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How to hang pine wall planking
I finished framing my basement with 2x4's. Electrical, insulation, and
vapor barrier is installed. I plan on finishing the walls with 8" wide tongue & groove wall planking, The planks will be horizontal across the studs. I plan on using an air nailer to nail the 8inch wide 8foot long planks to the studs through the tongue of the planks Any advice relative to my installation? How far off the floor should I start? How to you handle the joints at the ends of the planks? I assume you don't just butt them together. Should the end joints of the boards be staggered? If so, what's the best way to do that? Thanks, Kevin |
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" wrote in message Any advice relative to my installation? How far off the floor should I start? Is the basement dry? Allow at least an inch on the bottom, more if you've ever had water. How to you handle the joints at the ends of the planks? I assume you don't just butt them together. YOu can, but look up "shiplap joints" for better appearance. Should the end joints of the boards be staggered? If so, what's the best way to do that? Start at one end of the wall and work to the other. The last board will have to be cut to fit. Use that board to start the next row. To keep it random, cut a board for the third row. If the first piece was say 16", cut off the next as 48" to give a better stagger. Or use them on an adjacent wall to stagger that. IMO, random look better than a symmetrical joint. |
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Thanks for your feedback. The basement is dry.
Don't you mean scarf joint rather than shiplap joint? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiplap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarf_joint Any suggestions as to the wall plank thickness? A lot of the stuff I'm seeing is pretty thick...seems like over-kill but some of this think stuff I've seen looks cheap & crappy... Thanks, Kevin Edwin Pawlowski wrote: " wrote in message Any advice relative to my installation? How far off the floor should I start? Is the basement dry? Allow at least an inch on the bottom, more if you've ever had water. How to you handle the joints at the ends of the planks? I assume you don't just butt them together. YOu can, but look up "shiplap joints" for better appearance. Should the end joints of the boards be staggered? If so, what's the best way to do that? Start at one end of the wall and work to the other. The last board will have to be cut to fit. Use that board to start the next row. To keep it random, cut a board for the third row. If the first piece was say 16", cut off the next as 48" to give a better stagger. Or use them on an adjacent wall to stagger that. IMO, random look better than a symmetrical joint. |
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How to hang pine wall planking
On 1 Nov 2006 16:50:30 -0800, "
wrote: I finished framing my basement with 2x4's. Electrical, insulation, and vapor barrier is installed. I plan on finishing the walls with 8" wide tongue & groove wall planking, The planks will be horizontal across the studs. I plan on using an air nailer to nail the 8inch wide 8foot long planks to the studs through the tongue of the planks Any advice relative to my installation? How far off the floor should I start? How to you handle the joints at the ends of the planks? I assume you don't just butt them together. Should the end joints of the boards be staggered? If so, what's the best way to do that? If you can, pick boards that are long enough to span the room without joints. Why are you choosing 8' planks? |
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" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for your feedback. The basement is dry. Don't you mean scarf joint rather than shiplap joint? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiplap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarf_joint Yes, brain thought scarf, fingers typed shiplap. |
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Thanks guys. I'm using the 8' planking because it's easy to get in my
basement and do a little at a time. Plus I like the look of the planks. Thanks, Kevin |
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