How to Install a Beadboard Porch Ceiling
By , This Old House magazine
Photo: Kolin Smith
Finish installing beadboard to cover the ceiling. Trim the final board, if necessary, from the tongue side. Install lattice trim around the perimeter of the ceiling, tight against the siding to cover the expansion gap. Cut the pieces of lattice with a miter saw.
Using a brad nailer, tack the lattice to the beadboard. Again, nail the trim every 12 to 16 inches, and make sure to only nail into the beadboard, not the wall, so that the trim will expand and contract with the rest of the wood.
Once all the trim is in place, paint the whole ceiling. Because brad nails are so small, the paint will cover their holes in the lattice.
Steps
- Introduction
- Overview
- 1. Cut the beadboard to length
- 2. Trim the first board
- 3. Saw off the grooved edge
- 4. Face nail the first board
- 5. Toenail the rest of the boards
- 6. Trim beadboard around openings
- 7. 7. Mark cut lines on the boards
- 8. Tack up the trim
- 9. BUYING GUIDE: Beadboard
- 10. BUYING GUIDE: Solid Flooring
- 11. BUYING GUIDE: Engineered Flooring
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