I decided to use thin plywood known as underlayment for my ceiling planks.
Cover popcorn ceiling with plywood.
With unpainted texture the most common approach is to mist it with a spray bottle and scrape off the softened texture.
Popcorn ceiling if you have a heavily textured ceiling and just don t like the look you have a few options.
This created just a small line between the planks to make them more visible yet not allow any of the popcorn texture to show through.
The next morning we awoke to large sheets of popcorn ceiling on the floor.
You ll need to make a few cuts as you go to ensure a proper fit all around and of course staggering your boards.
Determine where you would like trim lines to go to cover any gaps between boards.
Fortunately in most cases it s not necessary because you can easily cover up that unsightly texture with ceiling panels or planks.
Adding a new drywall layer also gives you the option of insulating directly over the old ceiling before adding the new drywall.
It made for a very speedy job.
Compare wood and vinyl options and choose the one that best suits your budget and diy aspirations.
Beadboard panels are an efficient economical way to get that popular tongue and groove porchy look to cover up an unattractive ceiling.
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.
Years later we painted the ceiling in the kitchen.
Get rid of all of that popcorn by covering every inch of it with planks.
Who in the world thought popcorn ceilings were a good idea.
Not only is it less messy and time consuming but it is also a fairly easy process that any aspiring diyer can tackle in a weekend.
Receiving my new maytag appliances spurred and inspired a lot of home improvement projects including this cover up the ugly popcorn plank ceiling project.
Hold beadboard in place.
When we built our house in the 80 s of course that s what went on the ceilings.
Covering a popcorn ceiling with drywall.
Most options easily install directly over your existing popcorn ceiling using the easy up track and clip installation system.
Brad nail into the ceiling.
One of our favorite ideas for this material is covering popcorn ceiling with beadboard.
Between each row we used a nickel for a spacer.
I used six 4 8 sheets for this project.
Thin plywood for ceiling planks.
Covering up a popcorn ceiling is a great alternative to removing it by hand.
Removing a popcorn ceiling is a messy time consuming job.
Cover the rest of your ceiling.
Instructions measure your ceiling and determine how much beadboard you need.
Rip wood on the table saw.
By using armstrong ceilings easy up system to install ceiling planks you avoid sanding and scraping by affixing tracks directly onto.
Cut your beadboard to size.
Removing popcorn ceiling that way makes a big sloppy mess and almost always leaves you with repairs to do afterward.
