DIY BOARD AND BATTEN | How to measure spacing, choose trim, & install board and batten!
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- Опубліковано 24 кві 2020
- A great tutorial for DIY Board and Batten. Learn how to install board and batten, how to measure spacing, and how to choose trim! This tall modern board and batten was wrapped around the entire room as part of a beautiful bathroom design. Easy step-by-step guide for beginners who want to learn to put up their own board and batten or wainscotting accent walls.
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I watched many of these board and batten videos, and you are the only one who explained the math of the spacing! Thanks so much!
sooo true!
Your comment is gold and was the first. This is what I was trying to make sure I don’t screw up!
Thank you for a great explanation on calculating spacing!
This video was the truth. I'm about to tackle aa accent wall and you just took the hard work out of it. May God bless you.
...do you know how many damn videos I watched trying to figure out this damn spacing!? This was the only one that explained it well enough for me to understand. Thank you so much❤
Haha. Anytime! I’m so glad you found one to help eventually! 🖤
Can I use the same formula for my horizontal boards? Doing a grid pattern.
@@millicove yes! Just measure from where your top molding is sitting to your baseboards 🖤
@@LindiandRuss bless you❤❤❤
Your explanation with the diagram visual has been the simplest and easiest to understand! Not only did you present a beautiful tutorial but it was an ACTUAL tutorial. I feel educated after watching this!! Thank you.
😂😂 thank you so much! I’m glad it was helpful! 🖤
Can't say how many times I come back to this video for your easy explanation of getting the perfect wall. Thanks for breaking it down. Keep up the great work!
Amazing!! I’m glad it was so helpful :)
Thank you for all the great details on completing this project. You are awesome and your room looks amazing!
Thank you so much! You are literally the only person who explained the spacing!
I'm so glad you found that helpful!
Thank you for such a detailed demo with all of the calculations for the boards. It looks awesome!
Anytime! Glad you found it helpful!
I love how simple you made the installation look! Thank you for sharing.
Of course! Glad it was helpful!!
So Happy to find you! I'm working on a board and batten wall this weekend..you made the calculating so simple for me!
I’m so glad that it helped!
Great video only one iv found to explain how to calculate distance and boards thank you
THIS is the best video I have seen regarding board and batten. The project turned out beautifully. Your explanation on how to calculate the spacing made it so simple that anyone could understand. This will definitely be my next project to complete. Thanks for sharing. You now have a new subscriber. 😊😊👍👍
Trazon McMullen thank you so much! I’m so glad you found it helpful! 🖤
I just subscribed! You all do absolutely amazing work!🙂
This is by far one of the best tutorials I have seen! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
@@LindiandRuss Can you share the paint you used for this?
Extremely helpful math explanation only video I've found so far that spent enough time explaining the math part 😊
Awesome! Glad we could help!
Oh my gosh, what a great video! My husband and I are about to install board and batten in our hallway, but not knowing how to calculate the spacing was giving us pause. You made it so easy that even I, a mathematically challenged human, was able to do it! Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Absolutely stunning!!
Thank you so much!
You explained the process so well. Thank you.
You’re welcome! So glad it was helpful!! 🖤
Great tutorial,love the look.
KATHRYN TRAPMAN thank you so much for watching! I always love the look of board and batten!
Love this! So glad I found your vlog, you two are amazing!! I’m not really fond of contemporary/modern but I can adapt my style lines with your fantastic projects!
Love this comment!! That’s what it’s all about! Sharing inspiration, and making your house your own! ❤️
Easy to understand. Do I have to add a bottom board ? I love my current base board.
Loved the spacing!!!!!
Thanks! we loved how the space turned out too!
New in your channel and planning to stay! I love it!!!
Gloria Company - Burke thank you so much for joining us!
I sent this video to my bf to let him know how this weekend may be going 🤔🤣🤣🤣. Thank you for the explanation! I was intimidated by the spacing, but you just gave me the confidence to try ❤️.
Yaaaas! Love that!
I found this extremely helpful. Thanks you for saving me SO much time figuring out spacing.
You are so welcome!
I wanted to share my finished product - first timer too. Thanks again for your video and help with spacing equation.
But I guess I can’t share my photo. Sorry. Just know that it was extremely helpful and I am beyond happy with the results
I've done board and batten before but only on a single wall. I'm doing a project where I'm wrapping it around the entire room and I was trying to figure out how to get equal spacing on all the walls. Your explanation of "get it as close as possible" was good enough for me but I thought it would be interesting if you talked through how you got it "as close as possible."
