Skim coating a popcorn ceiling in Kitchener-Waterloo runs $2.50 per square foot for skim coat only, or $3.50 per square foot for full service skim coating with primer included. If you want your existing texture skimmed over without removing it first, that job actually costs more, not less: $8.50 per square foot, since skimming over texture takes more material and labor than removing it outright. For most homeowners, full popcorn removal with two skim coats, primer, and two coats of paint at $4.50 per square foot ends up being the more cost-effective option.

Before any skim coating begins, we coordinate asbestos testing at cost ($300 to $500, no markup), since chrysotile asbestos was commonly mixed into ceiling texture before the mid-1980s. Ontario Regulation 278/05 requires testing before disturbing suspect material. The Ontario Building Code does not regulate popcorn ceilings, and removal itself is not legally mandated.

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