No, avoid using high heat, like a heat gun, on a popcorn ceiling. Heating or steaming the texture to soften it for DIY scraping can crack it and release fibers into the air. Chrysotile asbestos was commonly mixed into ceiling texture through the 1970s and into the mid-1980s, so if your home was built or textured before the mid-1980s, the material could contain it. Under Ontario Regulation 278/05, any suspect material must be tested before it's disturbed, and heating or scraping counts as disturbing it. Removal itself isn't mandated by law, and the Ontario Building Code doesn't regulate popcorn ceilings, but testing first is essential.

• Asbestos testing: $300–$500, at cost with no markup. We coordinate testing; we don't perform licensed abatement ourselves.
• Unpainted ceiling removal: $4.50/sqft all-inclusive (removal, 2 skim coats, primer, 2 coats of paint)
• Latex-painted ceilings: $6.50/sqft all-inclusive. Oil-based painted ceilings: $7.50/sqft all-inclusive.

Skip the heat gun. Call (519) 729-7394 and we'll test first, then handle removal safely. KW Popcorn Ceiling Removal · Kitchener service area · Google Reviews