![]() ![]() Because you have to remember that the regular 3 coats are just 3 thin skim coats, they aren't thick coats for covering the stucco ceiling (see what I did there?). Not only is this manual mudding and correction application very intricate work, but only a seasoned technician would know how the 8am light or 5pm glow will come through that window and affect the ceiling and know exactly where to start and where to end this correction. This takes a lot of mud and expertise to fix. On other occasions you have wavy ceilings that weren't noticeable with the stipple but now flat, these ceilings would make you wish you'd never gotten rid of it. Other times there are many cracks in the ceiling that have been repaired and need blending. Sometimes the edges need extra attention and blending. Why would we have had to do a fourth coat? Sometimes the ceiling is in very poor condition. So now we've gone over every square inch of the ceiling, not including the floor protection, 8 or 9 times if we had to do a fourth coat. You would think that 1 coat of paint over a thick primer would be fine but painting fresh drywall compound is not like painting newly hung drywall. Then 2 coats of paint must be applied and the viscosity of a primer and ceiling paint is almost identical. New mud, or drywall compound, is extremely porous and sucks up the primer like there is no tomorrow. A heavy primer is applied to the entire ceiling. Again, using a dust extractor and a sander. Every square inch of that ceiling has been touched 4 times, if not 5. ![]() So far, apart from the floor protection, we've gone over the ceilings 4 times. There are different methods of doing this. ![]() ![]() Then they apply 3 to 4 coats of mud (skim coats) over top. Then, using a dust extractor hooked up to a big orbital sander, the crews remove all the stipple or popcorn ceiling. You have to remember that the crews are looking up all day, not down. So all the furniture must be cleared out for ease of execution as well as to eliminate trip hazards. Doing this room by room would be extremely expensive. We're talking about laying our floor protection throughout the entire area. What Goes Into the Cost of Removing Popcorn Ceiling?įirst let's examine what we're talking about here. The benefit of using this system is not only that you don't have to clean all the spots we might miss, but you also don't need to have your ducts cleaned when we're done. This is why we've invested $18,000.00 into our dustless extraction system and spray equipment. Ottawa stipple removal can a very messy process. We're fully certified for asbestos removal and mold removal and licensed for its transportation to the landfill. The process for asbestos containing popcorn ceiling, stucco, or stipple ceiling removal is a bit more tedious and expensive, as you can imagine. Stipple or Popcorn Ceiling Removal With Asbestos Sand popcorn, stucco or stipple ceiling down w/ dust extractor Setup & protection of your home and possessionsĢ. The process for removing popcorn ceiling with no asbestos and any textured ceiling is as follows:ġ. After a free evaluation of the project, where we also make sure our family and your family work well together, this is the execution plan for non-asbestos containing popcorn ceiling, stucco ceiling or stipple ceiling removal. ![]()
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