Yikes! Same with Artex here, apparently it was banned from being an ingredient in the 80’s but was still used into the early 2000’s due to people buying up stock before it was banned.
That’s called “popcorn ceiling” and was really common in the US from the 70s-90s. It’s just a coating over Sheetrock. I don’t think it’s used much anymore, but I haven’t seen a lot of new houses.
Ah ok. Thanks. Looks like a nightmare to replace/redo. It used to be popular here to have wall paper with wood chips in. I always hated that stuff as a kid.
It’s actually not that bad, as long as you can find a sprayer that provides about the same texture and lump size. (Many sprayers are adjustable, so you’d do some test shots on some scrap surface somewhere until you got it tweaked to produce a texture close enough to what’s on the ceiling already.)
Basically, you just do whatever you need to do, not even worrying about making the ceiling super flat or perfect afterward, and then hit it with the popcorn spray until it hides all your sins. Once dry, paint over that to match the rest of the ceiling, if necessary. (A paint sprayer works much better on popcorn ceiling than rollers or brushes.)
Popcorn ceiling has two main advantages:
A) The rough surface provides a little bit of sound deadening, so the room won’t echo as much.
B) It can easily hide minor flaws and blemishes on the ceiling drywall – seams and screw holes quickly disappear under it, allowing you to cheaply and easily make the whole ceiling look uniform, without needing highly experienced labor to lay the drywall perfectly smooth.
Though, it has its disadvantages as well, of course. It can be fragile if anything rubs against it, and it can be difficult to clean, especially difficult to clean it without damaging it. And modern interior design fashions have very much decided that it’s ugly.
There’s a lot of comments about helping with the shelf situation, don’t give up, you’ll get there.
I wanted to ask though, what’s up with the ceiling? Is it textured or something? Artex is common where I live but not seen that type before.
Popcorn ceiling. Fun fact, if the house is old enough to possibly be made with asbestos, the popcorn ceiling might have asbestos in it too!
Yikes! Same with Artex here, apparently it was banned from being an ingredient in the 80’s but was still used into the early 2000’s due to people buying up stock before it was banned.
That’s called “popcorn ceiling” and was really common in the US from the 70s-90s. It’s just a coating over Sheetrock. I don’t think it’s used much anymore, but I haven’t seen a lot of new houses.
Ah ok. Thanks. Looks like a nightmare to replace/redo. It used to be popular here to have wall paper with wood chips in. I always hated that stuff as a kid.
It’s actually not that bad, as long as you can find a sprayer that provides about the same texture and lump size. (Many sprayers are adjustable, so you’d do some test shots on some scrap surface somewhere until you got it tweaked to produce a texture close enough to what’s on the ceiling already.)
Basically, you just do whatever you need to do, not even worrying about making the ceiling super flat or perfect afterward, and then hit it with the popcorn spray until it hides all your sins. Once dry, paint over that to match the rest of the ceiling, if necessary. (A paint sprayer works much better on popcorn ceiling than rollers or brushes.)
Popcorn ceiling has two main advantages:
A) The rough surface provides a little bit of sound deadening, so the room won’t echo as much.
B) It can easily hide minor flaws and blemishes on the ceiling drywall – seams and screw holes quickly disappear under it, allowing you to cheaply and easily make the whole ceiling look uniform, without needing highly experienced labor to lay the drywall perfectly smooth.
Though, it has its disadvantages as well, of course. It can be fragile if anything rubs against it, and it can be difficult to clean, especially difficult to clean it without damaging it. And modern interior design fashions have very much decided that it’s ugly.