonder if some people get the sarcasm.

Brockster

What's that supposed to mean?

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Tim0282

Are you talking about what I said? Jeepers, I'm just trying to tell people what I have experienced. It works...........

bob_cntrctr

Toy with this guy if you want, but this deserves repeating:

In my old-house resto projects I have to be real aware of this kind of thing. It's in old heating duct wrap, 9-inch floor tile glue, some grades of vermiculite insulation - - - - and a large percentage of popcorn ceilings from the 50's 60's and 70's. Use extreme caution. It costs only ~$30 to have a local lab check a sample before you kill yourself.

Tim0282

If you don't remove the wall paper to make the dust air born. Isn't it safer untouched? If it is sealed with an oil based product and painted over, it will be there another, who knows, fifty years?

Tim0282

Hey Brockster,
I tried the urine, thing on the texture and paint softener. Wow, it worked great, but my guys were sure unhappy with me when I left them to do the job... I told them they got to choose whose urine to use...