Walls and Ceilings - I want to make ceilings uniform texture

I am doing a full remodel of my home and the walls had a hodge podge of paneling and sheet rock-- all of which have been removed. I am left with the ceilings. Every room has different texture, Some have popcorn, some have sand texture, the living room has knock down texture(painted), the dining room had acoustic tiles glued on to it. I removed the tiles and the glue spots but it made a mess of the sheetrock.

My question......what would be easier---To scrape, prep and skim coat the ceilings or tear down the old rock and put up new rock. I have blown in insulation in the attic btw. Thanks in advance

Hello & welcome to the forum.

Given the fact you've got blown in insulation in the attic, tearing out the old rock isn't a good solution at all.

I would advise you to hang new 1/2" sheetrock over the existing ceilings. Just finished doing this in a 50 yr old hs yesterday. A bit of a pain, as you'll need to locate all the joists in all the rooms, and mark them on the walls & mark them every 4 ft across the ceiling. But it would be the easiest way to end up with uniform ceiling textures throughout the house.

Best of luck & let us know if you've got more ?'s.

Thanks for the input........I was thinking about putting 1/4 sheetrock over the existing rock. Is there any drawbacks to using 1/4 inch?

I wouldn't recommend using anything less than 1/2" rock on a ceiling, 3/8" will sag very easily.

Even with the 1/2" it needs to be attached with 5 fastners per joist evenly spaced across the sheet.