[Shop-talk] Porch Ceiling

[Scott Hall]

  Bob,

It's been a while, but I installed that sort of paneling in a bathroom a 
few years ago.  I remember some of the joints weren't on a stud, and it 
turned out okay.  I just sunk the nail and filled and painted.  The 
joints looked fine.  Although that may have just been dumb luck--that 
stuff was really thin and it seemed like if I really wanted it perfectly 
flat (and good-looking) I had to nail a lot more than they told me to, 
which is what I did.  Turned out fine, just took longer than I thought.

Scott

On 10/6/2010 6:02 PM, bob at texmog.com wrote:
> I'm redoing the back porch ceiling. Currently there is dry wall installed in
> 1963, which is holding up fairly well except for the paint which is peeling
> ( very dry warm climate).  My wife wants bead board ( actually the 1/4 inch
> plywood that looks like bead board).
>
> My problem is that the defus who built it didn't always hit the mark
> installing the rafters on 16 inch centers. Some are off by up to an inch and
> the lap joint of the bead board needs to be under the joint.
>
> What say you to the following:
>
> Screw ax's to the rafters so that the 1X4 are all on 16 inch centers.	Then
> Glue and nail the plywood bead board to the 1X4.
>
> Can I expect a problem with the 3/4" gap between the beadboard and
> sheetrock?  Would that 3/4 " Styrofoam that is used behind vinyl siding work
> in that gap?
>
> Bob Nogueira ( Who doesn't want to see any of his work on "Holmes")