Plank Paneling Installation Tips
Dressing up old walls or a ceiling is simple with plank paneling. All you need are a few basic tools and a little time to completely refresh, renew and revitalize your home’s appearance.
How much plank paneling do I need?
Take the height and width and multiply them together (8′ tall x 20′ wide = 160 sq. ft.) to find out how many square feet you need. Each box covers approximately 40 sq. feet. Call Ozark Natural Paneling and speak to a representative to confirm the amount of solid hardwood plank paneling that you need for your project. It’s a good idea to add 10 percent to account for waste and miscuts.
Acclimating Plank Paneling
Plank paneling is a wood product and is subject to expansion and contraction. Always allow the planks to acclimate in the room where they will be installed for three days to a week prior to installation.
The Right Tools
Plank paneling can be installed with a hammer and finish nails, but an air nailer and compressor really speed things along. The nailer also comes in handy when installing or reinstalling your moulding.
Renovation Features Plank Paneling
Ozark Natural Paneling recently renovated its offices using their new plank paneling product.
The solid wood plank paneling is used to line walls and ceilings with warmth and character. The rugged planks—accented by nature’s own exquisite designs of knots and grain changes—showcase the depth and dimension of each room with interlocking tongue-and-groove construction and varied lengths.
Ozark Natural Paneling: Distributor Friendly
As a distributor, we want to make sure your experience with Ozark Natural Paneling is as seamless and effortless as possible. We want to make it easy for you to stock and sell our new plank paneling product.
- Our standard 8′ carton weighs approximately 65#
- Master Pallet: 27 cartons; 1800#; easily handled with small warehouse lift
- Cartons are labeled clearly on sides and ends
- Installation instruction sheets inside every carton
- Installation video currently in development
- Climate controlled storage environment before shipping to you
- Company-owned delivery truck for prompt service
- Convenient 2′ sample cartons available
- Professional 3′x3′ display boards available
Contact Herb King at 870.523.6701 to get more information about becoming a distributor. For more efficient service, please email Herb King with your company information and a contact phone number.
Wainscoting Added to Ozark Natural Paneling Line
Ozark Natural Paneling announces the addition of wainscoting to its line of products.
Wainscoting from Ozark Natural Paneling will be offered precut to 42″ in lengths and widths of 4, 5 and 6 inches. The plank widths are the same as our plank paneling.
Wainscot or wainscoting is a paneling style applied to the lower 3′ to 5′ of an interior wall, below the chair rail and above the baseboard. It is traditionally constructed from tongue-and-groove boards.
Although the original purpose of wainscoting was to cover the lower part of walls which, in houses constructed with poor or nonexistent damp-proof courses, are often affected by rising dampness, its purpose is now decorative.
North American Building Material Distribution Association Convention 2009
The North American Building Material Distribution Association (NBMDA) is one of the most influential associations of building material and specialty product distributors, manufacturers and service suppliers.
The annual convention event is designed to be an executive-level interchange between trading partners coupled with stimulating education. This experience is meant to be an efficient and cost-effective alternative to the typical trade show environment.
Representing Ozark Natural Paneling, Herb King, Todd Norris and Clay Curtner exhibited their new hardwood plank paneling product in November at this annual event.
The Comeback of Wood Paneling in Home Décor
According to Kim Vedros, owner of Architectural Wood Designs, Wood Paneling is making a comeback in Home Décor and Design. Mr. Vedors writes,
Back in the 1960’s and 1970’s, wood paneling was all the rage. Across the nation, homeowners paneled walls, and even entire rooms. Of course, the paneling used was generally…pressboard panel sheets that were not real wood at all.
As we enter an era where homeowners have become knowledgeable do-it-yourselfers and weekend design warriors, the trend of using wood paneling in home décor and design is making a big comeback…
Ozark Natural Paneling is a perfect example of the “comeback” of Wood Paneling in the décor and design arenas. Mr. Vedors goes on to mention the practical and financial benefits of wood paneling when he writes,
Adding value to a home is important when you are considering renovation or interior design projects – savvy renovators know this. That is why the homes of today that are using paneling as a room feature are using real wood and incorporating incredible paneled designs that definitely add character and value to a property.
