Popcorn Ceiling Removal for Toms River, NJ Homes
Toms River Drywall takes down popcorn ceilings across Toms River, where, according to Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 estimates, the median home was built in 1978 and 54% of homes predate 1980.
The lab report comes before the scraper
Sprayed acoustic texture can contain asbestos. The EPA banned spray-applied asbestos surfacing in 1978, but existing stock could still be installed after that, so a later build date does not prove a ceiling is clean. Following EPA guidance, have the ceiling sampled by a trained, accredited asbestos professional and lab-tested before anyone scrapes. If the result comes back positive, the ceiling is a job for a licensed asbestos abatement contractor, not for us.
Wet-scrape versus overlay
Never-painted stipple softens with water and scrapes off in ribbons. Stipple that has been painted, and in humid shore houses most of it has, sheds water and fights the blade, tearing the paper face as it goes. On those ceilings we either skim over the texture or fasten new 1/2" board across the old lid. We look at your ceiling and tell you which approach it is before we price it.
Dust control
Plastic on floors and walls, fixtures bagged, and the room exhausted through a window fan.
The finished surface
Removals get skimmed smooth to Level 5, since a bare ceiling under shore daylight forgives nothing.
Put-back
Lights, vents, and detectors remounted before the plastic comes down.
- No scraping until a clean lab result is in hand
- Room isolated from the rest of the house
- Level 5 smooth standard on every removal
- Ready for primer when we walk out
Towns we work in
Serving Toms River and towns roughly 25 miles out.