Outside corners - vertical wood paneling

7 years ago

We are installing vertical tongue and groove in our hallway. There are two outside corners.

1. First one has paneling on both sides of corner. The contractor installed corner trim but it doesn’t look very good especially since they ran out of space on one side and there is just a sliver of the paneling at the corner.

2. The second outside corner has paneling on one side and drywall on the other. The paneling has .5” plywood backing so the wall on that side is 1.25” thick (.5” plywood plus .75” paneling). The corner trim won’t even cover that (not thick enough) So we are at a loss how to finish off this corner.

i asked if they could miter the outside corners and they are saying the wall isn’t perfectly straight (note this was basically new construction so they could have made the walls straight, right?). Also they could have extended the drywall a little further to hide the plywood (in which case at least we could use the corner trim) or even further so the paneling would to have something to “die“ into (or would that be wierd?)

what is the best (is. Most professional/attractive) way to finish outside corners with wood paneling? This is our dream home that we plan to live in forever. We really want it to be finished nicely.

Thanks!

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PPF.

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

Really need images to comment on the corner details.

We were planning to install crown molding and baseboard which will be installed on top of the T&G.

That's a poor detail and will look poorly finished. The t&g should butt into a horizontal piece top and bottom. You don't want the groove disappearing behind another part of the assembly.

The bottom piece might be the base, or the base might be applied on top.

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PRO
PPF.
7 years ago
Pictures that show the problem areas?

Does the paneling reach the ceiling?

What happens at the floor?

Are you still using the same contractor?
bardzil
Original Author
7 years ago
Paneling goes floor to ceiling. We were planning to install crown molding and baseboard which will be installed on top of the T&G. It’s just pre-primed pine tongue and groove panels. They are 6” wide and about 3/4” thick.

yes this is the same contractor. We’ve had lots of problems but trim is the last thing he is doing. The rest will be subcontractors we hire directly. We’ve been building for almost 17 months...
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PRO
PPF.
7 years ago
I'd miter and chamfer the corners.
PRO
PPF.
7 years ago
i asked if they could miter the outside corners and they are saying the wall isn’t perfectly straight

You would use shims behind the paneling to make it plumb.
DavidR
7 years ago
they are saying the wall isn’t perfectly straight (note this was basically new construction so they could have made the walls straight, right?).

Maybe not. The junk dimensional lumber that goes into new houses often isn't straight, so sometimes new house walls aren't either.
BT
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
The challenge of vertical siding is to keep equal spacing at all times. Before installing it you need the preparations. All walls and corners fixed up. Plumbed, shimmied leveled. You don't start from an inside corner. With exteriors your house designer should design center studs for battens. So poor details and planning.
PRO
GN Builders L.L.C
7 years ago
Just take molding and rip on 45 and make your owner corner using any material with any profile, and make the same corner for all outside corners and you don't have to worry about the corner not being even because the corner molding will be level making all corners straight and level.

Something like this

Good luck
User
7 years ago
Mitered poor design is t going to look

amy better than corner board poor design.
bardzil
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks for the feedback.
cat_ky
7 years ago
If walls are that crooked, maybe you should have installed sheetrock on the hall walls, and then used regular corner bead. It would look better than what you have. Is it too late to do that?
User
7 years ago
That should have been straightened up and skimmed out with the drywall that is needed under it. You did put drywall under all of this, right?