When we moved into the Tanglewood House, it took me a while to be able to put into words how I wanted our home to feel. It was so different from StoneGable. I just knew I wanted to take the best of StoneGable and give it a fresher look. After lots of thinking and writing words ...
If you’re working with real shiplap, which are tongue and groove boards that have spacing built in, you won’t need primer. They come pre-primed, so you can go straight to painting. Sometimes people wonder if they need to paint if they want white shiplap – the answer is yes! While...
there are a couple different ways to handle them. The final product for this kitchen will be a white beadboard wainscoting which means that paint and caulk can conceal cut edges. For that reason, cutting the tongue off one piece (and again matching the reveal...
The real (expensive) stuff is sorta tongue and groove fitting so that there’s a space in between each board. Without the spacers, it wouldn’t look like shiplap. So, I think it’s a must if you’re going for a shiplap look. This was definitely a two person job, even without ...
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4. Stagger and nail Once your paint is finished, you can move on to the next row. You will see that the tongue and groove boards clip into each other. Make sure you have them pushed together all the way. If you don’t push them together as much as you can, you may end up with...
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It is only at 1.00/25.4mm that you begin to see the thermal break you are trying to create. In my own house I’ve went with 2.00/50.8mm on the walls, and an inch and a half /38.1mm on the floor underneath tongue and groove 0.75/19.05mm plywood sheathing. We have an increase in...
Once you’ve got all the boards up, go through them one at a time and ease out the fasteners that were used to secure them. The best tools for this task are a nail claw or the back of a hammer and a pair of locking pliers. Be patient—it will take a while to remove every last...
Nail a sub-facia board to connect the ends of each rafter. Build outlookers to support the gable overhang and gable facia boards, if used. Deck the trusses or rafters with plywood, oriented strand lumber, or nominal lumber such as 1 x 6 inch (2.5 cm x 15 cm) tongue and groove boards...