Beadboard Drop Ceiling

Install beadboard ceiling panels in the same direction as your floor boards for visual continuity.

Beadboard drop ceiling. For our dining room ceiling and the ceiling in the new basement bathroom we used a thinner beadboard product it is still tongue and groove but it is only about 3 8 thick. Secure with nail gun to ceiling trusses shooting about every 18 inches. This is the view of the framework that he built to hold the beadboard. If you are covering a large ceiling area without many obstructions then you will use the whole 4 8 ft sheet of beadboard at once.

Beadboard planks are a decorative solution to easily camouflage damaged or outdated ceilings such as popcorn or plaster. When you get to the edge of the wall you can use a pry bar to push into place. Use a jigsaw on planks to cut around can lights and ceiling fixture. This will tend to warp so it usually requires a back up material in our case 1 2 plywood.

Last updated may 17 2020. I was installing the beadboard between two beams so my first step was to measure the distance between the two ceiling beams and to cut the beadboard sheet to that size. Most of the time it only. Classic beadboard installed on the.

Originally published may 6 2014. My husband framed around the edges of the ceiling in order to have a place to lay the beadboard sheets. Here is our new drop ceiling. I am a huge fan of upgrades like beadboard.