{"id":59,"date":"2007-09-11T11:59:34","date_gmt":"2007-09-11T16:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/archives\/59"},"modified":"2008-07-30T17:44:39","modified_gmt":"2008-07-30T22:44:39","slug":"if-these-walls-could-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/archives\/59","title":{"rendered":"If These Walls Could Talk…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent this past weekend installing Knotty Pine tongue and groove paneling in the new woodshop. As with the floors, I cut costs on materials by purchasing the “value line” stuff (offcuts, etc.) However, unlike the flooring, this stuff was awesome<\/a>! When they said that most of the pieces were 3′ – 8′ long, they weren’t lying — in fact, there were far more 8′ pieces than I expected and though I tried to stagger my usage, I ended up running out of the smaller pieces before I was done. The 1′ – 4′ pieces were simply more convenient to handle when cutting out notches for doors, outlets, ceiling peaks, etc. This is good stuff and I highly recommend these guys<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The only real downside was that FedEx freight from Michigan cost nearly 50% of the cost of the lumber itself…however it was *still* comparable in price to buying the crap T&G paneling they sell at Menards or The Home Depot. In fact, I was a bit concerned that I would run out near the end and went to HD to buy a piece or two of theirs to use in an unseen area. Not only didn’t it match, it was just plain bad stuff<\/em>…full of checks and dings and just not very attractive. I wound up buying a couple 8′ pine boards and milled a bevel top and bottom to match the look. I wound up with 2 8′ pieces left over after using 3 of the “mock” T&G boards.<\/p>\n

Did I mention that I didn’t have to discard a single piece of of the paneling…or cut around any defects? Honestly…it was all good.<\/p>\n

Here’s the time-lapse:<\/p>\n