How To Repair A Crack In Popcorn Ceiling

Information technology'south been a busy few days at the Beige bungalow and it's time for an update. We tore downward the wall between the kitchen and living room and have been hard at work finishing the main/guest bathroom. I've also decided to get a bit crazy and tackle a DIY I've never attempted earlier- I'g going to complete a ceiling repair on the popcorn ceiling.

I have patched, taped, and mudded many drywall walls before, simply I accept never done a popcorn ceiling repair. If you recall any of the pitiful before photos of the kitchen (if not, don't worry- check them out Hither), the cabinets had a bulkhead to a higher place them and there was an overhead four′ x 6′ box of fluorescent lights. Removing these left us with dozens of screw and staple holes needing repair. In addition to this, we had to fill in 2 former junction box holes, and the ceiling where the wall used to be. To give you a better thought of the projection I snapped a few photos of the areas that needed repair.

I originally called a few companies for quotes on the ceiling repair and all of them came dorsum effectually $1500-2500 (this included painting). Not going to prevarication, this was one of the primary motivators backside choosing the DIY route. While nosotros are beingness honest…mudding and sanding are one of my least favourite parts of renovating. Unfortunately they are a necessity, albeit a cruel i, in almost every projection. Regardless, I was determined I could tackled this project myself. Now a quick spoiler alert, some parts turned out awesome, while other parts are nonetheless undergoing some fine tuning. I can now update this and tell you that a few years afterward everything looks bang-up and we have non had any issues!

To commencement out, I filled the gap with drywall left from removing the wall. This left some infinite between the new drywall and original popcorn texture. Seeing as how this is quite like to drywall repair for a wall, I decided to fill in these gaps with drywall chemical compound before taping the seems with fiberglass mesh tape. I really prefer this mesh tape to the paper record that becomes a nasty mess all over your hands when installing. And lets exist honest, who really likes getting drywall compound everywhere. I'll tell you, NO ONE. Once the kickoff coat of compound in the cracks stale, I taped and applied another coat of chemical compound to set the mesh tape. After this dried, I practical the beginning coat of texturing compound. In that location are tons of different options available, I settled on Lepage Polyfilla, which is a mix of drywall compound and ceiling pigment.

This left me with something that looks similar the flick beneath.

Non terrible, but you can clearly see the new versus the erstwhile.

The old bulkheads and kitchen light were a different story. A single coat of texturing worked actually well to repair the screw holes and add texture to the apartment areas. They looked something like this:

At present before you jump all over me about the repairs sticking out similar a sore thumb, remember we still have to pigment everything once the texturing is complete. This will alleviate any color differences yous can still see.

Have a couple minutes to watch the video where I talk about the tools I used and how I was able to accomplish the textured look. This may non be the best way to become about repairing a textured ceiling, this is only the method I used. I'd beloved to hear from any readers that have tackled this project and the methods they used!

Information technology's been a few years since nosotros tackled this ceiling repair and we havn't seen any bug pop upwards. But in those couple years I have had the take chances to complete a few other like repairs.

If you lot accept to repair a larger area, I have found this aerosol spray version to piece of work much much better. At Hilltop, we had a roughly 12 foursquare pes area that needed to be sprayed to friction match the rest of the living and dining room. Instead of trying to sponge the unabridged surface area, the spray on version was much easier for consistency and evenness.

Can you spot the repair?

So at that place you have it, repairing a textured ceiling is far easier than you might think. In one case once more I can't stress plenty that a little patience goes a long way. It may non look perfect your first endeavor, simply I promise you volition go better with some exercise.

To wrap things upward this is what the repairs looked like subsequently all is said and done at The Biscuit Bungalow.