Yes, plan on $4.50 per square foot for unpainted popcorn ceiling removal in Mount Pleasant and across Kitchener-Waterloo, all-inclusive of scraping, two skim coats, primer, and two coats of paint. Latex-painted ceilings run $6.50/sqft and oil-based painted ceilings run $7.50/sqft, since paint slows the strip. A main floor, a few rooms, or a condo (400-600 sqft) typically runs $2,000 to $4,500. Bigger homes with 900-1,500 sqft of ceiling run $4,050 to $11,250. Skim coat only, no removal, is $2.50/sqft basic or $3.50/sqft full service; skimming over existing texture without removing it first actually costs more, at $8.50/sqft, since the old surface has to be stabilized before it can be finished smooth.

Homes built before the mid-1980s often have chrysotile asbestos in the ceiling texture, so we test anything from that era before touching it, at $300-$500, our cost, no markup. Ontario Regulation 278/05 requires testing before disturbing suspect material; removal itself isn't legally mandated, and the Ontario Building Code doesn't regulate popcorn ceilings. We coordinate certified testing for you; we don't perform the abatement ourselves. I'm Eddie, owner of KW Popcorn Ceiling Removal & Painting, 500+ Kitchener-Waterloo area homes done since 2019, $2M insured, WSIB covered. (519) 729-7394 · KW Popcorn Ceiling Removal · Google Reviews