Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Homemade Shiplap Walls and Ceiling

Since we are "close" to completing the house we are building for Odie to live in, it is time to flesh out some of the details on a few of the projects. You will find other posts about the house construction HERE.

Today's post concerns the shiplap ceiling and walls in the kitchen and living room.

This is the finished product. Click on any of our pictures to make them bigger.

Plywood into shiplap
Most of you know that Odie wanted the house to have a beach cottage look and feel. That was going to be difficult to accomplish with plain drywall ceilings every where so my little mind went to work. The tedious extra work I created proves my mind was a little feverish but we all agree the end result was worth it.

A old beach cottage will sometimes have 1x8's or 1x10's nailed on the topside, outside, of the rafters and then the roofing material fastened to those boards. The bottom side of those 1x8's or 1x10's and the rafters were often exposed to view inside the house. The 1x material was both the ceiling and the base for the roofing.

These two images are from the internet.




That is the look I was shooting for on the ceiling.
Shiplap walls and ceilings
The trusses in our application are different. The rafters on most beech cottages were probably built on site and they were only the thickness of what ever board was used, such as a 2x8, 2x10 or 2x12.

In this house application I ordered trusses. The topside of the truss and the bottom side of the truss have a few feet between them. We must have that for insulation in the north country.



So I was planning to recess the boards between the bottom part of the trusses and hopefully make it look the same. I had no idea if it would work. I had never seen it done.

My first thought was to use pine tongue and groove between the trusses. But my father in law helped me see the light on that. Pine tongue and groove would work perfectly, install quickly but it has knots. 

He told me that the knots can be painted but they Will show through eventually. Instead of the knots looking pretty they would look like water spots. He has made his living as a painter and he said it might take 2-3 years for the knots to show through but they would over and over again.

Plan B
What about shiplap siding? That would definitely work and would look great. I was all excited about that until I priced shiplap. Wow! I had a lot of area to cover and shiplap was going to break the bank.

Plan B V.2.0
I wondered if homemade shiplap would work. I figured out how to do it and realized it was going to make a labor intensive job even more labor intensive. However, considering the fact that there is nothing cheaper on this job than my labor, I decided to go for it.

The first step was Home Depot for 38 sheets of 15/32 BC Plywood. 15/32 is basically 1/2 but what is 1/32 among friends. I brought them to the house and Kelly Jo helped me unload them and carry them in.


The next step was making four rips on each sheet on the table saw ending up with 5 equal size pieces from each sheet. 38 sheets equals 190 pieces 8' long and 9+" each. 



My brother Steve helped me with that and we made pretty quick work of it.


Next I set up the saw horses outside and prepared to rout a 3/8 notch on each edge of each board. One edge was routed facing up and the other edge was routed facing down. This allowed the plywood planks to lap, making my own shiplap.



190 pieces times 2 routed edges times 8' equals 3040' of routing. I made a big pile of saw dust and my hands vibrated for quite a while.
routing shiplap

Then I nailed cleats to the trusses so I would have a place to nail the shiplap. I left a 3 1/2" reveal on the edge of the truss.




The next step was rolling primer onto each board. I used water based Kills. Kelly Jo swept the sawdust off and I painted. We set up areas so the planks could dry. Once dry, we stacked them. We had to do it inside because we painted on a humid, rainy day in July.






I started installing the home made shiplap on the two high walls in the big room. I left a small gap between each row (about the thickness of a dime) and I fastened the shiplap by using an air nail gun.











During the install I had help sanding, cutting, running, fetching and handing from Dad, Mom, Kelly Jo, Bro. Wade Hicks, Bro. Dan Bragg and Lisa. It was tedious but over all, it went well.











This is about the place it began to take shape. It was still hard to determine if it would work at this point but I was a little more hopeful.


























Installing shipl


We did all of this on a few very hot and humid days. I thought my Dad and Mom were going to melt down! It was a little cooler where Odie was but still very hot and humid.











I appreciate all of the good help from family and friends. The work that week was time critical because of insulation coming. I could not have done it without them.
Home shiplap
Now it was time for the moment of truth. Would reality match my bright idea? The paint would tell the story. Once the drywall was up, my father in law began to work his magic.

My bright idea created a bunch of work for him. First there was of caulking to do. Then there was more caulking to do.


Then he primed the trusses that were showing.




There was a whole lot of sanding going on along the way.





Then he sprayed two finish coats on the walls and ceilings.



The more Danny painted the more "right" it looked. We wanted to capture the "beach cottage" look and I think we hit the nail on the head. 

So far there are four things that people comment on when they see the inside of the house; the shower, the safe room, the cabinets and the living room/kitchen walls and ceiling.







The ceiling turned out exactly how I imagined and we are all very pleased with it. The result was worth all of the work.

Would I do it again? I might have to think about that. 

All of the material was around $1000 and the labor was free. I would have been hard pressed to put anything else on the ceiling any cheaper.

However, I created three days of prep and painting work for my father in law. 

My Dad, Mom, Kelly Jo, Bro. Hicks, Bro. Bragg, Lisa and others worked a bunch of hours. 

