Covering a popcorn ceiling with drywall.
Cover popcorn ceiling with plywood.
Removing popcorn ceiling that way makes a big sloppy mess and almost always leaves you with repairs to do afterward.
Brad nail into the ceiling.
Compare wood and vinyl options and choose the one that best suits your budget and diy aspirations.
Adding a new drywall layer also gives you the option of insulating directly over the old ceiling before adding the new drywall.
Remember you need all the stripes to go the same way.
Cover the rest of your ceiling.
Removing a popcorn ceiling is a messy time consuming job.
I decided to use thin plywood known as underlayment for my ceiling planks.
Between each row we used a nickel for a spacer.
One of our favorite ideas for this material is covering popcorn ceiling with beadboard.
We used a bostitch air compressor and nail gun and 1 and 3 8 inch 18 gauge nails to nail the plywood planks into the ceiling.
This method involves installing a complete layer of 1 4 3 8 or 1 2 inch drywall over the popcorn ceiling screwing the drywall into the ceiling joists above the original ceiling.
By using armstrong ceilings easy up system to install ceiling planks you avoid sanding and scraping by affixing tracks directly onto.
Not only is it less messy and time consuming but it is also a fairly easy process that any aspiring diyer can tackle in a weekend.
I used six 4 8 sheets for this project.
Most options easily install directly over your existing popcorn ceiling using the easy up track and clip installation system.
This created just a small line between the planks to make them more visible yet not allow any of the popcorn texture to show through.
Cut your beadboard to size.
The next morning we awoke to large sheets of popcorn ceiling on the floor.
Years later we painted the ceiling in the kitchen.
Fortunately in most cases it s not necessary because you can easily cover up that unsightly texture with ceiling panels or planks.
Get rid of all of that popcorn by covering every inch of it with planks.
Receiving my new maytag appliances spurred and inspired a lot of home improvement projects including this cover up the ugly popcorn plank ceiling project.
Covering up a popcorn ceiling is a great alternative to removing it by hand.
It made for a very speedy job.
With unpainted texture the most common approach is to mist it with a spray bottle and scrape off the softened texture.
Instructions measure your ceiling and determine how much beadboard you need.
Rip wood on the table saw.
Popcorn ceiling if you have a heavily textured ceiling and just don t like the look you have a few options.
Hold beadboard in place.
I think it was a lazy way of covering up the ceilings back then.
Thin plywood for ceiling planks.
Who in the world thought popcorn ceilings were a good idea.
Determine where you would like trim lines to go to cover any gaps between boards.
