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Whomever invented popcorn texturing should be brought before The Hague.
I think popcorn ceilings are nice sometimes. I wouldn't want it in every room, but I've had it in my bedroom. It was nice sometimes laying there staring up at the popcorn ceiling trying to find faces or whatever I could. My wife found a lovely pair of testicles in the popcorn at our old place. I can honestly say we miss those popcorn testicles 🥲 Popcorn ceilings are more interesting to look at than plain flat white ceilings which is probably 97% of all residential ceilings. #LeavePopcornCeilingsAlone!!
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I don't get it, why does it exist?
It helps with sound damping. A room without it needs a lot of soft surfaces to prevent it becoming an echo chamber. You can hear rooms "boom" after this is done.
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It is a quick and easy way to hide bad drywall work. The texture makes imperfections blend in.
This is what feathering your edges is for....
It just takes more time.
Wait what? Is this specific to ceilings? Because I've hardly ever noticed drywall seams under paint
Because when people remove it, they quickly learn why it was there. This is called acoustic ceiling covering. It was fine until 2000s home renovation shows started shitting on it because the point was to change and spend. Once removed, the rooms become echo chambers. While very early examples were made of asbestos as fire retardant, they were mostly made of vermiculite in the 70s and polystyrene after that. They were used by architects in the transition era post 60s where houses started to get built with prefab steel reinforced roof trellises which allowed much larger rooms and open concept designs. But big rooms get echo unless you add soft surfaces.
Builders in the US loved this covering because it was the cheapest way to finish a ceiling with least labor costs. One guy with a sprayer could do a whole house in a day.
It's so fucking ugly. My place has it and I hate it so much. But a ton of places seem to where I live.