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Popcorn texture sprayed on Shoreline ceilings during the postwar building boom sometimes contains asbestos. Start with a chip in the lab. A positive result means plastic over the room, soaked texture and bagged scrapings, and a ceiling that is ready for patching, a skim coat or new drywall.
About 31% of Shoreline homes date from the 1960s and 1970s, and the median home is from 1969. Years do not settle the question, so a test comes first. We work in Shoreline, Lake Forest Park and Edmonds.
The texture comes off, the surface is cleaned, and a plasterer can skim it flat. Positive texture counts as friable surfacing material, so the amount removed during the calendar year is added up against the agency’s 48-square-foot notice limit.
Covering a positive ceiling in place sounds simple, but the agency warns that sealing popcorn can make removal harder later. Decide whether you will ever need it gone.
Paint alone leaves the texture in place. That works only when nothing will disturb it, and a thick coating can bring loose texture down.
Brown rings point to water that got in at some point. Damaged texture sheds fibers more easily, which is why the room stays closed until a sample is in and the roof or pipe is fixed.
A little preparation shortens the job.
Move furniture out or wrap it. Take down fans, fixtures and smoke detectors, or cover them.
Each of the options above leaves the ceiling in a different condition. Say which one you want, so the surface is ready for it.
Resident owners of single-family houses may do this work themselves under the agency’s containment, wet-work and disposal rules. Rentals and condos are excluded, and the agency still suggests a certified contractor.
Start with asbestos testing and surveys, then see floor tile and sheet vinyl removal.
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