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   Guest_ | Apr 18, 2000 05:41am | #1

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   Dean, we're re-doing a porch ceiling this week, using 1x4 double-beaded T&G at 83 cents/LF, applying primed both sides. Can't see why not to use the "real thing"... Don't know about MDF availability, and ignorant of stucco.

   I'm curious as to what color your ceiling will be. For years, I've heard many people claim that porch ceilings should be light blue, regardless of what other exterior colors may be. Some have said it's to match the sky, others have told me the blue keeps wasps from nesting, others just feel "that's the way its always been painted". Any thoughts on this from you or others? (I use whatever color the client wants.)

   Regards, Steve

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   Guest_ | Apr 18, 2000 06:20am | #2

   *Steve I heard the same thing somewhere about the blue ceiling, except I heard it was to keep birds from nesting?Chuck

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   Guest_ | Apr 18, 2000 07:31pm | #3

   *Around here, in the upper mid-west, porch ceilings were sometimes painted but, just as often, they were stained and varnished. My 1880 vintage house has a stained beaded ceiling on the front porch. When we re-modeled several years ago we added a back porch. I used the double-beaded I&G boIrd that Steve mentioned except it was 1/2" or 5/8" thick. At the time, I had a choice of fir or redwood. Before putting the ceiling up, I stained it with a mahogany-colored water-based dye and applied several coats of spar varnish. Stain and varnish is a nice alternative to paint.

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   Guest_ | Apr 18, 2000 09:13pm | #4

   *GP makes a beaded pine 4x8 plywood, apx $18.00 sheet.Expect plugs in some sheets.

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   Guest_ | Apr 18, 2000 09:40pm | #5

   *we've used the GP , worked great called PLY-BEAD Classic, 4x8, 11/32 thick.. very well made...i would only use this in a painted application..even more appealig is the new Alcoa Pro-Bead vinyl soffit / wainscot ....8 inch panel with a 2 5/8 inch pattern,, only 3/8 thick.. and has a matching J-mold that is only 5/8 inch thick by one & half inch in a colonial bead...we're using this for our soffits and rakes and porch ceilings.. it's available in vented and non-vented...in the vented, the slots are semi-hidden in the bead...very attractive... so far it's the second vinyl product we use... the first being vinyl clad windows..

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   Jim_K_ | Apr 18, 2000 10:54pm | #6

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   Timely. I'm considering the Ply-Bead for my porch ceiling and would paint it. My question: porch roof is TJI's running north-south on 2' centers. I want the bead in the bead board to also run north-south. I'm guessing I'll need to run furring strips east-west before applying the Ply-Bead so that it doesn't sag. Is this thinking correct? 16" or 12" centers? Quicker alternatives? Thanks.

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   Guest_ | Apr 18, 2000 11:02pm | #7

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   you can probably install it without the furrin.. but i 'd use the furring... then you can get edge blocking on all edges..also. check out the pattern.. you MAY have to run lath as batten strips on the joints

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   Guest_ | Apr 18, 2000 11:30pm | #9

   *It's a matter of personal and client taste, but I feel the 4'x 8' porch ceiling panels (of any material) scream out, "Hey, we did this on the cheap!". The battens, which are so often needed, merely accentuate the situation. However, I've seen the 4' x 8' beaded material (painted) used for wainscotting, and it turned out nicely.But that's just my taste, which leans toward the traditional (and expensive).We used vinyl beaded ceiling under a room addition which stood on steel posts. This was a practical way to enclose the underside of the joists, and to minimize maintenance, but the area is rarely seen by the owners and never by guests.Arrogantly, Steve

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   Dean_Graber | Apr 18, 2000 11:30pm | #8

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   Want to redo porch ceiling, pretty much out of weather and thinking of either synthetic stucco or trying to find a ext MDF beadboard (existing is REAL beadboard but not salvagable). Sources?????????????