Beadboard

[The Tor]

We are planning to install beadboard on the ceiling of our summer cottage, but I have some questions:

• Is the beadboard you buy at large hardware stores usually dried, or do the boards need to be left to dry before installation?

• Does it matter if you install the ceiling in the summer or winter (considering cracking)?

• Can you screw up beadboard (at an angle into the tongue), and if so, what type of screws should be used?

 

[Janet_Johan]

When I have nailed up pärlspånt, I haven't dried it first. If it's winter, you can keep it inside for a while before nailing it up. If you're going to paint it, prime it before nailing up the panel in case it dries out a bit. I've never screwed, just nailed with a dyckertpistol

 

[The Tor]

When it comes to summer/winter, I thought; if the boards are at their largest in the summer, it might be unwise to put them up then as you risk gaps when they contract?

Brads seem to be the most common, but I find it odd when floors are often screwed in at an angle into the tongue? I checked Cramo, and there you can rent a brad nailer for 95 SEK.

Today, we have plasterboard in the ceiling. It should be fine as long as you make sure to nail the beadboard into the studs above the plasterboard, right?

 

[Janet_Johan]

This time of the year it's the driest so now they are at their smallest
I think there's a greater risk of the paneling cracking if you screw when it's not so thick.
Use 50 mm nails in the studs above the drywall.

 

[The Tor]

You are probably right about the risk of cracking. The fjäder is quite weak on pärlspont. I'll hopefully get back to you in a few months with pictures.

 

[bergstrollet]

I will also install beadboard in our ceiling. However, I thought it is driest indoors during the winter months.

 

[Sne4]

I will also install beadboard on our ceiling. However, I thought it was driest indoors during the winter months.

If you have room temperature indoors year-round, it's driest in the winter; if you don't have heating on, it becomes more humid indoors in the winter.

 

[Tigersågen]

This time of year it's the driest, so now they are the smallest
I think there's a greater risk of the tongue and groove cracking if you screw when it's not so thick.
Use 50 mm nails in the studs above the drywall.

Isn't it brad nails you should use to nail in that case .

 

[Korp-Johan]

Isn't it brad nails you should use in that case .

Exactly right! Don't screw. 50 mm brad nails. Never anything else! Wood is smallest when it's driest. If you have heating, it's in the winter. Prime or stain before you put it up, then you don't have to worry. Good to nail in the summer to avoid tension. Doesn't matter if it shrinks as long as it's the same color. Cheers! Johan