Wall panelling

jellybear

Hi all,

Have a small hall, walls about 7 foot in length so 14ft in total that I would love to panel. Contacted a company who said it would be too small a job and would work out very expensive so wondering if the diy route is best and if so has anyone any advice on how to do it?

Or would I be better going the dado rail route?

I've attached a couple of pictures.

listermint

Use tradesmen website put up quote for work with pictures. should get some response or bundle it with other work you might have around the house.

jellybear

listermint wrote: »

Use tradesmen website put up quote for work with pictures. should get some response or bundle it with other work you might have around the house.

Great idea- I've used tradesmen before actually and got great work done. Thanks a mill!

GreeBo

What sort of panelling are you getting?
What finish?
Whats the plan for the skirting boards?

Obviously its down to personal taste, but I'd be fairy happy to wager that if you put up pine or similar panelling you will regret it.

Painted wood panels look well and wont date as badly as plain/varnished wood will. (though its hard to date any more from when it "looked good" back in 1974 )

jellybear

Oh don't worry they'll be painted!! Actually thinking of painting the inside of the door to match. Would also consider a radiator cover too which could be built around it.

Looking for something like this:

BarryD2

jellybear wrote: »

Oh don't worry they'll be painted!! Actually thinking of painting the inside of the door to match. Would also consider a radiator cover too which could be built around it.

Looking for something like this:

That's fancy stuff, maybe you can buy it somewhere pre made and fit it, I don't know. I have fitted a good bit of tongue and groove pine paneling though and I think it looks just fine.

The basic fitting procedures would likely be similar. You fit 2x1 inch sawn timber battens to the wall, fixing them horizontally with drive in plugs. These are fitted top and bottom and maybe every 50cm in between depending on flexibility of panel. The more battens the solider the end result. Your paneling is then secret nailed to these battens. The top finishing rail should be screwed or nailed securely to the top batten and the holes filled. Skirting boards if used are fixed to the paneling and bottom batten.

Not difficult if you're handy but like all finished surfaces, needs a little care & attention to get it neat.

RobAMerc

this is called Wainscoting and is becoming very popular.

I was thinking of just fixing a sheet of 8 or 12 mm MDF to the wall and then fixing the moulding to the sheet and then some Dado across the top of it.

We are going for a Shaker style - so its plain 100mm * 6 mm pine strips mitered and glued on.

If you look up adverts.ie for Wainscoting there is a few people doing it.

jellybear

Thanks a million for the replies! Will have a look and see what I can find online. Found something like what I want but it's sold out unfortunately. Will keep looking Thanks again!

woodturner

If you use 15mm or 12mm moisture resistant mdf, fix this to the wall and then plant on 6 or 9mm to give the framed look. You can get a moulding and mitre it in around each panel and get a cap piece that sits on top of both of these.