I want to remove the textured ceiling in a house I am remodeling and replace it with slick ceilings. I tried spraying and scraping it off, but that did not work b/c it has already been painted. The ceilings are 96" high, I am re-doing the wall-to-ceiling trim.
I found a couple of options. One is to scrape off the "high" spots and then pay a good, good, good mud guy to mud the ceilings (which runs about $250/a bucket, taking 2 buckets per room (12x15 avg).
Option 2 is to scrape the high spots and put up 3/8 sheetrock over the stimple/texture, then tape, mud and finsih.
Option 3 is to fur out the ceiling with 1x3's then put 3/8 sheetrock over, mud, tape and finish.
Option 4 is to pull off the sheetrock and replace with 1/2.
My thought is to go with option 2, but I am concerned that the final slick ceilign will look a little wavvy...
I found a couple of options. One is to scrape off the "high" spots and then pay a good, good, good mud guy to mud the ceilings (which runs about $250/a bucket, taking 2 buckets per room (12x15 avg).
Option 2 is to scrape the high spots and put up 3/8 sheetrock over the stimple/texture, then tape, mud and finsih.
Option 3 is to fur out the ceiling with 1x3's then put 3/8 sheetrock over, mud, tape and finish.
Option 4 is to pull off the sheetrock and replace with 1/2.
My thought is to go with option 2, but I am concerned that the final slick ceilign will look a little wavvy...