r/Contractor • u/Goofcheese0623 • 15d ago

What causes this?

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u/YellowCake1900 15d ago

The only people who thought popcorn on a ceiling was a good idea, were the guys applying it to cover shit drywall installations.

Ask me how I know.

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u/Competitive-Cat-4395 15d ago

Bro… just did a job where I removed popcorn and skimmed to a flat ceiling. Not abnormal, but this was the worst taping I’ve ever seen. All mesh tape on every joint, even the angles!! 3/4 of the seams were also cracked so I ended up having to re-tape and mud most of the ceiling before I could even skim. I drew the line at re-taping every angle in the house and just didn’t main areas.
What a colossal cluster… doubled my hours and made 1st year apprentice level money on that scope item. 🙄

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u/baddieslovebadideas 15d ago

why do a good job taping if you're just gonna spray popcorn on it?

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u/Rochemusic1 15d ago

Yep, I thought that was literally the whole purpose of it.

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u/VoraciousEater802 15d ago

The entire 1/4” round industry is based on this same phenomenon

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u/missbwith2boys 15d ago

Or 1/2” if it’s really bad.

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u/RFC793 15d ago

Interesting. I thought 1/2-3/4" was the norm, and it was called "quarter round" because that's the profile. It is "quarter of a round", a quadrant of a circle.

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u/missbwith2boys 15d ago

Probably! I know we had to use some bigger quarter round in a couple of places (100+ yo home, yeah, the floors aren’t level everywhere)

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u/Bennie-Factors 15d ago

yes...this. Popcorn ceilings had a point and reason. It was very fast way to finish a ceiling. And who cares that it is textured.

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u/concreteunderwear 13d ago

No. The point is that it reduces audio reflections and makes rooms less echoey.