How To Hang Beadboard On Walls

Hanging beadboard is a snap once you know these tried and true techniques.

How to hang beadboard on walls.

Leave the edges 2 4 inches depending on your brush or roller size painting top to bottom then hang the painted panels. I measured every area surface that i was going to beadboard and then calculated my cuts based on the 4 x8. Assuming your cuts are accurate. December 3 2016 at 11 26 am.

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. Use a stud sensor to locate and mark the wall framing. Even before hanging it s best to test fit your beadboard.

Pencil a layout line on the wall using the level s underside as your guide. How to install beadboard on walls and ceilings 1. Hang your beadboard. That will ensure a reveal albeit a narrow one at the point where your beadboard meets the door.

If it is plaster over wood you can nail or screw the beadboard into the wall. If it is plaster over masonry adhesive is the only installation method available. In a conventionally framed room with wall studs 16 on center each 4x8 ft. Beadboard has many uses not just as a wall covering.

Spread the wood glue with a notched trowel as you slip the boards into place. The top of each beadboard will land on this line. Does the beadboard make good insulation. If you are installing beadboard over drywall choose a panel with 3 8 inch or 1 4 inch thickness.

Run a wavy line of construction adhesive along the back of several boards. Plan the installation to start at a left side corner and work outward across the wall to the right. 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. Paint the beadboard first.

Butt the grooved end of a board into a corner and nail it in place. Slide the tongues in the grooves leaving a 1 16 inch space between the. The installation technique will depend on the type of walls you have.