Once you open a ceiling, you are no longer just swapping tiles or chasing a leak. You are exposing the hidden infrastructure that keeps a building safe, and that can instantly move your project into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Popcorn ceiling in a house From the 1950s through the ’80s, the ceilings in many new homes were finished with a rough, stippled ...

Popcorn ceilings are a pain for those who despise this '70s and '80s design trend, but HGTV star Jenn Todryk has a simple - ...

Q. I hired a contractor to remodel my basement. While he was working, I was taking an afternoon nap. When I woke up, I found that he had removed all of the ceiling tiles and had stuffed them into ...

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