Installing Barn Board Wall

The first step in your shiplap accent wall is to remove everything from the wall including any nails use a putty knife to gently pry and remove baseboards crown moulding and trim.

Installing barn board wall.

First you need to determine how many boxes of wall boards you will need to cover your wall. Divide your wall square footage by 10 5 and round up. In the kitchen you might front face an island with barn wood or perhaps diy a barn board backsplash. I had to cut all the boards that touched the ceiling.

They used prepared planks to install a wood plank wall in their shop. 96 square feet x 10 105 6 square feet. Adhere and nail pictured. Find the square footage of the wall you are covering.

Use a masonry bit to pre drill the fastener holes. Before you install your shiplap boards open your boxes and let the flooring adjust to the room temperature and moisture for at least 48 hours. I continued my pattern up until i hit the ceiling. Add four 8x32 inch barn boards to one side of the grid board and add a second 4x32 inch barn board to the opposite side.

They look great as an accent wall in a bedroom or living room. Rebecca and shannon of petite party studio are accomplished diyers and decorators and they love the look of distressed wood. Here s the simple step by step process to create your own stunning and housewarming barn wood wall. Use reclaimed barn boards on only one feature wall in a room to keep the look simple yet make a statement.

How to install a reclaimed barn wood accent wall. And barn boards are surprisingly stylish and functional in a bathroom as well. If you re installing the metal track directly onto a concrete wall and didn t use a backer board level the track in the desired location and mark the mounting holes on the concrete surface. Installing the metal track on concrete walls.

These were pretty simple cuts with the jig saw. Trim ends of boards at a 45 degree angle as needed to fit. Remove wall plates and outlet covers. April 22 2017.

This will help you determine the quantity of barn board pieces required to complete your project. A 1x8x8 piece of barn board covers 5 25 square feet so you would require 20 pieces of board to complete the wall. The hard part in adding distressed planks to a wall is preparing the wood cutting and painting all the planks to get a uniform look. Center a 4x32 inch barn board inside the center diagonal lines and perpendicular to the first barn board square.