Hi blakeas,

I'm doing the same thing. Here is a website I found that sells the PVC beadboards...I think those are the most ideal for a bathroom setting, considering all the moisture..etc.

Click on link below.

Go to: Wainscotting Panel Kits...PVC wainscotting...then go to SHOP now....click on detail in any of the styles they offer. You will see the answer to your question. It appears the chairail has a notch (or cutout) that you referred to. I would also suggest clicking on the PDF. file with the install instructions. Yes, looks like an easy DIY weekend project. Good luck...hope this helps. I can't wait to get started!

Here is a link that might be useful: Love, Love, Love these

seems pretty expensive!! Has anybody else used this company?

Yes, there is chair rail that is meant to lip over the bead board. As well as a base that accepts the bottom of the bead board. It makes the installation fairly straight forward. You should be able to find these "parts" with all the beadboard, so look around in that area, but also where they stock the non-sheet stuff.

I bought my PVC beadboard at Home Depot. We used wooden trim however, for the rail and baseboard, as it was less expensive.

Brutuses,

are they 4x8 sheets or do they come in a kit at home depot? The trim you bought had a lip that the beadboard fit into?

pepperidge_farm,

Are you talking about a kit at home depot?

They come in 4 x 8 and 4 x 4 also, I believe. They are not in kits, you can buy them individually. The cap we used is not even meant for that application. We turned it over and my DH cut a grove in it to fit on top of the beadboard. We bought the trim from a molding place locally.

I meant to post a photo.

no, not a kit, but in HD where we bought the pine beadboard, all the stuff was together- packs of the beadboard, trim pieces, etc.,.
Also in the trim aisle, I have seen the trim pieces stocked also. Sometimes they sell them in the white plastic stuff, so you could check that- but that stuff sort of melts in the saw when we tried to use some...

brutuses,

we're going to purchase the pvc kit from HD for our small powder room. My DH doesn't like the "small" baseboard that is pvc. How did the mix of pvc and painted wood look? (I'm thinking you can't paint the pvc to match)

Here is a photo of the wooden baseboard. The second photo is from the laundry room to give you another angle, but is the same baseboard we used throughout. It was a 5 1/4" amd we purchased it at a local lumber yard.

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should I bring my beadboard and chairail above my vanity? it is a small bathroom. if I bring it up then the mirror will be higher and it might interfere with the light. I have 8 foot ceilings - home built in 86... thoughts?

Yes, the beadboard should be brought above the vanity. This beadboard is at 4'. Here is a photo of my master bath. Where you place your mirror doesn't have anything to do with ceiling height. Height of mirror might, but not it's placement. You want the mirror where it is comfortable for members of your familiy, i.e., short or tall, children, etc.
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Problem is my light... if i bring the beadboard above then it pushes my mirror up and therefore my light. I will have to bring the light up more somehow...

The light is above my mirror....

Can you send a photo of the mirror and light? Would buying a new mirror solve the problem rather than having to move the electrical?

blakeas, could the beadboard be cut in a 'U' around the lower part of the mirror, so your light can stay where you need it to be? There's no rule that says beadboard needs to be at a certain height all the way around the room.