Flood resistant wall

A paneling system having component parts capable of being assembled in the field onto wall studs supporting drywall within a room, comprising:

• a plurality of water-resistant panels;
• a plurality of finishing strips each having a backing flange and an upper lip portion, the backing flange and upper lip portion forming a first receptacle configured as an inverted U and sized and shaped to slidably receive an upper edge portion of one of said plurality of panels therein;
• the backing flange configured for being fastened to the wall studs while maintaining the one of said plurality of panels in predetermined spaced relation to the studs, so that a first room-facing surface of said one of said plurality of panels is maintained in flush relation with a second room-facing surface of the drywall;
• the upper lip portion including opposing flanges configured for superposed engagement with adjacent portions of said first room-facing surface and said second room-facing surface, respectively;
• a plurality of mounting clips each having a face and side flanges configured to form a second receptacle sized and shaped for receiving a stud therein, and further having a support flange extending transversely to said side flanges, the support flange configured for supporting a lower edge portion of individual ones of said plurality of panels when said upper edge portion is disposed within said first receptacle;
• a water-resistant baseboard;
• a plurality of horizontal corner strips each having a corner backing flange and a corner lip portion, the corner backing flange and corner lip portion forming corner receptacles each configured as an inverted U and sized and shaped to slidably receive an upper edge portion of one of said plurality of panels therein, the corner strips being universally configurable for forming inside or outside corners, and configured for universal-fit independently of thickness of the drywall;
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• a plurality vertical corner strips having an F-shaped cross-section forming a vertical receptacle to slidably receive a side edge portion of one of said plurality of panels therein, and a vertical flange portion configured for being superposed with the room-facing surface of an adjacent one of said plurality of panels.

A method for producing a modular water-resistant paneling system having component parts capable of being assembled in the field onto wall studs supporting drywall within a room, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of water-resistant panels;
• configuring a plurality of finishing strips to each have a backing flange and an upper lip portion, the backing flange and upper lip portion forming a first receptacle configured as an inverted U and sized and shaped to slidably receive an upper edge portion of one of said plurality of panels therein;
• configuring the backing flange for being fastened to the wall studs while maintaining the one of said plurality of panels in predetermined spaced relation to the studs, so that a first room-facing surface of said one of said plurality of panels is maintained in flush relation with a second room-facing surface of the drywall;
• configuring the upper lip portion to include opposing flanges configured for superposed engagement with adjacent portions of said first room-facing surface and said second room-facing surface, respectively;
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• providing a plurality of mounting clips configured to receive a stud therein, and configured to include a support flange for supporting a lower edge portion of individual ones of said plurality of panels when said upper edge portion is disposed within said first receptacle.

A method for producing a modular water-resistant paneling system having component parts capable of being assembled in the field onto wall studs supporting drywall within a room, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of water-resistant panels;
• configuring a plurality of finishing strips to each have a backing flange and an upper lip portion, the backing flange and upper lip portion forming a first receptacle configured as an inverted U and sized and shaped to slidably receive an upper edge portion of one of said plurality of panels therein;
• configuring the backing flange for being fastened to the wall studs while maintaining the one of said plurality of panels in predetermined spaced relation to the studs, so that a first room-facing surface of said one of said plurality of panels is maintained in flush relation with a second room-facing surface of the drywall;
• configuring the upper lip portion to include opposing flanges configured for superposed engagement with adjacent portions of said first room-facing surface and said second room-facing surface, respectively;
• providing a plurality of mounting clips each having a face and side flanges configured to form a second receptacle sized and shaped for receiving a stud therein, and further having a support flange extending transversely to said side flanges, the support flange configured for supporting a lower edge portion of individual ones of said plurality of panels when said upper edge portion is disposed within said first receptacle;
• providing a water-resistant baseboard;
• providing a plurality of horizontal corner strips each having a corner backing flange and a corner lip portion, the corner backing flange and corner lip portion forming corner receptacles each configured as an inverted U and sized and shaped to slidably receive an upper edge portion of one of said plurality of panels therein, the corner strips being universally configurable for forming inside or outside corners, and configured for universal-fit independently of thickness of the drywall;
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• providing a plurality vertical corner strips having an F-shaped cross-section forming a vertical receptacle to slidably receive a side edge portion of one of said plurality of panels therein, and a vertical flange portion configured for being superposed with the room-facing surface of an adjacent one of said plurality of panels.