Home Repair Deep Thoughts

[mollyringle]

There is so much cruelty, ugliness, and evil out there whose existence I cannot fathom. For example, why, I ask you--in the name of mercy and everything decent--why, oh why, did anyone ever, at any point, think it was a good idea to spray popcorn ceilings on in their homes?

Priming and painting; calling furnace contractors; installing new floors; packing all our stuff into boxes--all of those things are looking downright fun in comparison to getting those &$#@% ceilings scraped clean.

Comments

[terrylj.livejournal.com]

Let us know how that goes if you don't mind; I'm trying to talk my DH into scraping ours. (20-ft cathedral ceiling in the living room...urgh.)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Ooh, high ceilings like that would not be fun. (But they would look a lot more attractive without the stuff.) We're basically done now, and it was not fun, but not impossible either. The method is to take a garden sprayer of warm water, get the ceiling wet, let it stand for 20 minutes or so, then start in with a scraper. (The type that screws onto the end of a long painting handle may be good for high ceilings.) And cover the floor with plastic sheets first, of course. Oh, and have a sample tested for asbestos before going to town on it. Heh. (Our test cost $30, and they sent the results within 24 hours of receiving the sample, so it's worth the peace of mind.) Good luck!