Drywall Over Popcorn Ceiling
Removing popcorn ceiling that way makes a big sloppy mess and almost always leaves you with repairs to do afterward.
Drywall over popcorn ceiling. Covering a popcorn ceiling with drywall. With unpainted texture the most common approach is to mist it with a spray bottle and scrape off the softened texture. Adding a new drywall layer also gives you the option of insulating directly over the old ceiling before adding the new. Old popcorn textured ceilings also called acoustic ceilings make a room look dated.
Not only that if they were applied prior to 1978 they may contain asbestos and be tricky to remove safely. Scraping the old popcorn texture off may not be an option but installing new drywall right over the old popcorn ceilings is possible with the right tools and a bit of hard work. This method involves installing a complete layer of 1 4 3 8 or 1 2 inch drywall over the popcorn ceiling screwing the drywall into the ceiling joists above the original ceiling.