Smooth, finished ceiling after popcorn texture removal and skim coating

Popcorn Ceiling Removal in Myrtle Beach

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Your Popcorn Ceiling Removal Project, From Consultation to Completion

Popcorn ceilings still show up in older Grand Strand condos, ranch homes in Conway and Loris and beach cottages along the coast, where the texture tends to trap dust, humidity and old stains.

Project manager arranging asbestos testing and protecting room before popcorn ceiling removal
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Ceiling Assessment. We test for asbestos in pre-1980 Myrtle Beach homes, evaluate the ceiling substrate condition, and discuss your preferred finish, smooth flat ceiling or a light modern texture.

Popcorn ceiling being wet-scraped and skim-coated with joint compound
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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 Myrtle Beach home.

What Popcorn Ceiling Removal Costs in Myrtle Beach (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 Myrtle Beach home
Skim coating ceiling after popcorn texture removal
Crew member finishing ceiling after popcorn removal in Myrtle Beach
Close-up of popcorn ceiling texture being scraped off
Smoothing ceiling after popcorn removal in Myrtle Beach home
Modern smooth ceiling after popcorn removal
Finished smooth white ceiling after popcorn removal

Trusted Paint Partners

Sherwin-Williams
Benjamin Moore
Behr
PPG
Romabio

Popcorn Ceiling Removal for Myrtle Beach Homes

Popcorn ceiling removal in the Myrtle Beach area mostly involves condos, ranch houses and beach cottages built before smooth ceilings became the norm. That bumpy texture collects dust and cooking residue, holds onto moisture in humid rooms and makes small water stains hard to hide. Removing it brightens a room and makes the ceiling far easier to repaint later.

The process starts with sealing the room. Plastic sheeting goes over the floor and up the walls, HVAC registers are taped shut, and anything that cannot leave the room gets bagged. Unpainted texture is misted and scraped, painted texture takes more effort, and the bare surface is then skim coated and sanded so the new ceiling looks smooth under raking light from large windows.

Condo owners in Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach should check building rules on work hours, elevator use and debris removal before scheduling. Once the ceiling is smooth, it is primed and finished with a flat ceiling paint, and many homeowners pair the project with drywall repair and a wall repaint so every surface in the room is updated at once.

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Popcorn Ceiling Removal FAQs in Myrtle Beach

It can be, because acoustic texture sprayed on ceilings into the 1980s sometimes included asbestos fibers. A lab sample comes first, a positive result sends the removal to a licensed abatement contractor, and the skim coat and paint come after that work is cleared.

Popcorn texture that has been painted over resists water, so it will not soften for easy scraping. Painted texture takes more scraping and more skim coating, and a small test patch helps set realistic expectations before the full room is started.