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Overview
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In this video, senior technical editor Mark Powers installs wainscoting.
Steps:
1. Remove the base cap.
2. Lay out the walls.
3. Install the panels.
4. Install the top rail.
5. Install the stiles.
6. Trim and install the corner stiles.
7. Cut existing trim.
8. Install the bottom rail.
9. Scribe and rip the baseboard.
10. Install the baseboard.
11. Cut the apron.
12. Install the apron.
13. Create the returns.
14. Notch the return.
15. Install the chair-rail cap.
16. Install the base-cap and shoe moldings.
17. Trim out the panels.
See the step-by-step -
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15 hours
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About $175 for a 10-foot wall
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Tools
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Shopping List
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Difficulty: Hard
Installing the pieces is easy enough, but creating molding returns demands precision.
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Tools List
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utility knife
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pry bar
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chalk line or straightedge to mark cuts on the plywood
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4-foot level
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circular saw
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caulk gun
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stud finder
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nail gun
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miter saw
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flush-cut saw to back-cut existing moldings
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Speed Square
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chisel
Shopping List
Painter's tape
¼inch plywood.
Get enough to cover the entire area of your wainscoting with the grain running vertically.
1x4 for the stiles
1x5 for the corner stiles
1x6 for the bottom rail.
1x8 for the top rail and baseboard.
Get enough to cover each wall twice.
Stool for the chair-rail cap.
Choose a profile deep enough to extend beyond the layered depth of the plywood, rail, and apron.
Casing for the apron
Panel molding to trim the panels Base-cap molding
Shoe molding
Panel adhesive
2½-inch finishing nails to install the stiles, rails, baseboard, apron, and chair rail
1½-inch finishing nails to install the panel, base cap, and shoe moldings
Wood glue
Wood filler
Adhesive latex caulk.
Choose primed boards and molding to save time.
¼inch plywood.
Get enough to cover the entire area of your wainscoting with the grain running vertically.
1x4 for the stiles
1x5 for the corner stiles
1x6 for the bottom rail.
1x8 for the top rail and baseboard.
Get enough to cover each wall twice.
Stool for the chair-rail cap.
Choose a profile deep enough to extend beyond the layered depth of the plywood, rail, and apron.
Casing for the apron
Panel molding to trim the panels Base-cap molding
Shoe molding
Panel adhesive
2½-inch finishing nails to install the stiles, rails, baseboard, apron, and chair rail
1½-inch finishing nails to install the panel, base cap, and shoe moldings
Wood glue
Wood filler
Adhesive latex caulk.
Choose primed boards and molding to save time.
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