How to Glue Beadboard to a Wall

When installing beadboard, first draw the layout lines on the wall. Start the installation at an outside corner – a corner that protrudes from the wall – if one is available; if not, start at a corner that is recessed into the wall. Gluing beadboard is meant to temporarily hold it in place while you nail it in permanently to the wall.

Construction adhesive
Caulking gun
Finishing nails
Nail set
Hammer
Level

Instructions

- 1
  Drill pilot holes into the beadboard. These will be used later to nail the boards into the wall.
- 2
  Squeeze out four or five horizontal stripes of adhesive on the wall using the caulking gun. Make each stripe of adhesive about 1 or 2 feet long.
- 3
  Fit each board's groove over the tongue of the previous board, making sure to align the top edge with the layout line. Press the wood into the adhesive.
- 4
  Using the nail set and hammer, hammer the nails through the beadboard and into the wall.
- 5
  Check with a level to make sure that the boards remain even with the layout line as you nail them to the wall.

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