Popcorn ceilings removed in Puyallup homes
We handle popcorn ceiling removal in Puyallup and finish the bare ceiling smooth, retextured or painted, whichever you choose. Ceilings put up before 1978 get checked for asbestos before anyone scrapes.
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Puyallup is split: 39% of homes were built before 1980 and 27% since 2000, so tell us the year your house was built when you send photos.
- 7% Before 1940
- 9% 1940–1959
- 23% 1960–1979
- 34% 1980–1999
- 27% 2000 or later
Remove popcorn texture and prepare the ceiling beneath it
Popcorn texture covers the ceiling field, so removing it leaves a surface that still needs attention. If the plan stops at taking off the texture, repairs and preparation for a smooth finish may be left for another pass.
Solis removes popcorn ceiling texture and prepares the exposed surface for a smooth, repair-ready finish. Carrying the ceiling through removal and follow-on preparation keeps the next finishing step connected to the room instead of leaving bare removal as the stopping point.
- Popcorn texture removed from the selected ceiling.
- The surface prepared for a smooth, repair-ready finish.
Here’s how we get it handled
Text us photos or call
A close-up, a wider view and your city give us a useful starting point. You can also call and talk through the work.
Agree the scope and schedule
We review the work with you, arrange a site visit where needed and put the agreed scope and finish in your estimate.
Get the space finished
Solis completes the agreed work and reviews the finish with you. Include interior painting in the scope for a complete drywall-and-paint handoff.
Have a project in mind? Send us a photo.
Tell us what needs fixing or finishing. We’ll take it from there.
Ceilings in Puyallup homes
- 39.3%of Puyallup homes were built before 1980
Federal rules banned asbestos in wall patching compounds in 1977 and in spray-applied decorative surfacing in 1978, so a textured ceiling in an older home is tested before it is scraped. U.S. EPA, regulatory history of asbestos bans
- 22.8%of Puyallup homes were built from 1960 to 1979
Homes from these decades are the ones most worth checking for an original sprayed ceiling texture. U.S. Census Bureau, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates
- AHERASurvey rule of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency in Pierce County
Unless the owner lives in the single-family house, an AHERA-certified building inspector surveys before renovation. Projects of 48 square feet or more can need notice and a 10-day wait. Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, contractor renovation
- Before bidsWashington's asbestos inspection rule
Before work that could release asbestos, the owner or owner's agent has a good faith inspection done by an accredited inspector and gives the report to contractors before they bid. RCW 49.26.013 and WAC 296-62-07721
- Puyallup homes built 1960 to 1979
The Census Bureau's 2020-2024 ACS estimates that 3,981 of Puyallup's 17,460 housing units (22.8 percent) were built between 1960 and 1979. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, year structure built (B25034)
Set the ceiling area and finish before removal
A whole-room removal and a small section leave very different edges. We settle with you whether the texture comes off in closets, halls and connected rooms, and what the finished ceiling will be. That keeps a cut line in the middle of a ceiling from being priced like a finished room.
Review the existing ceiling before disturbing it
About 3,980 of Puyallup's housing units were built between 1960 and 1979, and the EPA did not ban asbestos in spray-applied decorative surfacing until 1978. Washington requires the owner to have an accredited inspector check suspect material before work disturbs it. In Pierce County, asbestos projects of 48 square feet or more, about a 7 by 7 foot patch of ceiling, can need notice to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency and a 10-day wait. Once the ceiling is cleared, we check whether it needs patching or a full skim.
Choose smooth, textured or painted put-back
Scraping is only the first step. A smooth ceiling often needs joint repair and a skim, a new texture has its own edges, and paint can stop at the ceiling or carry onto the walls. We price removal, finishing and paint separately so you can see each one.
Getting a popcorn removal price in Puyallup
Text us photos of the ceiling, the room size and height, and any rooms it runs into. Mention earlier patches, paint on the texture, or a test result if you have one, and we'll quote removal, finishing and paint.
Popcorn Ceiling Removal questions in Puyallup
Does popcorn ceiling removal include a smooth finish?
Only when the quote includes the finishing after removal. We name the ceiling area and whether it ends smooth, retextured, or ready for your painter.
Can any popcorn ceiling be scraped off?
Not before the material is checked. A ceiling sprayed before the 1978 ban may contain asbestos, and Washington requires an inspection before it is disturbed. Painted texture also comes off differently from bare texture.
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Room size and ceiling height, photos of the texture, connected rooms, any asbestos test, and the finish you want afterward.
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