It’s up! I actually have shiplap hanging up in the house!
These are the first two pieces of shiplap that we hung. It looks so good. I love it more than I can say.
This is the first wall we finished.
Zach and I cut the pieces with the compound mitre saw.
We are so grateful Zach is old enough to be so helpful.
If a piece has to be ripped Steve does it with the table saw.
It gets nailed to the studs through the upper part of the tongue. I made the mistake, once, of nailing too low and the next board’s groove could not fit up around the tongue. Oops! Luckily Steve was able to cut the nail and remove it.
Short boards are super easy to work with, but several places have required full 16 foot boards and it takes the three of us to work it in, then hold it in place while we take turns with the nail gun passing it down the line.
There has been a couple places where the wall was longer than 16 feet so Steve got a biscuit joiner. There was a small learning curve with it but it worked great. Unfortunately, the ceiling will have lots of runs longer than 16 feet so there will be many opportunities for Steve to perfect his craft.
We have Gabi’s closet and the stairwell to finish before moving onto the dreaded ceiling.
I’ll let you know how it goes!
Looks very professional, Is that a 6 foot blue level made in Mukwonago that I see? How are you treating the 90Degree corners where your wall materials meet? and where your ceiling materials meet the wall materials? Steve & Zach remember your safety glasses. Nice work, you must have gotten those skills from Marcus. Sounds like you are getting satisfaction from your work.
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Dad
Good eye, that is a 6 foot level made in Mukwonago. We are putting 2X2 pieces in the corners and butting the T&G planks up to that. For the 90 degree corners we will cover that with a thin trim piece (which the original house has on the first floor) it looks like 2″ wide by 1/2″ thick. This is the first step that we really take satisfaction with because it is a finish product. I always say to Steve as he slides in a perfectly fitted top piece that he had to cut 1 or even 2 angles on: “you better be smiling” He’s doing an amazing job! Zach too.
WOW!!! it looks so nice! So different already!
You are all doing a great job.
Thanks! It’s been slow with weekends taken up with getting Gabi back to college and then coming up to WI for the wedding, but this weekend we will get back to it. Can’t wait till you can see it in person!
Great job Chip and Joanna! is Steve as corny as Chip?
Steve is corny which helps ease the stress and keeps things fun!