Really like it!
Aysun Packner thank you! I love the look of board and batten too!
Your voice is so calming and you explain everything with so much detail thats easy to follow. What if my walls are textured.
Thank you! 🖤 You could cover the wall with a thin plywood first and caulk that to get a smooth texture to work off of for the boards. Or you could caulk all of the edges of every board well so there aren’t any gaps.
I have the same question. Even if you caulk all of the edges of the boards, aren’t you still going to see the texture of the wall?
Lovely!
Debby thank you!! I love the look of dark board and batten!
Great job👏
Thank you! 😃
Good job guys now I know what to do with my wall 😊
Perfect!
Very informative!
Glad it was helpful!
Great instruction
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Edit: found it on your other video. Cracked Pepper by Behr. Subscribed! Thanks so much!!::::Can you tell me what paint color you used for the darker color? About to do my half bath exactly like this!
Love this now I need you to come to mine 😀👍🏻
Linda Spillman do you own a hair salon too?? 🖤
Beautiful...
Thank you! 🖤
love your videos what size wood did you use?
Love the video! Thanks for this fantastic explanation. Can you recommend a laser level?
Oh totally, we updated the video description a link to the laser, we use this for sooo many of our projects!
Thanks. Needed the math to save me a headache!
Your welcome 😊
Great video. Looking to do this soon in my mud room and carrying the board and batten through to the next room. My question is to get the calculations, should I use the longest room within the two rooms to carry the even spacing? Also, do I place a batten at each corner or just on the first wall to get the even spacing? I hope this makes sense! Thanks!
If you figured out corners, please let me know. There are a jillion videos but none that explain the corners??? Are they mitered…do you “frame” each wall individually? What to do about plugs and switches??? The flat length of the wall, is the easy part
Great job you two! Getting ready to use these tips to remodel my salon bathroom this weekend!
That’s amazing!! Ask away if you have any questions!
I have questions! I wanna put up board and batten in my front entryway. I'd like to be able to attach some nice hook on the boards, for jackets. will the jackets be too heavy? and pull the stuff off the wall? Thank you in advance:)
What molding product did you use?
If you already have a baseboard down, but it’s a diff style than the boards you got for the project, is that ok? Or do they need to be the same/match?
The math was the most helpful!!
I am glad it helped!
What finish did you use for the paint?
This a dream
Loved every step
What is the color used and from where?
Thanks
It's called Cracked Pepper by Behr!
Nice video 👌 after you make your measurements do you put the boards on center
No, because we subtracted the widths of the boards already. So the measurement you get is the edge of one board to the edge of the next one. Hope that makes sense!
Wonderfully detailed video! Question: How did you get behind the toilet to nail the batten? I want to do this in my powder room but this is challenging.
You might want to consider to remove the toilet for the project. Sometimes it's a chance to install a new one anyway 😉.
Thanks for the calculation method! Do you have a suggestion if your baseboard is tile? (Trying to avoid removing it but am afraid if I place a 1x3 on top it’ll stick out) is your baseboard the same depth as your molding pieces? Did you use a water-treated molding for the baseboard in case of overflowing toilets or water on the floor? Thanks!
We had a rubber trim around the baseboard (a commercial product), but yet they were the same width. If I had tile, I would probably pop it off and cover it with new baseboard.
Thanks so much for the video! I am hoping to do board and batten in my entryway. Do you think this will look good in a high ceiling entryway?
Lidia Sandoval yes! Definitely!
Love Create Celebrate Thank you !!
Which specific paint sprayer did you use here? I'm looking to buy one. Great job I love the color! Thanks for the math configuration.
Hey! I just added a link to the sprayer in the description box! If you sub'd to our channel, you will see that we use that one ALL the time!
What do I do if the wall is made of concrete? I can't use a nailgun.
What's the color you use to paint the bathroom
finally found a great video for the math, can someone please tell me a digital design space like that one you used, thank you!
Hey! I have a video here on how we do the floor plans and design spaces if it's helpful: ua-cam.com/video/Q5lxcPOAJ0g/v-deo.html
Hello, great video. How do you work around the toilet? Had you to remove it?
We didn’t remove it cause we didn’t have enough space behind it. Instead we stopped the boards a couple inches above the lid - just enough that you could still remove the tank lid :)
With wood pieces that are 1x3 do you need to find studs to nail the vertical boards to? Thank you for your video how to calculate everything!
No, you won't be able to find that many studs. Just glue and nails should hold it in place!
