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Learning how to install shiplap will add instant charm to interior walls.
Shiplap is perfect for accent walls or wherever you wish to add a vintage,farmhouse, ortraditional look.
Learn easy steps to working with and installing shiplap.
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What Is Shiplap?
Shiplap isexterior house sidingthat comes in long, horizontal boards that overlap each other at the long edges.
Interior shiplap boardbrings the beauty of exterior shiplap indoors, with a few modifications.
Interior-use shiplap is also thinner than the exterior board.
Planks are stained and are artificially distressed for a lightly weathered look.
Interior shiplap is milled with a tongue-and-groove shiplap edge for an authentic look.
Random lengths give interior shiplap a pleasing, variegated look.
Floor-to-ceiling vertical stripsof one-by-three softwood are initially screwed to the wall, four screws per board.
Each strip placement mirrors the placement of the stud below.
Finally, the shiplap is nailed horizontally over the furring strips.
Always buy 10 percent more shiplap to your total for waste and cutting mistakes.
Many retailers selling shiplap have calculators to help you fine-tune how many boards you will need for the project.
Unwrap it from any outer plastic wrap.
Give yourself room in front of the wall to work.
Furring strips bridge minor wall holes and cracks, eliminating the need for patching most of these imperfections.
Remove baseboards and any trim.
Mark the positions with the pencil.Studs should be locatedevery 16 inches, on-center.
So, for a wall that is 10 feet wide, generally, there will be six studs.
Lay two marks: one about a foot below the ceiling and another about a foot above the floor.
Mount the Furring Strips
Dim the lights in the room.
Turn on the laser level to project a vertical line.
trigger the laser line from the top mark to the bottom mark of each stud.
Lay a one-by-three at the center of that mark.
Begin with pilot holes, then drive fourdrywall screwsper furring strip board.
Ideally, the first row will run parallel or very close to parallel to the ceiling.
Leave a 1/8-inch gap between the ceiling and the top of that first row.
The parallel row’s overlapping tongue will cover the nails.
If there is not enough room on the tongues, then face-nail into place with the cordless nailer.
Continue the Rows of Shiplap
Continue subsequent rows of shiplap downward from that first row.
The ends of shiplap boards should always rest on a furring strip.
Cut to length with the fine-toothed saw and miter box.
Aim for making it ideally parallel to the floor and about 1/8-inch to 1/4-inch above the floor.
Re-applying the baseboard molding will usually cover up that gap.
Face-nail this last row into place.
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