Curtner Lumber Company encourages you to check out its own solid hardwood planks and to consider taking the next step in your home renovation or interior design project.
Plank Paneling New Product at Association of Millwork Distributors Convention
Ozark Natural Paneling joined millwork distributors and manufacturers in October at the Association of Millwork Distributors annual convention in San Antonio Texas. While the economy is still hurting, many distributors and manufacturers took advantage of this time to get together and discuss the opportunities ahead and new product offerings.
Many exhibitors had new products to show and some manufacturers had a very busy booth all week. ”We are introducing our new Ozark Natural Paneling to the industry” said Clay Curtner of Curtner Lumber Company. “This natural hardwood plank paneling is being manufactured mainly for walls and ceilings. We are also producing wainscoting with the natural plank hardwood.”
Representing Ozark Natural Paneling, Herb King, Todd Norris and Clay Curtner (not pictured) exhibited their new hardwood plank paneling product in October at this annual event.
Order Your Hardwood Plank Paneling Sample Display
Continuing to make headway into the market with their new line of hardwood plank paneling, Ozark Natural Paneling now has hardwood plank paneling sample displays available for showrooms around the country. For your display, please call Herb King at 870.523.6701.
The hardwood plank paneling sample display can be used to show potential customers the natural beauty of hardwood without the need for any type of man-made engineering.
“This natural plank paneling is straight from the sustainable forest, finished and boxed right here at our mill and ready for installation” says Clay Curtner of Curtner Lumber Company. “Hardwood is one of the most sustainable natural resources known to man. You could say we take the ‘green movement’ to the max when it comes to producing Ozark Natural Paneling’s hardwood plank paneling.”
The hardwood plank paneling sample display shown here is approximately 31″ tall by 36″ wide and shows the natural beauty of the wood.
Hardwood Paneling a Source of World Envy
U.S. hardwood trees are an ever-renewing gift from nature. A vibrant hardwood forest is a dynamic force, contributing to a clean, healthy environment.
Forests cool the atmosphere, while filtering the water we drink and the air we breathe. They convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. Besides providing food and shelter for wildlife, forests offer a spectacular variety of recreational opportunities.
Mature hardwood trees also supply the nation—and much of the world—with timber used for everything from railroad ties to quality furnishings.
U.S. hardwoods are coveted the world over for their warmth and lasting beauty in furniture, cabinetry, millwork, flooring, and in the solid hardwood planks that are manufactured by OZARK NATURAL PANELING.
In finished products, hardwoods are the purest expression of nature. They are not synthetic, nor are the engineered. Their beauty is not just skin deep. And, thanks to responsible stewardship of America’s hardwood forestlands, their supply is abundant and perpetually renewing.
Our Daily Wood – Musings from a Natural Paneling Manufacturer
Every day, each of Earth’s almost 7 billion inhabitants, on the average, uses a four pound block of wood. But the average American uses 3.5 times this much wood.
Should Americans be using less wood?
Steel, aluminum, plastic, and concrete are often mentioned as substitutes for wood but these resources are not renewable. Wood is the only natural resource on Earth that is renewable, recyclable, and biodegradable.
The only energy required to grow a tree is the sun. As trees grow, they remove carbon dioxide from the air and give off oxygen.
Wood manufacturing processes consume only 4% of the energy used by all primary industrial raw manufacturers.
Global demand for wood will increase by 50% by the year 2020, but governments around the world are establishing more new forest preserves where harvesting is prohibited. Left unanswered is the critical question: Where will we get our daily wood?
At Curtner Lumber Company, a manufacturer of Ozark Natural Paneling, we believe the world should be using more wood, not less, because no other natural resource on Earth can match its environmental advantages.
But first, nations must make a major global commitment to growing our daily wood, just as we do our daily bread.
