Applying drywall mud to even a small patch on the wall isn’t easy because once it’s painted, you don’t want to see it! Spreading peanut butter is easy because once you eat the sandwich, no one knows (or cares) how beautiful it looked. You spread both with a knife, until you have a smooth coating [...]
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Video Showing How Popcorn Ceilings are Removed
A short while back, I wrote several posts about removing popcorn ceilings. It’s a very messy process and if you’ve not done it before, you want to cover your walls and floor with plastic.
Step 1 should always be to get your popcorn texture tested for asbestos, and if the results are positive you should use [...]
Tips to Removing a Popcorn Ceiling
We get a lot of calls to find and repair leaks, both roof leaks where water is getting in from above (sometimes around a window too), other times it’s from bathroom plumbing and once in a while, we’ve had to make repairs after the central air conditioning unit in the attic leaked. Covering water stains [...]
Product Alert: Chinese Made Drywall
After reading about this drywall problem a second time, I decided it was time to alert you to potential problems with drywall manufactured in China. The problems being reported, alledged to have high levels of sulfur, include:
Sulfur based gases which smell like rotten eggs.
Piping and wiring corroded after just a few years, causing electronics and [...]
Dave Provost
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