Why the difference? It’s been awhile since I’ve had to make these decisions.
To go smooth, they have to sand and do a lot more prep work. I also have a lot of fur downs so it’s not just the ceilings.
Did they give a price for using thin drywall and just covering the ceiling? That is the other option instead of removing texture- or just leaving it as is.
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My husband says…that is what we will do in our bathroom. Very thin drywall over what’s there.
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Our ‘70s house had popcorn in every room. They had been repainted and patched so many times. Because it’s a messy job, we had a contractor do it each time he updated an area of the house. Best decision ever. I’ll be honest, I never thought about there being asbestos in the ceiling. It’s been 5 years since the last room was done and so far, we don’t seem to have any lung problems. 
They didn’t, but i don’t see how that would be cost effective. We have 14-foot vaulted ceilings so there’s a lot of surface area. And lots of angles that I think would make things difficult. But I’ll ask before we accept a bid.
Next week a general contractor will give us a bid on work that includes the popcorn and painting. I’m curious how prices might differ.
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Bumping this up as we are inching closer to making a decision on who to use. I was on the phone with a guy today and forgot to ask this.
Those of you who had it done … Do you need to empty the kitchen cabinets? I was hoping to store my china cabinet stuff in there.
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I wouldn’t.
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