Beadboard Planks
The visual of our 6” X 48” HomeStyle Nation Classic Ceiling Plank delivers an incredible country rustic appear. Here is the ugly popcorn ceiling prior to we started, displaying our grid lines, marking exactly where the ceiling joists are. You can speed up your beadboard install by getting your material finished prior to installing it. I primed all six sides of the material prior to installing it. This is especially essential if you plan to paint the beadboard ceiling immediately after the install. Tapping the boards not only tightens the tongue and groove joint, but tightens the nails of the boards already installed. The beadboard ceiling boards must be installed perpendicular (oriented at a 90-degree angle) to the joists.
Prior to installing any boards, you need to mark the location of the ceiling joists on the existing ceiling employing a chalk line or similar. Whilst operating beaded boards perpendicular to ceiling studs is generally not a dilemma, it offers challenges for a wainscot style application on walls. Making use of a stud finder or other system, locate and mark your ceiling joists prior to starting board installation. I have been living in a modular residence for the previous eight years and hate the popcorn ceilings and bare walls.
Manufactured exterior grade beadboard planks and paneling that might execute superior. When ordering beaded ceiling boards, order boards extended enough to stay away from lengthwise seams. Once again, beadboard ceiling constructed working with three/4″ x 4″ beaded pine tongue and groove boards painted white. To tighten the boards prior to nailing, use a scrap piece of the tongue and groove board as a tapping block and firmly pound on it with a hammer. We nail them along the back edge only so that it’s easier to click the next row of planks … Read the rest