How To Drywall Around Windows And Doors

Make cuts for both doors and windows with a router or drywall saw and screw the panels in place with drywall screws.

How to drywall around windows and doors.

Chances are it ll crack in the future. Ignore the door frame for now and position the 4 foot by 8 foot piece of sheetrock as if no door frame existed. The installed sheetrock panel may now cover all or part of the top of the door opening. Minimizing cracks at openings.

Avoid lining up a sheet of drywall with the edge of a door or window opening left. Do not fasten the drywall to the header. Your home tends to shift and settle slightly and that movement shows up at the corners of windows and doors. I ended up applying casing around the openings but the drywall is still there.

Don t fasten panels to the framing around the openings yet. Use the interior casing to secure the loose edge of the drywall. On the bottom row use a drywall lifter to pry the panel inch up from the floor to allow for shrinkage of the framing. Trim around doors and windows photo by david carmack.

Lay out a door cut the same way as a window. A joint at this location even if it s well taped is weaker than solid drywall. The united states gypsum company invented drywall and sheetrock is that company s brand name for the paper coated gypsum product. And on seven patio doors and 24 windows there is only one small crack in a drywall return.

But 20 years ago i experimented with drywall returns on the windows and doors in my own house. 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. Install the next row of panels as in step 4 butting the edges tightly together.

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. To prevent cracked drywall joints at the corners of windows and doors place the sheet so the joint falls in the center of the opening and then cut out the waste.