Question: Great video and explanation! So I'm planning on doing this but at the base I have a single base trim with another one under like at a slant, I can't describe it, hopefully you know what I mean. Sorry! So I wonder do I take that piece away or keep it and paint over it? Thanks!
Not 100% sure what your trim looks like, hard to know with out seeing it in person.
Great video, looks amazing! Where is the mirror from?
TheGlam Mam it’s from IKEA! It’s the one one with the Walnut veneer :)
Love Create Celebrate thanks, I’ll be purchasing as soon as quarantines over.
Love how this turned out! What was the exact color and finish of the black paint?
check the video description! Thanks for watching!
It’s not listed in the description
Super clean.Simple with great spacing.
Glad you like it!
I have a question about how you did the piece behind the toilet? And the sink. Did you stop it at the counter of the sink ? Or did you move the sink
We didn't move the sink, we had enough room behind the faucet to bring the board down to the countertop, so we did. At the toilet, we brought it within an inch of the tank, so that we still had room to remove tank lid (the toilet was too tight to the wall).
Hi, What do you recommend for textured walls to get a smooth finish?
I have the same question.
Thanks for the great video. Did you paint the back of the door to match the board and batten or leave it white?
Yep we matched the door to the board and batten 😀
@@LindiandRuss Thank you! We are demoing our bath now and I’m planning the board and batten and was wondering what to do about the bathroom door. Your tutorial was very helpful.
Hello, did you guys use a satin finish for both the wall and boards? Installing this in our boys bathroom.
Yes, we used satin for the bathroom!
I’m planning on doing this in a bathroom that has a 3-sided vikrell surround tub and was planning on taking the board & batten all the way to the edge of the vikrell and just caulking between the joint and using killz primer on that first piece of wood directly against the tub. Do you know if this would work fine or if there’s any regulation against it? Or if I’d just need to use a sort of composite material instead of cheap plywood.
In regards to regulations you would need to check your local area's codes/rules (province/country/state/etc). I (Russel) personally like to tile past the tub surround as I find water always finds its way to the sides of the tub, against the surround and down the face of the tube. I would be weary of having wood that close to a wet area. But if you properly seal and protect the wood you might be ok? You could also check with a local builder to see what they recommend.
I was waiting for this! Would you put board and batten in a small powder room?
Regirl75 yes! I definitely would! Maybe on a smaller scale then we did though (shorter boards)
How do you deal with the vanity? As in, won’t there be gaps between the board and vanity if the molding isn’t flush with the rest of the wall?
we just brought the moulding up to the vanity top, and used a paintable caulking to seal. I would allow for the vanity to sit flush against the wall and not have the moulding go behind the vanity.
That mirror, ❤❤❤❤❤.Link for that 🙏
Its from Ikea!
Did you hit the stud for each spacing or that is why adhesive is applied?
That’s why we used adhesive. Definitely didn’t hit studs for most of these :)
When doing the whole room did you abut vertical boards in the corners of adjoining walls.
Yes, we did. But you don't have to depending on your design - if it helps keep spacing more consistent.
Any tricks to hanging your mirror, since it was partially on wall and hung over the new installed wood. I have similar situation on an upcoming project. Any advice appreciated!
As the mirror will cover the area, you can add an extra piece of moulding so this is sits "flat" along the new moulding wall. Thanks for watching!
@@LindiandRuss thanks!
Hi! I did something similar and my board is batten is under 5’ high. My mirror will be hung and will end up on half wall, half batten and I’m concerned that it will tilt too much. How did you hang your mirror so that it looks flush with batten, even though top is on wall?
It was held by keyholes in the mirror and we installed the screws into the top moulding of the board and batten to achieve the look in the video.
Great job do these need to be nailed directly into stud?
No they don’t, but I would put them in studs whenever you can.
@@LindiandRuss thanks what size nails did you use?
How did you secure them if you didn’t hit a stud? Just the adhesive ?
adhesive and drove brad nails in an opposite angles to secure to wall.
I’m curious how you did the board & batten without removing the sink vanity. Did you butt the boards up to the sink? Is there a concern with them getting soaked from the sink water? I’d like to do the same in my bathroom but don’t really want to remove the sink vanity. Can you run a board along the vanity making a bottom “border”?
We didn't remove the vanity. You can just run the boards up to the vanity. We would suggest using a paint friendly bathroom caulking around the perimeter to seal and prevent water from getting to the boards. Believe DAP has some products that would work for this.
Excellent - thank you!
