Installing Wainscoting On Bathroom Walls

Place the wainscoting onto the wall with the bottom resting on the mdf strips that were added at the base.

Installing wainscoting on bathroom walls.

Attach the strips to the wall with 2 inch brad nails. If any electrical or cable outlets or phone jacks are exposed measure and mark the location on the piece of wainscoting to make cutouts. I installed this wall treatment in my small laundry room to freshen up the look. Quickly pull the panels off the wall part of the way so the adhesive becomes stringy and covers more area on the back.

Cut the 4 by 8 sheets of wainscoting in half. Cut and lay out all pieces to ensure proper placement before mounting. Secure your wainscoting in place with masonry screws and a drill equipped with a carbide tipped drill bit. Install the chair rail parts base moldings and panel trim steps 11 17.

If you are using a trim with a preformed edge slide the wainscoting into the lower portion before adhering to the wall. This is a pretty. Cut notches for electrical boxes pipes and other obstructions with a jigsaw. Use a circular bit attached to your cordless drill to create a circle that will allow you to install over piping extending out of the wall.

To save time and a whole lot of construction debris leave the wall tile in place and simply install the beadboard wainscoting over it. Step 2 remove the base cap photo by ryan benyi. Overview for installing wainscoting illustration by gregory nemec. You may prefer to use new baseboards with a groove to hold the lower ends of the wainscoting boards.

100 square feet of beadboard wainscoting. Prep the wall and determine the panel widths step 1 2. Choose the proper screw length based on the thickness of your tile and the wainscoting panels. When adding wainscoting adjust the top edge to avoid running into windowsills or other trim in the room.

Spread construction adhesive on the back of each panel press it to the wall interlock it with the previous panel and using a brad nailer drive brads into the studs to hold it. How to install wainscoting for a diy board and batten look. The masonry screws must pass through the wainscoting and the tile and penetrate the wall by at least 1 2 inch. Install the panels rails stiles and baseboard steps 3 10.

Installation is typically 32 to 36 inches off the floor or roughly one third the room height.