Do you need to add on to a board and batten wall? Want a seamless look? Here’s how to fill gaps in a board and batten wall.
![How To Fill Gaps In A Board And Batten Wall. Primed wood joint repair.](https://i0.wp.com/hellohomegirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/primed-wood-joint-repair.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
How To Fill Gaps In A Board And Batten Wall
For the One Room Challenge, I decided to add onto a board and batten wall that I installed back in 2020.
![board and batten wall](https://i0.wp.com/hellohomegirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210702_185714_0000.png?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
I originally installed only one wall of molding on the entryway wall because I was unsure whether I would like it. However, I decided that it would look great to wrap the board and batten from the entryway all the way down the hallway!
![Ugly wood joint seam before filling with wood filler. How To Fill Gaps In A Board And Batten Wall. An ugly wood joint gets filled by wood filler.](https://i0.wp.com/hellohomegirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/messy-wood-joint-combinging-two-board-and-batten-walls-1.jpg?resize=1000%2C1499&ssl=1)
After adding the board and batten in the hallway, there was an ugly seam left behind. I subsequently needed to get rid of the unsightly gap between the wood joints ASAP. Specifically, I had to fix that to make it look like I installed all of board and batten at the same time.
How to get rid a gap between 2 wood joints
Here’s how I disguised the seam between the old and new board and batten.
Tools used:
![How To Fill Gaps In A Board And Batten Wall. An ugly wood joint gets filled by wood filler. Close up on wood filler board and batter repair](https://i0.wp.com/hellohomegirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/close-up-on-wood-filler-board-and-batter-repair.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
How To Fill Gaps In A Board And Batten Wall in 6 steps:
- I used wood filler to fill in and blend the pieces of wood together for a seamless look. I used my fingers, but you can use a small putty knife to apply. Apply generously!
- Afterwards, let the wood filler dry.
![An ugly wood joint gets filled by wood filler. Close up on sanding wood filler board and batter repair. Hide ugly wood joints with wood filler.](https://i0.wp.com/hellohomegirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sanding-wood-filler-board-and-batten-1.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
![Sanding wood filler smooth with 220 sandpaper. Close up on wood filler board and batter repair](https://i0.wp.com/hellohomegirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sanding-wood-filler-board-and-batten-2.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
- Use a putty knife to knock down a little bit of texture. Then, sand down the filler to be smooth and flat.
- Next, inspect for leftover gaps and repeat steps 1-3. All in all, I repeated this process three times.
![How To Fill Gaps In A Board And Batten Wall. Primed wood joint repair.](https://i0.wp.com/hellohomegirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/primed-wood-joint-repair-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1)
- Prime the wood filler. This primer is my absolute favorite!
- Do one last light sanding of the primer coat for a smooth painting surface!
That’s how to fill gaps in a board and batten wall installed at two different times! If I had known ahead of time that I would wrap the entryway and hallway in molding, I probably would have just cut a 45 degree angle when the two joints came together. But, this is a great solution as well.
Sincerely,
Felicia.
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The blend looks great! I get so impatient with these types of projects – waiting between each step makes me so antsy to get it done! Also, that primer is magic!
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