Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Popcorn ceiling in a house From the 1950s through the ’80s, the ceilings in many new homes were finished with a rough, stippled ...

Q: Our home was built in 1971. After buying it, we hired a remodeling contractor to remove the popcorn ceilings. When he started the work, we asked if he was going to test for asbestos before starting ...

QDEAR BARRY: My home has textured ceilings in the living rooms and bedrooms, and the material has tested positive for asbestos. A home inspector I know says he removed his asbestos ceilings by himself ...