I know we have visited this several times in the past, but as I usually shy away from messing with popcorn, my experience yesterday was pleasant, however. We had installed a beam in a basement to allow for more room, and, naturally some of the popcorn ceiling was damaged by our false walls. Owner wasn't particular. Asked if we could just remove it. :eek: Naturally, very macho, I said, sure we could. Set things up about 8 yesterday morning....two spray bottles.....two sheetrock knives.....two small boxes and a trash can. In less than an hour we had a 12 x 40 room rid of popcorn with little floor mess!! I even amaze myself. Just catch all the fallout in the boxes and dump them in the can....very little mess.

We are in the middle of a bathroom renovation. We wanted to purchase a pre made granite countertop and backsplash. We have removed a tile counter and will be removing the backsplash. We have determined that the wall is not flat. We think the 2 X 4 about 18" away from the wall is bowed and so the wall bows out. It angles out up to 1/2"+ by the time it get to the wall. I've tried to search this situation and can't find a solution. I'm sure this must happen. If we put up the flat back splash there's going to be a huge gap....too big to look decent if we fill it with silicone. Here is a link to a picture. You can see the large gap. We placed a straight board against the wall. [URL="https://picasaweb.google.com/hillbie/BathroomWall?feat=directlink"]https://picasaweb.google.com/hillbie/BathroomWall?feat=directlink[/URL]