Home Depot Mirage Wainscot Wall Panel Installation

How to install this paneling in a professional manner.
This is a very long video so you might want to watch it at X1.25 and slow or stop it where needed.
The "Rules":
1) Layout the first wall and only the first wall
and that wall will be the wall that is furthest from
the door or entryway.

2) Layout the panels (or full sheets) such that there is symmetry over
the length of the wall and the panels/sheets are equidistant from both adjacent walls.

3) Never install partial panels. If the wall width is less than a panel width then the wall will receive a 'blank' mdf.

4) If a wall is greater than a single panel but less than two panels, you will only install a single panel in the center of the wall and you will cut 'blank' pieces to the left and right to fill in the remaining space on the wall to the left and right of the panel.

5) If a wall is greater than 2 panels but less than three (a full sheet) then you will center two panels on the wall and cut 'blanks' to fill the spaces left and right of it.

6) If a wall is greater than a sheet but less than a sheet plus a panel, then you will install the sheet to the center of the wall and fill in the spaces left and right of the sheet with 'blanks'.

7) If a wall is greater than a sheet but more than a sheet (3 panels) and a panel then you will install the sheet and a panel with side pieces to center the combination on the wall.

8) And so on....

9) "Window walls" whose window sills are above the panels will need no attention. Run the panels under the sills as you would any flat wall using the same rules as above.

10) "Window walls" whose sill is below the panel tops require some sort of trim, e.g. casings, to terminate the panels and break the wall up into manageable spaces.

11) Lastly, door openings and such should be trimmed out with casings. This is absolutely necessary for a 'professional' looking job. There are methods to get around this but I.M.O. they're amateurish.