![]() ![]() NOTE: We had a window to contend with, so we added lumber to that first, in order to have something supportive to install the furring strips into. Grind down any extreme high points, remove obstructions. ![]() Start with a clean, as level as possible surface.IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure to prime your plywood with the color you want to show thru for the gaps in your shiplap! Nail hole filler - wood putty or Red Devil OneTime.We used a corner piece for the left, and quarter round for the right. Finish lumber/moulding to taste and needs.Miter Saw/Chop saw, for cutting furring strips to length.Table Saw (if you rip your own furring strips).nails for plywood to furring strips – 1/4 in. We ripped our own, and spaced ours at one every foot. Furring strips, to length and quantity.First determine your work area size and your width and height needed.It depends on your personal taste and the final look your want. If you wanted a wider gap in your “shiplap” you could also fur out the wall, and simply use T1 11 siding. NOTE: If you simply want to paint or wallpaper and need a smooth even surface, you could use the same furring method and install sheet rock instead of plywood. We knew we wanted to be able to nail our shiplap onto the wall, so we decided on plywood. Or any wall treatment for that matter, we needed to start with something new. In order to have a smooth, level, even surface to install our shiplap wall. You know that old saying - out of sight, out of mind. ![]() The other side of the wall is our private den, which normally has a curtain, but I had poster board acting as a makeshift block for light transfer for the “during” stage of the project. I also had a massive armoire in front of this space for years, that effectively covered the entire window from view. So I didn’t get a 100% accurate before, but you can see it was bad. The before actually looks a tiny bit worse than how we were living with it, because Jim removed the covers from the old, non functioning duct work holes to put up all the furring strips and had those up before I grabbed a shot. Hey Foxes!! I promised to share the really ugly before (I know, this house had so many) of what our poured in place concrete wall looked like before the new shiplap wall was installed, and here it is! Below you’ll find a full material & tools list, along with the method that worked for us. If you are working with a concrete wall that you want to be able to nail into, that has imperfections, needs to be level, or you need to cover odd things like gaps, holes, openings or maybe even old wood windows - this fix might work for you! We used our new plywood base to enable us to install shiplap over a concrete wall. This post is a tutorial on how we installed a new wood sub wall over a poured in place solid concrete wall. How To Install Shiplap Over A Concrete Wall ![]()
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