I'm looking for any tips for installing FRP wall board. Do I have to use the adhesive to attach the FRP to the brick wall? I don't want to in case it ever needs to be removed in the future. Do I drill holes 18" apart? I know I need to drill the FRP with a 5/16" bit to give it some expansion room.
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Need advise installing FRP
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captain cw
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I would not use ant adhesive. It can make it buckle and ripple when the sun hits it. Make the hole in the frp for your wall nail anchors slightly larger so that the frp can contract and expand during the different times of the year. Also leave a little space in the joint pieces for the same reason. I would also stack the pieces and pre-drill all of your mounting holes, so they are uniform.
Wall anchors are preferable. As for the type of FRP. I highly recommend that you do not install the ripples/orange peel type. Once it gets dirty, it is all but impssible to get into the nooks. Instead, I highly recoomend a smooth, gel-coated FRP. It does not hold dirt, cleans up far easier and holds up better to wall wash solutions.
Earl Weiss
Well-known member
A local guy sells and installs FRP for many local washes. I asked about smooth vs rough when I saw the smoot at a local SS. He sys it looks great unntil the Nimrod Vandals scratch their graffitti into it.
I went with the rough at the SS and will now go with smooth at the tunnels when i do or redo them.