What is the tool you guys use with the saw
Its a mitre box - updated the video description to include a link :)
Are your corners mitered? Did you “frame” each corner? What about plugs and switches? The devil is always in the details😈 I’ve marked my walls with top rail, but not sure about the rest. Love love love how yours turned out!! Love that dark color choice too!! 👏🏼👍🏼
The top rail corners were mitred and we just boxed out around any plug location if the moulding intersected it. Thanks so much we loved how this project turned out too!
I am in the middle of this project and my toilet tank is right up against the wall. How did you fit the batten behind the toilet? TIA
We didn’t go behind it, we just went up to the tank, but left enough space so that we could still easily open the tank lid :) There’s a couple inches between the bottom of our board and the tank.
Is there a formula for deciding how high to place the board and batten?
we did a diagram in the video explaining how we spaced it out :)
the wall is concrete or wood .. im beginner wondering needle gun can shot through concrete
Kaido X Game not this one. There are guns and nails that do go through concrete though - just check your local hardware store.
If I’m doing the board and batten on all 4 walls, do I add the width of each wall? And then do this calculation? Or do I do the calculation for each wall separately 😣
I would do each wall separately so that you can plan for boards in the corners. Hopefully your walls are similar lengths so that opposite walls will be the same measurements.
I may be dense, but the 12 /14 inches, is that from the edge of the vertical board (first board placed from the corner) or from the middle of the board? Sorry, I may be over thinking this.
12 1/4" is the spacing from edge of moulding to edge of moulding (not middle of board). No worries, it is always better to ask. Thanks so much for watching!
Hi! Question... would it look awkward if I only did a board and batten on one wall instead of all the way around?
Depends on the space, but I don’t think it would be awkward! Lots of people do that :)
Why doesn't my 46 degree edges not line up
The corners only have one board?
Bonne Naturel in this room yes! In other rooms we have two meet. I think they both look good! I usually decide based on what works best with the spacing :)
How tall is your floor base molding?
It was 4" I believe!
Where can I get a manual miter like that ?
There is a link in the video description for something similar - Russ got this one from his Grandpa who was a carpenter.
Where can I buy the casing?
Any hardware store should have it! (Home Depot, Lowe’s, etc.)
Thank you for the MATH!!!! 😂
your welcome!
Is that molding made from mdf?
Correct
What color are the walls?
Cracked Pepper by Behr
Why doesn't anyone show how to measure the number of battens if you hqve 4 walls that are different widths? Do you keep the same distance on wall number 2 as you did on wall 1?
I was wondering the same thing. I am just trying to get the spacing on the shorter walls as close to the spacing on the longer walls as I can. I decided how many vertical boards to use by trying to get the spacing the same or close. Sorry, hard to explain. I hope that made sense.
Question about spacing the vertical molding pieces. I understand the calculation you showcased in your video, but how should the spacing be if each wall is a different length? I am installing board and batten through out my downstairs and every wall is a different length. how should I go about determing the appropriate distance inbetween vertical moldings? I am currently in the design phase and have settled on a distance between vertical moldings of 24 inches. When I reach a corner, I plan to install a vertical molding on each side of the corner and then start my 24 inch spacing again from the corner. I hope that description makes sense... Watching your video and seeing the calculation, I understand how that would work for 1 wall or a small room, but cannot think how to apply it to a large irregular shaped space. HEEEELLLLPPPPP
RedMercury hey, so I would just do the same calculations for the next wall, and use a spacing that is as close as possible for the other walls. So if 22” makes sense, go with that. Honestly people will never notice the difference when you have full walls done, as long as the spacing on those walls is equal. You can also gain some space by not adding another piece in the corner (which we did in one of these bathrooms).
Did you remove your toilet? We just realized that we don't have enough space between the wall and the toilet. 😔
I think when you can bring the boards down behind the toilet it looks better, but in this space we didn’t remove the toilet and didn’t have space, so we actually ended the boards above the toilet. You might be able to see in some of the room shots at the end. Just make sure the boards are high enough so that you can easily remove the tank lid before you nail them down. Hope that helps!
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I love how this space turned out!
You show how to install but you don't tell how to figure spacing between the battens? Why not?
You must not have watched the whole video! We shared exactly how to do the measurements :) Watch again to see the math equations!
Don't see too many guys using a handsaw anymore
It’s so true!! It’s actually his grandfather’s! But it makes way less mess and it faster to bring it in the space, so sometimes he chooses it over the big guy!
I apologize you did show you yo measure between battens. So I'm very sorry!!