Installation of Beard Board Winscoting

Bead Board will give the room a warm comfortable feeling, its beauty lies in its simplicity. It is probably the easiest of all wainscoting to install, regardless of your skill level. Although bead board is fairly self explanatory, it still requires some instruction. This guide will give you some helpful hints and explain some often asked question, so that your installation will look professional without paying professional prices.

Prep work

In order to install bead board, you should start by removing the existing base board. The baseboard in newer homes will likely only be nailed; older homes may have a very hard adhesive behind both the baseboards and casings around the doors. This adhesive can be removed using a sander or by hand using a medium grit sand paper. Do not concern yourself with the finish of the sanding as it will be covered entirely with the bead board.

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Bead Board Winscoting

We offer unique, extra wide beads in our beadboard system, 2.5″ wide, up to twice as wide as others. The stiles are made from HDF (high density fiberboard), considerably harder and heaver than MDF , Elite beadboard stiles are only 5.5″ wide, much easier to carry, cut, customize and install than 4 x 4 or 4 x 8 foot panels that you may have seen elsewhere.

We recommend a overall height of about 38?€? but if you prefer, you can go as height as 44?€?. To go higher, you’ll need to install a spacer of the desired additional height and the same thickness of the bead board (11/32?€?) on the wall at floor level. The spacer is required so that the baseboard will sit flat when installed. The stiles are pre-cut at 38?€? for ease of handling and to reduce UPS shipping charges. If you prefer to have you bead board less than 38?€? high, simply cut off what you don?€™t need.

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Flat Paneled Winscoting

Elite Moldings has come up with an inexpensive and decorative solution. We are introducing the Elite Flat Paneled Wainscot kit.

We are currently in the process of setting up the production and packaging for this product and we expect it to be available for the first week of December. The price has yet to be determined but it will be somewhere between the Raised panel price and the Wall Paneled price.

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Raised Panel Wainscot system in the industry. Until now wainscoting has been prohibitively expensive and could only be installed by a custom carpenter. With our new system we have dramatically reduced the cost and headache associated with installing wainscoting.

After years of researching the home improvement market and fielding many customersal™ questions from around North America, we created a true raised panel wainscot that can be economical and easily installed by the homeowner or professional alike.

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Installation of Wall Paneled Winscoting

Ordinary drywall, while commonly used in today’s homes, lacks the texture and rich look of paneling used in the past. Solution: A wainscoting treatment composed of pre-made kits that can be applied to any wall in a weekend. You can create a more interesting and unique look than simply painting or applying wallpaper to drywall. Provide a more upscale, formal look to any room.

If you have the tools and the know-how to install baseboards, then you have everything you need to install Elite Paneled Wainscoting in any room of your home. Other kits are available for stair cases and for curved walls and will be introduced later on in the month.

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In the days before paint was scrubbable and wallpaper was mass-produced, wainscoted walls served a practical purpose; covering the lowest and most vulnerable portion of a wall. Covering with wood panelling provided an attractive and decorative wall treatment tough enough to withstand cleaning and resist any damages due to everyday use.

Even with today?€™s modern paint and wallpapers, wainscoting still serves its intended protective purpose; however people use it most often because of the way it transforms a bland space into an elegant room by adding interesting detail to walls that don?€™t otherwise have any built-in character.

Use of Winscoting?

Where can Wainscoting be used in a home?
Wainscot can be added to any wall in any room in a house, including the kitchen, entry foyer, stairways, dining room and the formal living room. We also recommend it for en-suites or bathrooms. Any room can benefit from the use of Wainscoting.

Are there limitations on where I can install your wainscot?
The beauty of Elite Moldings Wainscot is that it can be installed anywhere. Not all walls are the same but Elite Moldings Wainscot is easily customizable. It lends itself to curved walls, short walls or high walls. The only limitation is that it is for interior use only.

What types of Wainscot options does Elite Moldings have?
Elite Moldings offers 6 different Wainscot options. Each one can be used for a variety of applications. We offer Elite Raised Panel Wainscoting, Elite Flat panel Wainscoting, Elite Wall Panel Wainscoting, Elite Beadboard, Elite Cottage style, Wainscot Accent Walls. Some of the options can be used to cover up damaged or warped walls while others require a clean, flat surface.

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The Elite Moldings Wainscot installation section. Here you will find out how to install any of our wainscot kits and get helpful advice on what to order and how much of it to order.

Please read through the instructions of the product you are interested in and see if this is the right product for you. We have tried to give you as much information as we possibly can, but if you don?€™t find what you are looking for, or you are stuck and have encountered a problem during the installation simply contact us.

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The Elite Moldings Wainscot installation section. Here you will find out how to install any of our wainscot kits and get helpful advice on what to order and how much of it to order.

Please read through the instructions of the product you are interested in and see if this is the right product for you. We have tried to give you as much information as we possibly can, but if you don’t find what you are looking for, or you are stuck and have encountered a problem during the installation simply contact us.

What is Wainscoting?
Wainscoting is a decorative paneling that commonly adorns the lower part of walls and stairways. It can be found in upscale homes, offices, conference rooms and other assorted commercial spaces. Wainscot adds architectural interest and detail to otherwise bare walls.

Preparation

Clean all surfaces of dirt and loose particles. Moldings may be painted before or after installation. Nomastyl moldings made from polystyrene (white center) requires that you use a latex paint or latex primer if you wish to finish with an oil base paint.

Arstyl moldings made from polyurethane (yellow center) are already primed, and are ready to be finished with either latex or oil base paint or stain.

Measuring and Marking

Measure around the room where you will be installing the moldings. Add a minimum of one or two feet of moldings for each corner in the room, to allow material for mitering waste. Marking the wall for alignment of the molding, can be done by snapping a chalk line, but because ceilings and wall are seldom straight, a better method is to hold a molding in place, making sure that the ceiling and wall flanges are flat against the surfaces and mark the bottom of the molding with a pencil. Continue around the room in this manner until the location of the bottom of the moldings is marked on each wall.
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Beadboard comes in either planks or sheets, and both are typically 4 feet wide. Naturally, the sheets install much faster than the planks, and many products are tongue-and-groove so they slip together seamlessly.

The thicker the board, the deeper the grooves. A lot of the inexpensive products are thin, so the decorative grooves of the beadboard are not very deep. When it’s time to paint them, the paint will settle into the grooves and fill them, which detracts from the appearance. So, if it’s in your budget, you might consider the better product.

Start by determining how high you want the beadboard and snap a chalk line on the wall to mark the height. At this line, install a temporary strip of wood to keep the top of the beadboard aligned. While the top is important, the bottom is not, as it will be covered by the baseboard.

Remove the baseboard along the bottom of the wall. Use a putty knife to scrape off any caulking that is sticking to the wall. Regardless of whether you are using the sheets or the planks, make sure the first piece you install is plumb. If your first piece isn’t perfectly vertical, all others will be off as well. You can use a level to check.

Beadboard is usually secured to the wall with adhesive and then nailed at the top and bottom. The bottom nails will be hidden by the baseboard, and the nails at the top will be hidden by cove molding that you will install afterward. (more…)