Wall panelling DIY gone wrong

maon04

Hi all,

We were trying to do a feature wall on our living room wall and saw this idea of using thin wooden sticks

Picture on the link below of how it was looking for us...

https://ibb.co/kJVPdjM


After an hour calculating the width of the wall (1.527m), width of the sticks (19mm), spacing needed (X?) number of sticks (we have 30 sticks, and with our calculations we actually needed 40 for some reason, we think is because we were using as the gap the same width of one stick, 19mm) We end up with a big gap at the end of our wall. In the picture doesn't show what I am saying and this is because we decided to center the space of sticks and gaps in the middle and start with 3cm in from each side. When my husband was trying to fill the space left we realised that we had a problem)

Basically we need it to do it as perfect and symmetrical as possible otherwise it will look odd as that wall is the main focus of the room.

The idea is to start with a stick and finish with a stick, not a gap, which was our issue.

Anyone has any idea how we can do this right?

Currently we had to take everything off the wall and now we have to fix holes and clean everything to work off a good base again... nightmare.

Any help or tips will be much appreciated. I can't seem to find the right information on internet ;(


Thank you so much!

Four Phucs Ache

The internet wont have your specific answer , but the answer you want is just maths.

Measure from each edge,.

You know the width of each baton/wood strip. This size is fixed.

Divide the wall by the baton width. The difference is your gap width.

If your unsure, use a soft masking tape as a template, one at the top , middle and bottom and with a pencil just mark the wall with dots.

Remove the tape and fix your wood.

Johnthemanager

maon04 wrote: »

Hi all,

We were trying to do a feature wall on our living room wall and saw this idea of using thin wooden sticks

Picture on the link below of how it was looking for us...

https://ibb.co/kJVPdjM


After an hour calculating the width of the wall (1.527m), width of the sticks (19mm), spacing needed (X?) number of sticks (we have 30 sticks, and with our calculations we actually needed 40 for some reason, we think is because we were using as the gap the same width of one stick, 19mm) We end up with a big gap at the end of our wall. In the picture doesn't show what I am saying and this is because we decided to center the space of sticks and gaps in the middle and start with 3cm in from each side. When my husband was trying to fill the space left we realised that we had a problem)

Basically we need it to do it as perfect and symmetrical as possible otherwise it will look odd as that wall is the main focus of the room.

The idea is to start with a stick and finish with a stick, not a gap, which was our issue.

Anyone has any idea how we can do this right?

Currently we had to take everything off the wall and now we have to fix holes and clean everything to work off a good base again... nightmare.

Any help or tips will be much appreciated. I can't seem to find the right information on internet ;(


Thank you so much!

I'd start in the middle and work out either side.

Run a length of masking tape length ways across the width of the wall. Find your exact centre to position your first lat. Then I would actually just mark out the position of the lats on the masking tape. Maybe shade in black where the lat will be, and leave white where the gap will be.

You can then stand back and look at the tape to give you an idea of the symmetry, before you start nailing lats on again.

coffeyt

Just going off the figures you've given I think the following should be right.

If only using 30 sticks then at 19mm wide that would account for 570mm.
If the wall is 1.527m that means your spacings would need to be total width of 957mm.
You would have 29 spaces between 30 sticks which works out at 33mm per space.

If you are using 40 sticks, that would be 760mm wide of sticks.
Spacing would be 767mm total at 39 spaces would be 19.67mm per space.

10-10-20

Not 100% sure on what the ask is. Is it just the maths?

152.7cm minus 1.9cm = 150.8cm. (that's the width of the wall less the first stick as it has "no gap")
150.8 / 1.9 = 79.36 sticks and gaps. This is an uneven number, meaning that you'll end on a stick which sits over the corner.

If you wanted to get 40 sticks into the 152.7cm, then:
40 * 1.9 = 76cm of sticks.
Then you'll need 39 gaps then to make up an even spread:
(152.7 - 76) / 39 =
76.7 / 39 = 1.966cm gap per stick.

E&OE

Rows Grower

Post no.3 is the answer, you must start in the dead center and keep the gaps the exact same size to have a symmetrical finish.

The first stick is the most important one you will fix as it will determine where every other stick is placed.

When you mark out the dead center on the wall you have two choices that will affect the finished look, you either place a stick either side of the center line or place a stick exactly in the middle of the center line. You'll only know which one is best by marking it out properly before starting. Which ever option leaves you finishing closest to a full width at both ends is the one to go for.

You should use some form of "spacer" to give an even gap between every stick to give a nice easy on the eye finish.

It sounds more complicated than it is, basically start in the middle and work your way out to the sides.

maon04

All your responses are very useful. Thank you all so much for answering and throwing some clarity!

I will carefully do it as yous said this time. It was definitely a math error but we just couldn't figure out, a bit of frustration seeing how we destroyed the wall already.

Once more, thanks for your help

CoBo55

The masking tape is a brilliant idea, when you have it marked out you could try sticking the sticks to the wall using double sided sticky tape just to make sure it’s correct.

Sixtoes

coffeyt wrote: »

Just going off the figures you've given I think the following should be right.

If only using 30 sticks then at 19mm wide that would account for 570mm.
If the wall is 1.527m that means your spacings would need to be total width of 957mm.
You would have 29 spaces between 30 sticks which works out at 33mm per space.

If you are using 40 sticks, that would be 760mm wide of sticks.
Spacing would be 767mm total at 39 spaces would be 19.67mm per space.

This is the answer you need. Assuming you’re not buying more sticks; Cut two pieces of stick exactly 33mm long. Fix first stick on the left hand side of the wall. Use the two bits as a spacer to position the second vertical stick, fix it, & continue like that.

chooseusername

Sixtoes wrote: »

This is the answer you need. Assuming you’re not buying more sticks; Cut two pieces of stick exactly 33mm long. Fix first stick on the left hand side of the wall. Use the two bits as a spacer to position the second vertical stick, fix it, & continue like that.

When you get to half way, do a "dry run" to the end
as you may need to adjust the spacing,
and again at about three quarters

policarp

Work from the centre, not from either side and compensate as you work towards the sides.
One side might be off plumb to the left the other might be to the right.