Silver Springs is one of NW Calgary's oldest communities. Skim coating is one of the most common calls we get here -- 40-year-old walls and ceilings that need a fresh surface, not another patch.
Silver Springs homes from the late 1970s and 1980s are 40-50 years old -- among the oldest residential stock in NW Calgary. In these homes, the question is rarely "should I patch this crack" -- it's usually "how do I get a wall or ceiling that looks new again." A skim coat is often the cleanest answer.
In Silver Springs, skim coating comes up in a few different forms: full-room ceiling skims to flatten stipple or knockdown texture that's cracked through multiple cycles; wall skims in renovated kitchens and bathrooms where the surface needs to be reset; and post-wallpaper skim where the face paper has been damaged during a dated wallpaper removal.
Pre-1990 homes in Silver Springs -- which is most of them -- should test stipple ceilings for asbestos before any scraping or disturbance. We'll explain the process at the quote; it's fast and inexpensive and doesn't delay the work significantly.