I worked 87 hours on it, not counting all the hours of thinking through the process and fretting the outcome. I "might" do it again for a personal project but I do not think I would do it for anyone else. I do not know anyone that could afford it!

Odie is very pleased and that is most important.
Making homemade shiplap
Thank you for joining us today. If you have any specific questions about the process, leave a comment below or send us a message.

Davy

Monday, April 2, 2018

Weekend Woundup and Weview 4/2/2018

I suppose we should start our weekend weport Thursday morning in Douglas, Georgia. We seriously considered leaving Douglas after church Wednesday night. By the time we were loaded and finished visiting friends, it did not seem like such a grand idea.

We decided to leave about 7:00 Thursday morning and actually pulled out 10 minutes ahead of schedule. The first 40 miles or so are on two lane roads but they are fine roads and we made good time. We turned north on I-75 and put the hammer down.

My plan was to hit Atlanta traffic in late morning and that is exactly how it turned out. We did have some slow areas and even a standstill area a time or two near downtown, but it was not too bad for Atlanta.

North of Atlanta we stopped at a rest area for a short meal and a Flying J to do the work of an evangelist. After that task was completed we finished the trip to my good friend, Jeff Rowe's shop. He is about 35 miles off of I-75 and it is a very nice drive. Who does not love east Tennessee?

We had traveled 403 miles in about 7 hours and 30 minutes. Not too bad in the bus, especially when it includes driving through Atlanta and a combined 75 miles of non-interstate to begin and end the day.

After the BoggsMobile was parked and I was checked in with Jeff, there was one big thing on the list of things to do. I was scheduled for a 90 minute nap! I did not quite make it 90 minutes but I tried!

Then we spent the rest of the evening getting caught up on ministry, house and personal bookwork. Our accounting seems like a full time job and I end up cramming the full time job into 2 or 3 long, long days or nights. It does feel good to get caught up though!

Friday we worked some more on book work and ministry correspondence. KJ and Odie spent some time in town while I worked on bus projects, read and prepared for our next revival. We also went to bed at a decent hour (decent for us) and slept like a log!

Saturday we moved out of the bus, set up our sound at Beechfork and enjoyed some time with Pastor Herman Woods and Sis. Margaret. These are two of our favorite people in the whole world and have been for over 30 years. I have probably mentioned it before, but Kelly Jo and I met the Woods 7 days after we married. We loved them from the first moment.


Later Saturday evening my brother Steve and his wife Karen arrived to see us in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. We did not know they were coming until earlier Saturday and we were thrilled to spend some time with them.





They went to church with us Sunday morning and the folks at Beechfork loved them like I knew they would! We absolutely love preaching at Beechfork and visiting with our friends. Adding Steve and Karen into the mix was the perfect recipe!

We had a great Easter service too! God blessed in the altar and touched lives. I am still rejoicing. They were not having church Sunday night so it seemed like no one was in a hurry. I am looking for three more wonderful services!

























Rob was so embarrassed because he wore the same Easter hat that Kelly Jo wore.😀 He must learn to coordinate with others!






We had a great lunch with Bro. Herman, Sis. Margaret and Steve and Karen at Shoney's and then we went back to the hotel to get some rest. Sunday evening we took a relaxing drive with Steve and Karen showing them some of the country side. We ended up at Bro. Herman and Sis. Margaret's and went for another great meal Sunday night.

It was definitely a great day to cap off a great weekend. What can be better than great church services, great meals and great friends?

Thank you for stopping in today.

Davy

Sunday, April 1, 2018

He Wouldn't Stay Dead - Easter 2018

Have you ever considered the historical fact that Jesus Christ, the son of God, rose from the dead thee days after He was crucified? It is a fact that changed the world and still changes lives today. Praise God that He conquered death, hell and the grave!

Here is my favorite poem.

He Wouldn’t Stay Dead
by:Willard G. Thomas

They laid His body in Joseph’s new tomb
And filled His disciples with sorrow and gloom
They did not remember what He had said
That He would die, but He wouldn’t stay dead

Mary came at the break of day
And found the stone was rolled away
She saw an angel and in terror fled
And told His disciples that He didn’t stay dead.

In that cold dark tomb He would not stay
He conquered death and walked away
And now that old grave has lost it’s fear and dread
He lives again! He wouldn’t stay dead

Full atonement and pardon were made
And forever the sin debt was marked fully paid
The price was His blood as it flowed crimson red
And I’m thankful today that He didn’t stay dead!

Let’s go to our churches and cry aloud
Let’s go to the marketplace and talk to the crowd
Let’s go to the mission fields that lie up ahead
And tell the whole world that He didn’t stay dead!

Because if Jesus Christ had only died
Then the gulf between us and God would still be wide
But thank God He did what He said
He got up out of the ground, He couldn’t stay dead!

Last Stanza by Davy Boggs
View Out The Front Window

This was our view out the front window Thursday evening after we arrived at East Tennessee Luxury Coach in Vonore, Tennessee.


Here are all the links to our posts from the last week. Please take a moment to check them out.







Today is Resurrection Sunday and we happily spend it with our friends at Beechfork Holiness Church near Wartburg, Tennessee. It is going to be a great day!

Thank you for dropping by today. I hope you have a blessed Sunday.

Davy