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8 ◆ www.Hawk-n-Trowel.com ◆ Spring 2008
◆ That Drywall Guy
Try something diff erent
with that ceiling fi nish
by Myron R. Ferguson
I
like textured ceilings, but I don’t like
them in every room in every house I
tape. I don’t ever texture a ceiling or
even suggest texturing to cover up my
company’s poor taping job.
I texture ceilings because it looks
good. It helps bring some life to a plain
ceiling. However, if every ceiling I tape
is textured, then to me, textures become
plain ceilings that would look better
smooth.
Ceiling fi nishes can be as diff erent
as customers, whether they are owners
or building contractors. And of course
we all know how diff erent drywall
contractors can be.
I’m a drywall contractor, so when
I leave a job, I want people to notice
that I have been there. I want them to
say, “Wow, that looks good. Who did
this work?”
I work for some contractors who
Photo courtesy of Tom Sass, Sass Drywall
don’t even want the word “texture”
mentioned because they have
stigmatized it as cheap and they believe
a smooth fi nish is what signifi es a
quality job.
I applied a nice medium knockdown
texture to a friend’s family room
addition. Around the ceiling fans and
recessed lights I used a brush to create
a nice design. Everyone that walks
into that room notices that ceiling and
loves the look. It is somewhat unique, it
looks great, and it was done to decorate.
And yes, it does hide some slight
imperfections, such as a popped screw or
a paint-roller mark. So it is a win-win.
I know a fl ooring guy will notice
the fl ooring when he enters a room, and
a person who hangs doors for a living
will notice how well a door latches every
time they close a door. I notice drywall
work. And I want other people to notice
my work too, because it looks good, not