Thread Number: 80763
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Ceiling heights and popcorn ceilings |
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Post# 1047522 , Reply# 1   10/12/2019 at 09:23 (1,657 days old) by philcobendixduo (San Jose)   |   | |
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My 1967 tract home has "popcorn" ceilings and I love them. They still look great after 52 years, never need painting and help to quiet the rooms. Bathrooms, kitchen, closets and laundry room have same texture as the walls.
BEST of all, the living room and dining room ceilings have SPARKLES (just like stars)! Perhaps ceiling heights are "up" because people are getting taller?!? Higher and cathedral ceilings also impart a sense of spaciousness. My two cents. |
Post# 1047523 , Reply# 2   10/12/2019 at 09:24 (1,657 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA)   |   | |
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Never gave it a thought until your post. I measured and my 1956 ranch has 8 foot ceilings. I'm 5'8" and it seems perfect to me. Perhaps if I was 6'4" I'd feel differently.
Like a lot of ranch homes from this period, I have a cove ceiling in the living room which is a simple but nice touch.
I don't care about popcorn ceilings one way or the other. I never even thought of it as an issue until the home shows started "shaming" them.
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Post# 1047524 , Reply# 3   10/12/2019 at 09:35 (1,657 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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I've lived in two places with popcorn ceilings. Didn't mind them at all in the first house (rented), but lived with a heavy smoker in the second one and that was another story. The living room ceiling looked filthy in short order.
Smoking is forbidden in this apartment building. The two smokers have to go stand out on the front or back step. As a tail-end baby boomer, I remember when everyone smoked anywhere they wanted to. Don't miss those days. At any rate, popcorn ceilings and smokers are a bad mix. |
Post# 1047525 , Reply# 4   10/12/2019 at 10:03 (1,657 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ)   |   | |
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The reason there's such a fuss about popcorn ceilings is because many of them contain friable asbestos. |
Post# 1047528 , Reply# 5   10/12/2019 at 11:01 (1,657 days old) by Xraytech (Rural southwest Pennsylvania )   |   | |
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My 1946 Cape Cod has 8’2” ceilings throughout, I’m 6’5” and don’t feel closed in at all, probably in part due to the excessive amount of windows in every room. My ceilings are all smooth, the living room has s lot of cracks that had been patched so I think a textured ceiling would look better there.
My guess on the lower ceiling heights in postwar homes had to do with saving materials during the housing boom, as well as saving on fuel costs for heating purposes. I personally find cathedral ceilings to be a waste of space and waste of heating fuel |
Post# 1047529 , Reply# 6   10/12/2019 at 12:00 (1,657 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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2 of the 3 incl our current house (built 1958) have had cathedral/vaulted ceilings though none of the houses I grew up in did nor did they have popcorn ceilings that I can recall. THe first house we bought built in the 70s had 8ft and popcorn in the livingroom only as did many of the apartments I lived in. Smoking made them look nasty and there was no way to clean them. Our heating bill really isn't any higher than our neighbors who have 9 ft ceilings,, yes we do compare occasionally. I'm actually surprised because it goes against logic and we're not ones to turn the heat down, because we're home everyday all day more or less and it's a boiler
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Post# 1047542 , Reply# 8   10/12/2019 at 15:42 (1,657 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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If you're into music reproduction, vaulted ceilings have superior acoustics; nothing sounds worse than a box. But if your idea of music is mp3 it probably doesn't matter.
Ceiling fan distributes that winter 'waste' heat. Summer, high ceiling gives heat a place to go away from occupants, though the difference in one foot is negligible.
Those are the practicals. Fashion-- what sells chicks-- I wouldn't know. |
Post# 1048528 , Reply# 13   10/23/2019 at 11:47 (1,646 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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I wish I had a remnant of the old ceiling tiles of my parents' basement which was actually new as was the paneling and even the bar more than forty years ago when we'd just moved in...
I think low ceilings are quite cozy and mine is at a just right, so my room is just right comfy in the wintertime but where the room faces and in between rooms gets a great deal stuffy during the hot and warm times of the year... -- Dave CLICK HERE TO GO TO DaveAMKrayoGuy's LINK
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Post# 1048632 , Reply# 15   10/24/2019 at 08:22 (1,645 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Grew up with 8' textured (knock-down) ceilings, and remember seeing the advent of the popcorn or blown-on as they were called around here. I've seen the sparkles, heavy & light textures, etc. Removing them can be a huge pain, but so worth the effort if underlying surface is finished properly.
Our home, built in 1952 has smooth finish 8' ceilings and now that I've had them, wouldn't want anything less. When we remodeled the kitchen/dining in '07, the drywall contractor bid the job with a light textured finish coat throughout the spaces. He wasn't thrilled with my insistence on smooth finish, and it showed in the final result which I spent a week smoothing and fixing their "expert finishing" before painting.
Terry Latz built a home in FL a few years before he passed away and had 9' ceiling and taller door options added. It made a huge difference in the spacial feel of even the smaller rooms. I would opt for this as well, it was very open and airy feeling. |