Installing Regency Faux Panels™ Indoors
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Regency faux panels™ will bring a beautiful touch to any exterior or interior wall. Here are user-friendly instructions to make sure you can install your Regency panels without a hitch. These instructions apply for installing ANY flat surface, indoors or outdoors, even concrete or a steel building. Tools and Supplies You'll Need
You can install Regency panels easily using tools found in almost everyone's toolbox. To complete your project you will at least need these basic tools:
- Screws — use screws that are long enough to go through the FauxPanel and firmly attach to the wall behind the FauxPanel. We recommend a narrow head screw (such as a #1 Roberson head trim head screw) to make touch-up easier and less noticeable.
- Construction Adhesive/Glue — we recommend either PL® Premium Construction Adhesive, PL® Premium Advanced 4X Construction Adhesive (which has 4X faster bonding), or Great Stuff Pro.
- Screw gun with the appropriate tip for the screws being used.
- A saw for cutting panels – a circular saw, jig saw, band saw, table saw, or hand saw, it is your preference. Any woodcutting blade used with these saws work great and cut smooth and easy.
- Tape Measure
- Level
- Chalk Line (optional)
- Caulking gun for applying the Adhesive/Glue and Caulk.
- FauxPanels™ color coordinated textured caulk
- Touch-up Kit
« Click to hide list of tools Directions:
The panels can be installed indoors, or outdoors, on any reasonably flat surface that is clean and is in structurally sound condition.
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1. Begin your faux panel DIY installation by making sure that the surface you will attach the wall coverings to is clean. Wipe down the wall and use a wire brush on harder surfaces. Wipe clean the back of the panel as well.
Acclimatize the wall coverings to approximately the same temperature and humidity as the installation surface for about 24 hours. Do not store FauxPanels in direct sunlight or close to heat sources prior to installation. |
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2. Plan the layout of your wall coverings to best suit your space.
Use a level to find the high point on your floor/ground. Measure up from the high point of the floor/ground and mark the wall to the height of the panel being installed. Draw a level line across the wall as a guide. |
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3. Apply a bead of adhesive/glue to the perimeter of the back of the wall coverings, roughly an inch from the edge.
Add additional adhesive/glue to the rest of the panel back in a vertical straight line pattern with the beads of adhesive/glue 4 inches apart or less |
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4. Apply the FauxPanel to the wall. Use a slight twisting motion to ensure good contact between the adhesive/glue and the wall for proper panel installation. Make sure the panel is level.
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5. Begin fastening the wall covering with screws all around the perimeter at roughly one foot apart or less. Additional screws need to be in the middle of the FauxPanel at a rate of about 1 screw per square foot. All screws should be very slightly recessed below the surface of the panel. Do not over tighten the screws. Use exterior grade screws if the panels are being installed in high moisture areas.
Hint: Placing screws in crevices, grout lines or under protruding rocks will help conceal them and create a cleaner/more realistic look. |
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6. Add adhesive/glue to the lip of the FauxPanel where the next wall covering will overlap, about 1 inch away from the textured surface of the panel. |
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7. Add textured caulk to the seam where the wall coverings will meet. This is very important to ensure a weather-tight seal for your DIY installation.
Steps 6 & 7 help maintain the integrity of the panel installation by preventing any possible flexing or separation of the wall coverings due to extreme temperature and humidity changes once the installation is complete. You can use textured caulk to conceal the screw heads as well. |
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8.Repeat steps 3-7 for the next FauxPanel to be installed. Place it onto the wall next to the first panel. Keep the panel level. Press the wall coverings tightly against the wall with a slight wiggle motion to help spread the glue for a tight seal.
Install the panel very tightly against the first wall covering panel, as they may expand and contract with temperature changes. Continue repeating steps 3-7 until the first row is complete. |
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9. Use a damp cloth to remove any excess textured caulk before it dries. A wet finger, paint brush, or other similar tool can assist in smoothing and blending the caulk. Use the textured caulk to fill in any voids, gaps, screw heads, or spaces.
Click here for more details on caulking panels. |
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10. If you are installing multiple rows of FauxPanels, start on the next row above the one just completed. Repeat steps 3-9 for the next row of wall coverings to be installed.
Note: The panels are designed to butt up to each other bottom to top. This 'shiplap' joint should be glued and caulked as described in steps 6 & 7 to ensure a tight seal and seamless look.
For a more random look, offset each row by a half sheet. This will make pattern repeats less noticeable. |
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11.Using the paint from the Touch-up Kit, paint the FauxPanels, screw heads, and textured caulk as needed. Click here for more details on Touching Up Regency Panels.Stand back and admire your handiwork. |
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Tips...
To ensure that the panels are oriented properly -- the tongue portion of the wall coverings is on top of the panel, and the groove portion of the panel is on the bottom. All joints, including miters, should be glued and caulked. The panels may require additional shimming and trimming for proper alignment.
Be sure to obey all safety rules and recommendations set forth by tool manufacturers.
Always follow any, and all, local, state, and federal building codes. Always comply with any specified clearances set forth by the manufactures of stoves, fireplaces, furnaces, and any other heat sources, as well.
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