This style is also one of our favorite patio ceiling ideas.
Replacing tongue and groove ceiling.
Installing tongue and groove walls can be a real workout.
2 you have to seat the tongues and grooves together and they don t always want to marry.
Tongue and groove wood planks are a very popular mobile home ceiling replacement.
They are called tongue and groove because one side slides into the other and creates a flat plane.
1 you re usually working over your head.
Push the interlocking lipped edge of the replacement tile into the groove of one of the tiles that surround the opening.
Starting at the ceiling fit the replacement board with the damaged old board s adjacent neighbor and slip in into place.
8 press the tile against the ceiling and hold it for a minute.
Using a mallet to hold the new board use blocks of wood to protect the surface of the new tongue and groove board and cut off the back of the boards groove with a wood chisel.
3 tongue and groove isn t always flat so you have to force the boards together to get them seated.
Installing a tongue and groove ceiling is a somewhat slow process but it is possible for a single person to do the job without help.