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Whomever invented popcorn texturing should be brought before The Hague.
I think popcorn ceilings are nice sometimes. I wouldn’t want it in every room, but I’ve had it in my bedroom. It was nice sometimes laying there staring up at the popcorn ceiling trying to find faces or whatever I could. My wife found a lovely pair of testicles in the popcorn at our old place. I can honestly say we miss those popcorn testicles 🥲 Popcorn ceilings are more interesting to look at than plain flat white ceilings which is probably 97% of all residential ceilings. #LeavePopcornCeilingsAlone!!
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I don’t get it, why does it exist?
It helps with sound damping. A room without it needs a lot of soft surfaces to prevent it becoming an echo chamber. You can hear rooms “boom” after this is done.
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It is a quick and easy way to hide bad drywall work. The texture makes imperfections blend in.
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This is what feathering your edges is for…
It just takes more time.
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Wait what? Is this specific to ceilings? Because I’ve hardly ever noticed drywall seams under paint
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Because when people remove it, they quickly learn why it was there. This is called acoustic ceiling covering. It was fine until 2000s home renovation shows started shitting on it because the point was to change and spend. Once removed, the rooms become echo chambers. While very early examples were made of asbestos as fire retardant, they were mostly made of vermiculite in the 70s and polystyrene after that. They were used by architects in the transition era post 60s where houses started to get built with prefab steel reinforced roof trellises which allowed much larger rooms and open concept designs. But big rooms get echo unless you add soft surfaces.
Builders in the US loved this covering because it was the cheapest way to finish a ceiling with least labor costs. One guy with a sprayer could do a whole house in a day.
It’s so fucking ugly. My place has it and I hate it so much. But a ton of places seem to where I live.
As if popcorn wasn’t bad enough on its own, I’ve heard that stuff can sometimes be made from asbestos too
Many of them done from the 1960’s to the 1980’s in the US will have asbestos. It’s fine as long as it stays behind the paint, but cutting/drilling into it is very dangerous.
Yup, the one in my basement is. I need to get a remediation quote. I’m estimating around $10~$15K for about 160 sqf.
That’s new to me. I just know that asbestos is used as thermal isolation, this sitting right in the middle of the wall sandwiched in between 2 drywall sheets.
Asbestos was used in absolutely everything back then as it was cheap, plentiful, easy to work with and possess some great properties. If it wasn’t for the dangers we would still be using it.
not just sometimes. This guy should be suited up. Hello mesothelioma
This just reminded me that it’s been ages since I’ve seen an OddSatisfying community make All.
I checked a few and all of them have slowed down in the last year or so. Not sure why, but I miss them.
Ceiling dust. Don’t breathe this.
That’s unpainted popcorn ceiling. If it was painted it wouldn’t be so easy.
And if it’s from the 1960/70s… removed it from one room and then the rest of the house I just tore out the ceilings and replaced with new drywall…fuck wallpaper and fuck popcorn ceilings.
In 1978 I witnessed the before/after my dad popcornning the ceiling in basement he renovated into a cozy den, he included light sparkles in the ceiling popcorn. Nowadays we would call it glitter but it was smaller than glitter. Just tiny silver sparkles that would catch the light. It was glorious.
Put in cork plaster after that is down, finish it with a film of gypsum and it’s done for another 40 to 50 years.
