2 you have to seat the tongues and grooves together and they don t always want to marry.
Diy tongue and groove pine ceiling planks.
Ultimately i chose these pine boards from lowes which are a little over 3 wide 5 16 thick and 8 long.
Tongue and groove boards mine were 3 4 thick 5 1 8 wide and 8 long.
Installing tongue and groove walls can be a real workout.
1 you re usually working over your head.
Groove facing the wall tongue facing out.
3 tongue and groove isn t always flat so you have to force the boards together to get them seated.
Two down lots more to go.
And they are super lightweight so i could easily lift them.
For the next piece you will connect the groove of the new piece into the tongue of the first piece.
Start with your first piece.
Use the framing gun to add a nail to the tongue of the plank and secure in place.
Third i wanted narrow ish tongue and groove boards well somewhere in between the width of beadboard sans bead and 6 standard tongue and groove boards.
You will now only need to nail on the tongue side as the groove will be held in place by the previous board.
Materials needed brad nailer with brad nails miter saw or circular saw and jigsaw to cut around light fixtures power sander to smooth rough some spots and edges pine tongue and groove planks sold in 6 packs about 1 4 x 4 x 8 feel free to use the same size planks sold by.
I used 2 long 18 gauge finishing nails though 16 gauge will.
Carefully work the tongue into the groove and again nail along the v groove side near the tongue.
Make sure to get extra for cut and damaged boards.