Smooth, finished ceiling after popcorn texture removal and skim coating

Popcorn Ceiling Removal in San Antonio

Your Popcorn Ceiling Removal Project, From Consultation to Completion

Popcorn ceilings date many established San Antonio homes, and the team led by Joe and Cristina Valdez scrapes them off and skims them smooth. We serve San Antonio, Alamo Heights, Olmos Park, Terrell Hills, Castle Hills, Shavano Park, Hollywood Park, and Leon Valley.

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Ceiling Assessment. We test for asbestos in pre-1980 San Antonio 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 San Antonio home.

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"We hired Christina and her crew to refinish the kitchen cabinets. They were previously white washed and now have been re…"

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"After living with a huge open ceiling from water damage for two years, we finally called That 1 Painter. I wish we had d…"

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"Adrian & his team were professional, detail oriented, went above and beyond, and completed the job sooner than expected!"

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What Popcorn Ceiling Removal Costs in San Antonio (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 San Antonio home
Skim coating ceiling after popcorn texture removal
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Smoothing ceiling after popcorn removal in San Antonio home
Modern smooth ceiling after popcorn removal
Finished smooth white ceiling after popcorn removal

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Popcorn Ceiling Removal in San Antonio

Popcorn ceilings are still standard in a large share of the San Antonio housing stock, especially 1970s and 1980s Terrell Hills, Northwood, and northside ranches. Homeowners across Alamo Heights, Stone Oak, and Alamo Ranch remove the texture as part of a larger refresh, and the move alone modernizes a whole home more than almost any other single change. Pre-1980 homes are tested for asbestos before any removal begins so the scope is handled safely and to code.

Removal is a wet-scrape process, not a dry sanding job. Crews mask floors and walls, saturate the texture in manageable sections, and scrape it back to the original drywall or plaster. From there the ceiling is skim-coated flat, primed, and painted, and the result reads as a modern smooth ceiling that pairs cleanly with any interior repaint on the schedule.

Popcorn removal is usually bundled with interior painting and often with drywall repair when the underlying ceiling has past water spots or seam cracks. Full cure is respected before furniture returns, and every scope is backed by our 3-year transferable warranty.

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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 San Antonio

Yes; smooth ceilings give the established San Antonio homes in these neighborhoods a cleaner, more current look.

There is dust, but we mask floors and surfaces and clean up thoroughly so your home is left tidy.

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