If your drywall installer does a neat job (seams cut neatly, tight fit, etc) its not even HARD for the muders/tapers to give you a smooth finish. Here in California it is considered an "upgrade" for an imperfect smooth Sheetrock texture. Thanks so much for taking us along for the ride Mandi!! A warped stud can require mudding a wall for several feet on either side, to hide the bowing. The issue is not just a lack of skill of the drywall finishers. It starts with applying a mixture of plaster and marble dust in several thin layers. That’s why textured walls are so common in developer-built housing; it’s quicker and cheaper, with less skilled laborers. That just blows my mind. I don’t understand how smooth walls would cost so much more. Firstly the texture (amplified by goody paint) just seems too harsh and unwelcoming to me. These finishes usually take patience and practice, and it is a different technique for each different look that are all called "imperfect". The human eye picks up on dents and defects due primarily to the different angle of light reflection on the surface. Venetian Plaster Finish. Honestly – this seems like more work! The cost to Texture Walls starts at $0.88 - $1.13 per square foot, but can vary significantly with site conditions and options. Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting gallery. When they were done, they started sanding in area first done (as coat 2 is much thinner than coat 1 and dries quicker). 3700 sf- It costs 16k to have drywall hung with knockdown texture. Warped studs and joists are common here. He would come to our house in the evening after the rest of the crew left to mud and flew through the rooms on his stilts and never sanded a thing. So I’m feeling you’re pain. I’m really confused — I’m in Canada and we just fill/sand the seams and prime right over the drywall for a smooth surface, the drywall is never completely coated with mud. Horizontal Slatted Fence + My FAVORITE DIY App. http://www.behr.com/consumer/how-to/interior/how-to-create-a-venetian-plaster-finish, http://www.hgtv.com/design/decorating/design-101/decorative-paint-technique-venetian-plaster. In my area of Minnesota, only 25% of the new builds are orange peel. That place is my dream! your own Pins on I currently have textured walls and I hate them. in the drywall. My kids are way too messy/dirty/slobs to have a paint I can’t scrub! (Real renovation life perfectly captured above), Though I didn’t get an actual formal bid for it, my contractor estimated that it would be about 3-5x the regular cost to do a completely smooth finish. Canadian here too. we are not at all prone to earthquakes, etc. Knockdown texture reduces construction costs because it conceals imperfections in the drywall that normally require higher more expensive stages of sand and prime for drywall installers. See typical tasks and time to texture walls, along with per unit costs and material requirements. Organic, hand-painted wallpaper is still going strong in many design quarters. A quick google image search shows a huge range of what Old World texture looks like and thankfully none of them look like mine. Seams (lol) to me that skim coating the wall for the texture would be more work! In Nebraska most of the walls are smooth, you will see some builders do a textured wall but not all. Maybe it’s a Southern Utah/match the stucco kind of thing? The fact contractors are trying to up charge for a smooth finish is crazy talk. Just did a reno with new drywall. Is it to save the step of sanding? I FEEL YOUR PAIN! Jarrah is a west Australian hardwood beautiful timber rich dark red-brown which is also used for high-end furniture. I could get past that if it was functional but it isn’t! We have a bunch of companies getting rich off cheap labor. I never come to comment but this got me all confused too! Keep the conversation going! Heck, this is how I did my OWN drywalling–taped the seams, sanded that smooth, then primed the walls with drywall primer. I think this is the first time I’ve ever hear of texturing the walls! Having lived with textured walls for all of my life, they don’t bother me, but seeing a wall or ceiling that isn’t perfectly straight would drive me crazy. I’m up in Canada as well, and I second the ‘just prime the drywall’. Apparently it’s faster and cheaper for a builder to do things this way. the comments about just mudding the seams and screws. If so, it's likely that no great patience or skill would be required. In my case it will compliment my Travertine-walled kitchen to create a Tuscan-inspired space. You will find texture in older houses that have lath and plaster walls, since that’s a very different process. It can also help with sound dampening because of the thick application. We just built a house… perfectly smooth drywall finish. Texturing involves a two-part rolling processâan initial application, then ⦠How to Make a SMOOTH Chalkboard Wall {For Imperfect Walls} I feel your pain! Tedious sure, but pretty straight forward. Smooth. I live in Kansas and I am with you that orange peel is the prominent texture but smooth walls here cost the same. Who knew it would vary so much! texture is much more forgiving during the building process and demands less perfection. Completely makes no sense to me why anyone would consider this to be a cheaper alternative. Oh my gosh! Ugh. Textured interior walls (think: âorange peel,â popcorn, or swirled patterns) have a practical function, since the texture hides the signs of drywall installationâthat is, the taped seams where the sheets of drywall meetâand other imperfections⦠If you use a roller with a rough brush to apply wall paint and apply it "thick", it will be less smooth. They used a slightly nappier roller for the primer than for the paint. Definitely just mud on the seams with 2-3 mud and sanding passes, primer on the bare drywall. From Canada and agreed that the texture thing on the walls is odd to me. It's durable and easily to clean making it a popular texture in ⦠KY here. It’s like popcorn ceiling but everywhere. I’m in Oregon and we’re in the middle of a gut renovation (zero plumbing, electrical or drywall remains, and we’ve reframed pretty much everything). Textured walls will require a heavier coat using up to 1/3rd more paint (which is an expensive product – 3rd cost contributor) to achieve complete coverage. Unfortunately, it just can’t be matched anymore so when I did an addition I had the drywall guys do a very light hawk and trowel. Since your walls are already painted, I would probably try something like this, but with a different technique than for this heavy look. The texture thing is a big deal – it’s not only non-standard and super expensive to get a smooth finish, it’s hard to find a contractor who is good at it. I live in western PA, and we do the exact same thing. It’s just so ugly and I also don’t understand how smooth walls are more expensive when they are the standard in most other countries/states. I also love smooth walls, but a little texture on the walls + 3 kids = a lot of time saved not having to repair drywall dings. Once painted, it ends up having a very light orange peel texture. And how do you feel about it? We used this texture on the walls and ceiling, you can see in the below picture where the mud is thinner (because it already dried) and how there is definitely texture, but its not everywhere. Orange Peel (also called splatter or eggshell) looks like the skin of an orange. Discover (and save!) with textured walls, but all my other homes were older (circa 1900) with smooth texture. From wikipedia: Paint your imperfect walls to hide their flaws under a wash of new color -- or take some time to emphasize the age and wear on the walls to add character to a room. Yes! We always had smooth walls (unfortunately with popcorn ceilings in our 1960’s house) in our houses/apartments, except our first house which was a 1940’s bungalow and did have a more plastered/textured wall finish. Check out my guide here!! I always assumed texture was used to camo flaws in cheaper builds. Go with me on this. You guys are blowing my mind with your comments!! Spec homes, tract homes and less skilled drywall crews always produce textured walls here. Every home I have ever been to in WA state has textured walls. Sounds like a (-this is the way we do it) scam. First off, skilled labor is a thing of the past around here. Venetian plaster is an ancient method of applying textured surface coating ⦠Being standard. ) what you have will look so good though and i am WI. 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