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A pic would be great.
Do not tear it down if its the ceiling below the attic - you will end up with lots of insulation on your floor. Cover it with another sheet of 1/2" DW and be done with it.
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Sounds to me like it might be a lathe and plaster application and not a sprayed 'popcorn' application? If it scraps off with a putty knife, easy job, scrape, touch-up mud, paint, etc. If it's lathe and plaster, take the car for a drive and forget about it!!!
Ceilings 'can' be the most expensive surfaces to finish, that is why they are done so cheap; they're a pain in the but! Changing from sprayed texture to paint grade can add alot of costs to the home construction, costs that typically are not recoverable, but personal taste. I have built a few homes with painted ceilings and crown mouldings, looks very nice, but uncommon. My vote: forget about it. Paint them if you must? Cheers 
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looks like the spray application, should scrape off easily.
Keep in mind that your walls have about 3 coats of mud to prep for paint finish, the ceilings likely only have two and will require a finish coat prior to painting, in all likelyhood? Cheers, |
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Really tough to tell, maybe a stomped or sponged ceiling? If that's the case, the texture is a mix of sheetrock mud and paint, should come off easily with some water and a putty knife.
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Hard to tell with that pic but it looks to me like thinned down joint compound sprayed on the ceiling and rolled with a paint roller.
Adding a layer of drywall will be a lot of work. Making it smooth will be a lot of work. Try a closet or something small. Sand or scrape off as much texture as you can. Apply 2 skim coats. Sand and paint Let us know how it turns out. I skim coated every surface of my house during a recent remodel. I try to get the walls and ceils as smooth as possible. Texture bugs me. Its a cheap way of finishing that is meant to hide imperfections and save cash.
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Hard to tell what you have there. Might as well try water and scrape. Man that popcorn makes a mess, hopefully yours won't be as bad.
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I may try a small section and see what happens. Hard to believe it will scrape off nicely, but maybe if sprayed with water as other suggested - worth a try. It is VERY hard to the touch - you could cut yourself on the sharp points, it's like cement. As for now, I'm about to walk downstairs to this, and forget all about it...
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Looks like a knocked down and painted acoustic to me.
Here is the deal. Cover with 1/4 drywall and tape and mud/ or float existing. Same amount of labor with either. Take your pick, shouldn't be to expensive either way.. I would go for the float myself. Float it and keep 1/4" ceiling height. Trust me, I do this for a living. P.S. If you are talking about the bar ceiling, your F-ed, that's a drop ceiling. |
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