How To Hang Beadboard On Walls

Panel should end and begin on a stud.

How to hang beadboard on walls.

Use a stud sensor to locate and mark the wall framing. Slide the tongues in the grooves leaving a 1 16 inch space between the. Even before hanging it s best to test fit your beadboard. Hang your beadboard.

In a conventionally framed room with wall studs 16 on center each 4x8 ft. If it is plaster over wood you can nail or screw the beadboard into the wall. Pencil a layout line on the wall using the level s underside as your guide. Assuming your cuts are accurate.

How to install beadboard on walls and ceilings 1. Butt the grooved end of a board into a corner and nail it in place. I measured every area surface that i was going to beadboard and then calculated my cuts based on the 4 x8. If you are installing beadboard over drywall choose a panel with 3 8 inch or 1 4 inch thickness.

Spread the wood glue with a notched trowel as you slip the boards into place. Hanging beadboard is a snap once you know these tried and true techniques. That will ensure a reveal albeit a narrow one at the point where your beadboard meets the door. Run a wavy line of construction adhesive along the back of several boards.

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. Now fill in with caulking in gap and in screw holes then let dry and paint edges. Using a 4 foot level or longer find the floor s highest point along the wall. Beadboard either as wall paneling or as wainscoting can be installed over plaster walls.

If it is plaster over masonry adhesive is the only installation method available. Paint the beadboard first. December 3 2016 at 11 26 am. Measure mark and cut the beadboard.

The top of each beadboard will land on this line. Plan the installation to start at a left side corner and work outward across the wall to the right. The installation technique will depend on the type of walls you have.