All Forum Posts by: Mitchell Litam

@Alan F. haha luckily im in shape and my arms are already tone....its my shoulders that I fear for. Im thinking im going to float over with more drywall mud. Hit it with a wide drywall blade then lightly sand it from there. Im going to buy a 5 foot scaffold so I can do it on my back....Im hoping itll save my shoulders ha

@John Underwood Exactly what I am thinking. Even if I sand it down I will still need to skim coat it. May as well just skim coat it and some light sanding.

@Caroline Gerardo I dont even think its worth the time. But he wife thinks it looks atrocious. Happy Wife Happy Life I guess. I ordered us both full face respirators. Good idea with the coveralls! I dont envision it being fun work at all. Im all for building things or painting but this.....not so much. Def going to look into scaffolding or stilts. Im surprised people are saying a blade. Its drywall mud even with it being wet wouldnt it be hard to scrape?

@Alan F. I may just start with the floating. I saw that in a video as an alternative. I was hesitant with sanding because I know how slow that can be.

@Bob S. You can come back in 2024 when the browns win the Superbowl ;) 

@Bob S. Cant hate on ya for living in FL but Cleveland is on the up and up!

@Account Closed Thank you for all your help. I will try this. What scraper would you reccommend? It would need to be able to reach the ceilings. I was planning on putting plastic covering or paint tarps over the floors and doors.

@Bob S. Thanks for your input. Nice to hear from a local Clevelander. Was I right with the $1-2 per square foot? I told my wife its basically a 0% ROI but that was the wrong move and I got an earful haha. If you had to choose between the two evils would you remove/sand it or go the fill in route?

@Dwayne Poster I was going to wear a full respirator. Am i supposed to wear a full suit to cover my skin or is the damage just to the lungs if inhaled?

@Account Closed Its drywall mud. You're saying if I get it wet then it will scrape/sand much easier?

I was going to get a drywall sander for the job.

Hello,

I looked on the forums for this and the only one I saw was from 6 years ago.

I am trying to remove the ceiling texture from my ceiling to return it to flat.

It is not popcorn ceiling it is the drywall mud that looks like its been slopped on.

I have seen two different methods. One being using a drywall sander on the ceiling and the other is to level all of it with drywall mud with trowels and to make it smooth. The third option is to drywall over all the ceiling but I dont think I am going to add any lightning so want to avoid this option as it will most likely be the most expensive.

The house is just over 3,000 sq feet. I dont really care but the wife wants it done and we are doing the work ourselves as I am sure it will be $1-2 sq/ft. 

Does anyone have any experience with this? Which method sucks less between sanding it down or filling it in with 45 minute compound? 

Note: this is not a flip this is our house.

Thanks for all your input!

Awesome thank you so much guys! 

Ill be sure to do everything you guys said

Hey guys,

I have an older lakewood house maybe 100 years old and there are these strange poles sticking out. Seems like a hazard.

Couple questions. 

1. Is it safe to remove?

2. What is the best way to remove them? Dig them out?

I have attached a picture below.