Smooth, finished ceiling after popcorn texture removal and skim coating

Popcorn Ceiling Removal in San Marcos

Your Popcorn Ceiling Removal Project, From Consultation to Completion

From dated ranch homes in San Marcos to older rentals near Texas State, scraping away popcorn ceilings instantly modernizes a Central Texas interior.

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

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What Popcorn Ceiling Removal Costs in San Marcos (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 Marcos home
Skim coating ceiling after popcorn texture removal
Crew member finishing ceiling after popcorn removal in San Marcos
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Smoothing ceiling after popcorn removal in San Marcos 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 in San Marcos

Popcorn ceilings are still standard in a large share of the San Marcos housing stock, especially 1970s and 1980s ranches near Texas State and older Kyle and Buda subdivisions. Homeowners 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 Marcos

We mask floors and walls thoroughly before scraping to contain the dust, then smooth, prime, and paint for a clean, updated ceiling.

Yes. Landlords near Texas State often modernize units between leases, and we schedule popcorn removal during turnover so rentals show better for incoming students.

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