Installing cedar tongue and groove

[Ken]

Good afternoon.  I bought some cabin grade tongue and groove cedar for the interior paneling of my camp.  What are the pros and cons (benefits/disadvantages) of installing it vertically or horizontally?  Anybody with pictures of their install?  Thanks in advance.

[doc henderson]

might depend on the orientation of the framing.  is it going over interior logs, sheet rock, or nothing?

[wisconsitom]

We put ours up horizontally given the ease of attachment to studs on 16" centers in our tin shed.  Like Doc says, just depends on orientation of your framing.

Me and son and air comp and two nailers, it was actually fun.

[Don P]

Can't decide? There's always diagonal  ;D

[doc henderson]

 

 

closet lining over sheet rock.

[wisconsitom]

Wish I had pics, but when we nailed ours up, my son did his usual quick and clean measuring and layout, and even though the plan was always to trim out around corners, windows,etc. the end result was so good that we wished we'd planned to get it perfect, without trim.  Think real "Scandinavian" looking or something, no distracting trim to break up super clean lines.

Kinda funny, we'll have to trim some stuff out.  Close but no ceegar.  Did end up where windows can stay just as is.  Sanded, and thin silicone bead....done.  That's what my dear wanted, and I was willing to do less work!

[beenthere]

My oak paneling is vertical, but required blocking between the studs. I wanted vertical for ease of using my random-width paneling, preferred the look so it didn't look like a grain bin, and allowed me to install it around the rooms in increments as time permitted. About 1500 sq ft or more red oak with several different widths. 

Quick shot of the paneling..


 

[Don P]

I like that  . Was it done with a raised panel cutter on a shaper? ... Or rather, what is that and how did you make it?

[Walnut Beast]

Looks great and the pictures 😊

[beenthere]

A local woodworker had the 5 head moulder with the shaper heads for this pattern. I don't know in what order they were, but do recall that each board was first run through a planer for thickness, then jointed on a long bench with a vertical shaper head that only straightened one edge (no moulding done, only squared). Next each board was fed through the moulder set up for the widest boards. If it didn't clean up, then was set to run through the next smaller width, and so forth until all the boards were finished. Widest was 12", and they ran until down to about 4" width. The flat was nice as it made it so any slight crook wasn't noticeable. 
Defects were either chopped out on the RAS or left in the paneling. A 45° land was sawn on the RAS on any pieces down to as short as 10". 
A few pics just taken to show what it looks like.


 



 

[beenthere]

Couple more pics.. 


 

Under the bar


 

Door under the stairs.. 


 

[customsawyer]

I have customers run it every which way you can imagine. I normally recommend vertical or close to it. Especially if it has a V-Groove in it. If the V is run horizontal then they will need vacuumed or swept to remove the dust every once in a while. 

[Ken]

Sorry I should have been a little more specific with my details.  The interior walls of the camp are already covered with osb.  The T&G cedar is only 1x4"x6' cabin grade.  Bought it dried and planed for about $1/board from a local sawmill and most pieces look usuable.   I was thinking vertical but was just looking for suggestions.  I'm hoping to get the road plowed out to the camp in the next couple of days and spend the spring doing the interior.  Thanks so much.  

[SwampDonkey]

We installed cedar years ago in the old farm house. We run it vertical. It wasn't the best cedar in the world because of large knots. We was told it was going to be better than what we actually got. We had to fill knot holes. :D I've got white cedar decking that would put it to shame. :D

The old walls were plaster with horse hair in it over slats.

[bluthum]

I think from an architectural design perspective vertical is considered more pleasing or comforting to the eye than horizontal. Most of those form recommends go way, way back in time. 

My little crib is entirely wood paneled with all manner of species, how it's trimmed is also important. Most of mine is vertical but some horizontal and angled on short runs. The angled paneling  seems to work well if they follow a "reason" for the angle, like a pitched ceiling. 

In a couple spots I have rising sun patterns of tapered pieces which some people find attractive.