We started the demo on Sunday. I spent Friday and Saturday bleaching and scrubbing both bathrooms. This home was vacant for almost a year, so there is quite a lot of dust and dirt that has been built up.
The first job to tackle was scraping the "cottage cheese" ceilings. We did this by wetting the ceiling with a clean empty garden sprayer bought at Harbor Freight for $7. You want to make sure you cover the area with plastic from the walls down to the floor, including the windows. Don't do what we did and not cover the windows, then all the "cottage cheese" gets stuck in the window sills, not fun to get out. Also make sure you are wearing eye protection and mask, just in case there is asbestos in the ceiling. Also clothing you don't care too much about, as the ceiling will be raining on you, as you wet it. Then take a scraper on a pole and scrape the ceilings. It will be difficult, so take breaks and rest your arms and neck. I know I had too.
After your done with the ceiling you want to scoop it all into the plastic and throw it away in a dumpster. We bought a
Bagster from
Lowes, and you will it up, call Waste Management, and they come and haul it off your driveway with a crane. Its a lot cheaper then getting a $400 dumpster. You will need to get into the corners of your ceiling with a small scraper. After the ceiling should look like the picture below.
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