T+G router bits - looking for an overly long tounge

[SlowSteve]

Hello all.

Mrs Steve has announced that 1986 has returned and that the time has come to panel my bathroom with tounge and groove. She would also like to make it look "rustic" and "shabby-chic" by having a small amount of the tounge showing. "Rustic" is rapidly turning into a dreaded word in my house - it takes more effort to get something looking "rustic" but not rubbish than it does to make something regular look good. :evil:

However, I have a 100 year old house which has been built without a single straight wall in any dimension, so I already know that there will be much swearing and gnashing of teeth. Anything I can do to reduce the swearing would be most appreciated.

What would make my life easier is to have a have the tounges cut a little deeper than the grooves are, so that there is a bit of projection, and I don't have to fiddle around with spacers between each plank.

Does anyone know if it's possible to get a T&G router set, or an individual tounge cutter, where there it's possible to have an over-depth tounge?

Also - does anyone have any neat tricks about how to actually put the T+G up onto wanny walls? I am thinking of battening the walls and packing out each of the batterns to get it flush - if there's a better way of doing it, please please please let me know.

Thanks

Steve

 

[porker]

I also have a wife who likes T&G panelling in the bathroom. Last time I cheated and used an MDF panel which is textured and looks good when painted but probably a bit too regular for what you are looking at. The other time I bought T&G and fixed it on battens with special metal clips so you can't see the fixings. I also have a house over 100 years old so can sympathise with the out of square issue. Anything I build in I try to pack out to start with a square work area and scribe to fit.

 

[PAC1]

If you get a set with bearings that can be removed then you could swap the groove bearing for a wider bearing thus a less deep groove.
I hope you are having the Avacado suite to go with the panelling :wink:

 

[mseries]

can you not just shorten the side of the groove on the side you'll see ?

 

[Mike.S]

I'd be cautious about butting the tongue right into the groove as this will leave no room for movement, particularly likely in a bathroom. Usual to leave a 1-2mm gap, which I find it straightforward just to 'eyeball'.

As regards the wonky walls, it might be worth considering 'dot and dab' plaster with metal furring channels. This will let you have a co-planar level with little effort - just apply blobs of plaster and push the channel in, using spirit level/straight edge to line things up. Usually used with plasterboard but no reason why you couldn't fix wooden t&g planks instead - just might need to use drywall screws or drill a pilot hole.