{"id":28059,"date":"2024-12-03T04:59:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T12:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=28059"},"modified":"2024-12-03T15:22:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T23:22:15","slug":"popcorn-ceiling-removal-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/popcorn-ceiling-removal-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Popcorn Ceiling Removal: A Complete Guide to the Cost and Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s great at the movies, but popcorn is not so welcome on your ceiling when you\u2019re trying to sell your home.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the first thing young buyers notice,\u201d says Mary Stewart<\/a>, a Sugar Land, Texas, real estate agent who works with 82% more single-family homes than the average Sugar Land agent.<\/p>\n

<\/div>What is popcorn and why is it so bad?<\/h2>\n

Stewart lives in a neighborhood built in 1972, so she knows all about popcorn and the expensive, messy task of removing it. She\u2019s also aware that if homeowners know they have popcorn ceilings, by law they are required to disclose that information to the buyers. And \u201cone of the first things buyers do is scrape the ceilings,\u201d she points out.<\/p>\n

Also referred to as cottage cheese, stucco, or textured, popcorn ceilings were installed from the 1950s through the 1980s, but really came into vogue in the 1970s as a way to muffle sound and hide imperfections in the ceiling surface, such as cracks, leaks, poor workmanship, or other damage. It was inexpensive and easy to apply. According to the Mesothelioma Center<\/a>, if your home was built between the 1950s and 1980s, there\u2019s a good chance that your popcorn ceiling contains asbestos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Like many other \u201870s trends, popcorn ceilings<\/a> have gone out of style \u2014 but there are more practical reasons for their fall from grace than mere fashion.<\/p>\n

Not only do they not perform well in moisture, making them a poor candidate for bathrooms, but they have other issues as well. Popcorn ceilings are known to:<\/p>\n