Q. We recently purchased an older home which is basically in good condition, but needs paint, a new roof and minor plumbing repairs. We cannot afford to hire professionals, so we are undertaking ...

When it is time to repair a popcorn-textured ceiling, a little detective work is the first course of action. Step 1: Determine what caused the damage to the ceiling and repair it. There is no need to ...

Mark repoints a fieldstone foundation; Mauro smooths over a textured ceiling. Mark repoints a crumbling fieldstone foundation and shares an important lesson about water management on the outside of ...

Removing textured “popcorn” ceilings is a time-consuming and messy task, but with a lot of elbow grease, smooth ceilings are within reach. Step 1: For ceilings installed prior to 1980, purchase an ...

The smallest stain on your ceiling is rarely just a cosmetic flaw. It is usually the first visible sign of a leak that, if ...

Dear Henri: I just bought and moved into a cute little house with only one problem: It has textured ceilings with patches missing here and there. I think they call it popcorn. A painter gave me a huge ...

Are you renovating your home and thinking about what to do with the ceilings? If your ceilings have texture, you may wonder whether they are popcorn ceilings or another finish entirely. There is a ...

Do the scrape test Before you start removing the old popcorn texture, do a simple scrape test in a small area of the ceiling.

Everybody loves popcorn with a movie. Nobody wants popcorn on their ceilings. Like cork walls, mirror tiles and avocado- green shag carpet, acoustic ceiling texture was all the rage in the 1970s and ...

Q: Our home was built in 1970 and has a textured ceiling and paneled walls in the living room. We started to remove the old paneling, but this caused some of the ceiling texture to be scraped off.