How To Hang Beadboard On Walls

Pencil a layout line on the wall using the level s underside as your guide.

How to hang beadboard on walls.

Plan the installation to start at a left side corner and work outward across the wall to the right. Assuming your cuts are accurate. Beadboard has many uses not just as a wall covering. That will ensure a reveal albeit a narrow one at the point where your beadboard meets the door.

Use a stud sensor to locate and mark the wall framing. How to install beadboard on walls and ceilings 1. Butt the grooved end of a board into a corner and nail it in place. Leave the edges 2 4 inches depending on your brush or roller size painting top to bottom then hang the painted panels.

If it is plaster over wood you can nail or screw the beadboard into the wall. Using a 4 foot level or longer find the floor s highest point along the wall. I measured every area surface that i was going to beadboard and then calculated my cuts based on the 4 x8. Spread the wood glue with a notched trowel as you slip the boards into place.

Does the beadboard make good insulation. Panel should end and begin on a stud. Measure mark and cut the beadboard. Beadboard either as wall paneling or as wainscoting can be installed over plaster walls.

In a conventionally framed room with wall studs 16 on center each 4x8 ft. At this high spot place a cut board vertically against the wall and set the level on top so that the bubble is centered in the vial. Even before hanging it s best to test fit your beadboard. Slide the tongues in the grooves leaving a 1 16 inch space between the.

Hang your beadboard. The installation technique will depend on the type of walls you have. Paint the beadboard first. The top of each beadboard will land on this line.

If it is plaster over masonry adhesive is the only installation method available. If you are installing beadboard over drywall choose a panel with 3 8 inch or 1 4 inch thickness. December 3 2016 at 11 26 am.