Watch how to install beadboard paneling from diy.
How to diy beadboard panel wall.
Panel should end and begin on a stud.
We used 1 4 thick scrap plywood pieces to help do this.
Remove baseboard and outlet covers.
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.
Use a stud sensor to locate and mark the wall framing.
Also use a level to make sure the panel is level.
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.
So if you want to add architectural interest but for whatever reason don t want to measure much then beadboard is a great introduction to the diy world of wall paneling.
In a conventionally framed room with wall studs 16 on center each 4x8 ft.
And the cost is extremely affordable.
One panel was 22 at the home depot.
Measure mark and cut the beadboard.
Familiarize yourself with the separate parts that make up beadboard wainscoting.
You don t want the beadboard to be resting on the floor so raise it up a little bit off the floor.
If you are reusing the baseboard carefully pry it from the wall.
Use a level to get your first sheet straight and the rest will follow.
After your beadboard is installed throughout the room you re ready to trim it out.
Line up your first beadboad panel to the wall starting from one corner of the wall.
Panels or vertical boards baseboards and top cap moulding which provides an elegant finish to the top of the panel.