Stonewall, LA · DeSoto Parish
Popcorn Ceiling Removal in Stonewall, LA
Stonewall incorporated in 1972, and homes from those first years sit right inside the asbestos testing window.
Popcorn Ceiling Removal for Stonewall Homes
Stonewall has an unusually clean split on this service, and the dividing line is roughly the town's own history.
Stonewall was incorporated in 1972 and sits about 23 miles south of Shreveport on the Highway 171 corridor. The great bulk of its housing, however, is far more recent: it has become one of the fastest growing communities in DeSoto Parish, with around 14 approved subdivisions representing on the order of 850 homes expected by 2027. Those modern houses carry knockdown ceilings and have never had popcorn.
The older housing from around the town's incorporation era is a different matter, and the timing is worth taking seriously. The Consumer Product Safety Commission banned asbestos in patching compounds in 1977, but existing stock continued in legal use for years afterward. A house built in Stonewall in the mid-1970s therefore sits squarely inside the window where the answer genuinely is not knowable from the build date. If your Stonewall home dates to that era and has a textured ceiling, it should be tested by a certified laboratory before anyone disturbs it.
If you are in one of the newer subdivisions, what you probably want is a knockdown ceiling taken to smooth, which is a skim job rather than a scrape and carries none of the same concerns. One caution specific to very new houses: a ceiling in a home that is still settling will move, and a smooth ceiling shows movement far more readily than a textured one because there is no pattern to break up the light. If your Stonewall home is only a couple of years old, it is often worth letting the first settlement cycle finish before committing to a smooth ceiling finish. That is not advice that earns us work today, but it saves you paying twice.
What's Included
Lab testing first on anything from the incorporation era, containment and wet-scrape where the ceiling is genuinely popcorn, and an honest recommendation on timing if your house is new enough that it has not finished settling.
Why Stonewall Homeowners Choose Us
Houses from Stonewall's 1970s incorporation era sit inside the asbestos window where a build date proves nothing, and houses from the current boom are often too new to take a smooth ceiling yet. Both are timing questions and we raise them before quoting.
Beyond that, what you get in Stonewall is what you get anywhere we work: a free written quote that names the finish level before we start, texture tested on a sample board against your own wall rather than guessed at, and a straight answer when the real problem is not drywall at all.
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Tell us the build year and we will tell you whether you are looking at a lab test, a scrape, or a skim, because in Stonewall those three answers are very far apart.
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FAQ
Popcorn Ceiling Removal Questions from Stonewall
My Stonewall home is from the 1970s. Should I test?
Yes. Asbestos was banned in patching compounds in 1977, but existing stock stayed in legal use for years afterward, so a house from around the town's incorporation era sits right inside the window where the build date genuinely does not answer the question. A lab test is inexpensive and definitive.
My house is brand new. Can I have a smooth ceiling?
You can, with one caution. A smooth ceiling shows structural movement much more readily than a textured one, because there is no pattern to break up the light. In a house that has not finished its first settlement cycle, waiting a year or two before committing to smooth often saves doing it twice.
Do the new Stonewall subdivisions have popcorn?
No. Sprayed acoustic ceilings had long fallen out of use before the current building boom here. Those homes carry knockdown, and taking knockdown to smooth is a skim job with none of the era-related concerns attached.
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