Cover Popcorn Ceiling With Shiplap

A shiplap ceiling is a great idea for covering popcorn ceiling.

Cover popcorn ceiling with shiplap.

This is the old school option. I bought a nail gun that is battery operated and has been working great on some weathered grey shiplap that we got from lowe s. Who in the world thought popcorn ceilings were a good idea. Covering a popcorn ceiling with tongue and groove paneling.

Scraping the popcorn off the ceiling is a reasonably easy diy project. When we built our house in the 80 s of course that s what went on the ceilings. Hi gail to worst part is scraping the popcorn texture off i have often thought of the best and least messy way to do this and i have thought that maybe using a wide plastic drywall knife to scrape it but tape the knife to a shop vac end so it at least catches some of the popcorn as it comes off. You also have to be extra cautious if the ceilings were popcorned before 1979 because of the risk of asbestos.

Cover your floor and spray a small section of the ceiling let sit for a minute or so and while holding the mud tray under the scraper start scrapping letting the plaster fall into the tray. The next morning we awoke to large sheets of popcorn ceiling on the floor. When installing shiplap over drywall start with battens on finished ceilings family handyman if you re installing tongue and groove boards over drywall or plaster especially it s a good idea to install 1x2 battens and fasten them directly to the framing with 2 1 2 in. The mail level all has popcorn ceilings and i will be using your idea to cover them all.

Years later we painted the ceiling in the kitchen. If the old ceiling is reliably flat you can install the paneling right over the old drywall. As long as. I think it was a lazy way of covering up the ceilings back then.

Cover popcorn ceilings if a popcorn ceiling or stained and damaged drywall or plaster is making your home look outdated it s time to trade that frumpy bumpy texture for something stylish and inviting. The problems are it s messy and you still have to deal with smoothing out any imperfections before you can paint. We re sharing the progress on our farmhouse bedroom makeover. Removing a popcorn ceiling is a messy time consuming job.

Covering the ceiling with traditional tongue and groove wood planks or beadboard paneling that you can buy through any quality lumber supplier.