Replacing Tongue And Groove Ceiling Boards

Rotten porch board are a big issue with historic homes.

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. Conforms to less than perfect surfaces. In the video we will show techniques to replace tongue and groove porch boards both in the middle and. If you have tongue and groove boards on your floor there is a chance that you will need to repair them at some point.

If one of them is damaged you will need to remove it and put a new one in its place. Attractive rustic appearance. Easy to lift individual boards. Unfinished pine tongue and groove shiplap siding board 6 pack model 276591 view the ufp edge unfinished tongue groove.

Tongue and groove ceiling planks with their authentic wood looks create a decorative focal point for any room. 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. Most stores carry 1x4 beaded ceiling board as well. Others like the 1x8 boards used here have a groove down the middle of one face to give the impression of more narrower boards.

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. Starting at the ceiling fit the replacement board with the damaged old board s adjacent neighbor and slip in into place. But other wood options and sizes can be special ordered. They add warmth and texture to a room.

Here are the basics of how to replace damaged tongue and groove boards. Removing damaged planks takes a bit of effort but new tongue and groove flooring installs in a snap. Weight is an issue so you ll want to get the thinnest planks but not too thin or else they will sag. 1 set the circular saw to cut 1 16 inch deeper than the depth of the damaged floorboards.

A nearly flat smooth surface can be achieved. Easier to paint than tongue and groove. These tips apply to any of the styles.