How To Drywall Around Windows And Doors

I ended up applying casing around the openings but the drywall is still there.

How to drywall around windows and doors.

Lean the piece of drywall against the opening mark the location of the studs and draw a line for the top of the door opening. Don t fasten panels to the framing around the openings yet. Use the interior casing to secure the loose edge of the drywall. And on seven patio doors and 24 windows there is only one small crack in a drywall return.

Ignore the door frame for now and position the 4 foot by 8 foot piece of sheetrock as if no door frame existed. On the bottom row use a drywall lifter to pry the panel inch up from the floor to allow for shrinkage of the framing. Chances are it ll crack in the future. Avoid lining up a sheet of drywall with the edge of a door or window opening left.

Make cuts for both doors and windows with a router or drywall saw and screw the panels in place with drywall screws. Installing drywall around windows and doors. Do not fasten the drywall to the header. To cut around a door.

Secure the panel to the studs using drywall screws. Your home tends to shift and settle slightly and that movement shows up at the corners of windows and doors. Trim around doors and windows photo by david carmack. Place one screw approximately every 2 feet apart on a stud.

Installing whole sheets on open wall surfaces is a straightforward procedure but when it comes to having to cut pieces to fit and installing pieces near window or door frames things can get tricky. The installed sheetrock panel may now cover all or part of the top of the door opening. Lay out a door cut the same way as a window. Install the next row of panels as in step 4 butting the edges tightly together.

The united states gypsum company invented drywall and sheetrock is that company s brand name for the paper coated gypsum product. But 20 years ago i experimented with drywall returns on the windows and doors in my own house.