Replacing Tongue And Groove Ceiling Boards

Whether your décor is rustic or formal eclectic or traditional ceiling planks add textural contrast to walls and floors and enhance a room s visual appeal.

Replacing tongue and groove ceiling boards.

Rotten porch board are a big issue with historic homes. Unfinished pine tongue and groove shiplap siding board 6 pack model 276589 view the ufp edge unfinished tongue groove. This ensures superb fit and eliminates waste. Gerard miller used a pine tongue and groove plank to replace the ceiling in his master bedroom he told us the cost was right at 200.

Using a mallet to hold the new board use blocks of wood to protect the surface of the new tongue and groove board and cut off the back of the boards groove with a wood chisel. Wood tongue and groove planking. Tongue and groove ceiling planks with their authentic wood looks create a decorative focal point for any room. Wood planks are popular for rustic and country styles.

You should start out by using an electric drill to drill some holes near the ends of the board. 1 set the circular saw to cut 1 16 inch deeper than the depth of the damaged floorboards. Removing damaged planks takes a bit of effort but new tongue and groove flooring installs in a snap. Most stores carry 1x4 beaded ceiling board as well.

Some boards are rough on one face and smooth on the other. In the video we will show techniques to replace tongue and groove porch boards both in the middle and. Step 1 drill holes in the board. Here are the basics of how to replace damaged tongue and groove boards.

Starting at the ceiling fit the replacement board with the damaged old board s adjacent neighbor and slip in into place. They add warmth and texture to a room. But other wood options and sizes can be special ordered. All of our wall and ceiling planking is tongue and grooved on all four sides.

Others like the 1x8 boards used here have a groove down the middle of one face to give the impression of more narrower boards. Weight is an issue so you ll want to get the thinnest planks but not too thin or else they will sag. These tips apply to any of the styles.