- 1). Remove the baseboard and crown molding at the top and bottom of the wall, prying it loose with a flat pry bar. Pull the nails through the back of the molding to preserve the face and set it aside to reuse.
- 2). Apply construction adhesive to the back of each sheet of paneling as you prepare to install it. Run a bead around the edges of the back, two inches in from the edge and make several large exes across the middle of the back to adhere it to the wall.
- 3). Stand the first sheet of paneling on its narrow end with the "over edge" of the overlapping joint system, against the adjoining wall at one end of the wall. Kick the bottom of the panel in to the wall until it pressed flush against it to adhere the construction glue on the back. Set a level along the edge opposite the corner wall and adjust the panel as needed to center the bubble in the indicator.
- 4). Staple through the bead grooves, separating the faux boards of the paneling with 1 1/2 -nch staples, one staple every 12 inches. Fit the next sheet up to the first, overlapping the sheets along the edge. Staple it in place as you did the first sheet. Continue adding full sheets as far as possible.
- 5). Measure and cut a panel to fit from the last full sheet to the end of the wall, using a table saw with a fine tooth blade. Fit and staple this panel in place as with the others. Fill the staple holes in your paneling with colored caulking, matching the bead lines in the paneling, typically wood color or black to cover the staple heads.
- 6). Realign the crown and baseboard at the top and bottom of the wall and nail it in place with a pin nail gun and 1 1/2-inch nails, one nail every 8 inches.
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