How To Install A Beadboard Ceiling

Remember that you will be installing the boards perpendicular to the ceiling joists so pick the starting wall accordingly.

How to install a beadboard ceiling. Purchase your beadboard though beadboard generally comes in planks that are 8 feet long there are usually other. Panel should end and begin on a stud. Most porch ceilings are covered at the least with plywood which is the perfect substrate.

We used a pneumatic nailer which made quick work of it. Plan the installation to start at a left side corner and work outward across the wall to the right. Measure the depth of the porch front to back at the end where you will start installing the.

Here is what the ceiling looked like with only the beadboard installed. Hanging beadboard is a snap once you know these tried and true techniques. In a conventionally framed room with wall studs 16 on center each 4x8 ft.

Measure mark and cut the beadboard use a stud sensor to locate and mark the wall framing. Assuming your cuts are accurate start on one side of your room and attach the sheet of beadboard to the wall with construction adhesive on the back in a squiggly shape and then with lots of nails. How to install beadboard in the ceiling step 1.

Based on the size of this room we decided on 1 x 5 boards. Use a level to get your first sheet straight and the rest will follow. Measure cut paint and install border boards.

Smaller rooms would require narrower boards to stay to scale. Install the beadboard tongue and groove boards beginning at the wall on one end of the ceiling start installing the tongue and groove boards. Watch how to install beadboard paneling from diy.