Lane Aakhus
Asbestos Popcorn Ceiling
I'm in escrow on a hotel condo that I will see for the first time next week. The condo docs say the building may have asbestos popcorn ceilings in rooms and in common areas. It's a 1968 concrete building so this make...
Bradley Snyder
Popcorn Ceiling concerns
Hello,I am looking at a house in Forked River NJ, that was built in 1972 and has popcorn ceilings throughout. I did some research and found that asbestos was commonly used in popcorn ceiling in the 70's. To test for a...
Eric Oszczypala
Popcorn ceiling removal
I was wondering if anyone here removed popcorn ceiling themselves. I did some research and it doesn't look that hard: spray with water and scrape it off, then paint, is it that simple? or should i hire someone to rem...
Ryan Ball
Ceiling Fell Down
Over the weekend we had a plaster (not drywall) ceiling fall down in one of our units. It was about a 10 x 15 foot section in a living room. Fortunately the tenant was not sitting under it. Our property manager has...
Cris Z.
Raise Ceiling Height
HelloI am trying to figure out the cost to raise ceiling heights. The attic has a stick structure, and would like to raise the ceiling height from the current 8 feet to approximate 9.5 feet. An architect looked at the...
Emil M.
Soundproofing apartment ceiling
Hello All.
I currently live in an apartment building in Northern New Jersey where we can hear the upstairs neighbors walking and talking and while we got used to this with upstairs neighbors that are fairly respectfu...
Sylvia B.
Popcorn ceiling repair
We all know that popcorn ceilings are a spawn of satan, but sometimes it just isn't practical to scrape and redo. I stumbled upon a fantastic product to use for repairing small areas. It is very easy to use. Mix it in...
Matt Good
Textured ceilings/walls
Good morning. Can anybody please give me a reference as to what textures are out of style and which ones remain as far as flipping for retail goes? I've seen multiple flips where popcorn ceilings go bye-bye. I've deba...
Justin Melton
Ceiling Fan mishap
I just had a guest check in and the ceiling fan blade (less than a month old) fell off and hit him in the head (no injuries or anything) but they would like me to come take a look at it. I live close and that’s not a...
Christian M.
Removing popcorn ceilings
I recently purchased a condo which has popcorn ceilings. Normally you can easily remove these by spraying some water on them and scraping them off. The problem is that these ceilings have been painted numerous times m...