Front Porch Vinyl Ceiling

Porch ceilings looking great and maintenance free porch ceilings can be a maintenance issue if you select the wrong material or if they are not installed properly.

Front porch vinyl ceiling.

Shelly s vinyl beadboard ceiling on porch project shows how she installed a vinyl beadboard ceiling on her front porchand shares her photos depicting the project. Measure the depth of the porch front to back at the end where you will start installing the beadboard. Set a nail every 12 inches in the center of the nailing slot for proper security. The nails must be long enough to penetrate at least inch into the porch ceiling.

Step 2 cut the beadboard to length photo by kolin smith. Secure the j channel strips in place with galvanized steel nails and a nail gun or hammer. We recommend a quality exterior grade plywood be used as it is susceptible to moisture and will separate if wet over time. I am not sure how to attach the hooks to the vinyl ceiling.

Consider a vinyl ceiling for your porch if you don t want to spend time maintaining it. I am trying to hang flower baskets from my vinyl front porch ceiling. Porch no matter whether it has a front or back location is an outer part of your home design that people will notice first. Wood ceilings whether they be plywood or tongue and groove will require care over time.

Porch ceiling materials vinyl bead board photo courtesy of shelly. Pine car siding on rear porch ceiling. It is even possible for it to leave the first impression in the mind of people who visit you or pass by the residential building. Porch ceiling porch ceiling restoration millwork beadboard panel replicates the authentic look of historical porch ceilings and installs in one third the time of traditional beadboards.

Do you know how to do this hanging baskets on vinyl porch ceiling michelle thanks for contacting us about your vinyl porch ceiling. Informative and enlightening we have lots of site visitor questions and comments too. Then once your ceiling is nailed up and finished put a fresh coat of paint on everything for the victorian era look make it sky blue and your classic porch is done. The ceiling on your porch can be a wow.

Custom stained pine car siding on front porch ceiling. 8 t g pinecar siding. Vinyl hidden vent. 8 t g pinecar siding custom stained.

Probably the most typical ceiling covering plywood can be painted. Raw 4x8 fir wood panel. Go for a board and batten approach by covering the seams with 1 by 3 inch fir cedar or redwood trim. You can use plywood on a porch ceiling but in such a way that no one will notice it.

Vinyl porch ceiling michelle one of our readers from michigan writes. Leave a gap of 1 32 inch between the nail head and the siding to allow for expansion.