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.

Does the beadboard make good insulation. The top of each beadboard will land on this line. Leave the edges 2 4 inches depending on your brush or roller size painting top to bottom then hang the painted panels. December 3 2016 at 11 26 am.

Beadboard has many uses not just as a wall covering. If it is plaster over masonry adhesive is the only installation method available. Plan the installation to start at a left side corner and work outward across the wall to the right. Hanging beadboard is a snap once you know these tried and true techniques.

If you are installing beadboard over drywall choose a panel with 3 8 inch or 1 4 inch thickness. That will ensure a reveal albeit a narrow one at the point where your beadboard meets the door. Assuming your cuts are accurate. How to install beadboard on walls and ceilings 1.

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. 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.

Panel should end and begin on a stud. Hang your beadboard. Using a 4 foot level or longer find the floor s highest point along the wall. Butt the grooved end of a board into a corner and nail it in place.

Now fill in with caulking in gap and in screw holes then let dry and paint edges. Paint the beadboard first. In a conventionally framed room with wall studs 16 on center each 4x8 ft. Measure mark and cut the beadboard.

Beadboard either as wall paneling or as wainscoting can be installed over plaster walls. Spread the wood glue with a notched trowel as you slip the boards into place. Run a wavy line of construction adhesive along the back of several boards.