Smooth, finished ceiling after popcorn texture removal and skim coating

Popcorn Ceiling Removal in El Paso

Your Popcorn Ceiling Removal Project, From Consultation to Completion

Plenty of El Paso and Canutillo homes still wear dated popcorn ceilings that show every bit of desert dust.

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Ceiling Assessment. We test for asbestos in pre-1980 El Paso homes, evaluate the ceiling substrate condition, and discuss your preferred finish, smooth flat ceiling or a light modern texture.

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Remove & Smooth. We protect your furniture and floors with full-room containment, wet-scrape the popcorn ceiling texture, skim-coat to a smooth finish, and sand for a perfectly flat, paint-ready surface.

Finished smooth ceiling after popcorn removal, skim coating, priming, and paint
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Prime & Paint. The smooth ceiling is primed and painted with premium flat ceiling paint for a clean, modern look that transforms the entire room and adds value to your El Paso home.

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What Popcorn Ceiling Removal Costs in El Paso (2026)

107%

Maximum ROI on popcorn ceiling removal

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70–80%

Typical investment recouped at resale

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$1,985

Average professional removal cost

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Popcorn Ceiling Removal Portfolio Gallery

Smooth ceiling skim coat after popcorn removal in El Paso home
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Modern smooth ceiling after popcorn removal
Finished smooth white ceiling after popcorn removal

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Popcorn Ceiling Removal in El Paso

Popcorn ceiling removal across older El Paso, Canutillo, and Anthony homes is one of the highest-impact interior projects a homeowner can run. Ceilings from the 1970s and 1980s carry a texture that reads dated to almost every buyer, and pulling it flat resets how the whole room feels underfoot. Crews test, contain, and remove the texture, then skim, sand, and prime the substrate before any color coat.

Any home built before roughly 1980 is scoped with an abundance-of-caution test before demolition starts, and any positive result routes to a licensed abatement partner. That gate is walked with the homeowner at the estimate so the sequence is understood before a plastic wall goes up.

Once the ceiling is flat, the room reads noticeably taller and lighter, and the scope folds cleanly into any interior painting already planned. Trim, doors, and cabinets that were dulled by the shadow of a popcorn ceiling come back into focus, and cabinet refinishing staged in the same visit compounds the impact.

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Our 3-Year Warranty

Your peace of mind, at the top of mind with our three-year transferable warranty. Covers the painting job, even if you sell the house.

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Popcorn Ceiling Removal FAQs in El Paso

We mask and protect the room thoroughly, scrape the texture, then skim and finish, and we clean up fully when the work is done.

Yes, after scraping we skim-coat to a smooth finish and paint, leaving a clean, updated ceiling.

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