Drywall Around Door Jamb

The first one shows how to hang full sheets around doors which allows ease for the person hanging it and for the person mudding.

Drywall around door jamb.

Current construction methods allow the drywall to meet the door jamb via a strip of l metal thereby eliminating the air gap and making trim obsolete. In the contemporary home with modern materials and methods there isn t much need for trim everywhere. Blocks are then set using a laser for the drywall to sit atop. Here is how i chose to handle it.

In the northeast you don t often see drywall returns except on commercial and multifamily housing. Install solid blocking between the studs at the base of the wall. The installed sheetrock panel may now cover all or part of the top of the door opening. Place one screw approximately every 2 feet apart on a stud.

Most people are happy to do their best and caulk the rest. Secure the panel to the studs using drywall screws. With the drywall edge left ragged the finish carpenter takes over mitering the corners around the door and over the baseboard. For me that just won t do in this case.

2 tips lay within this video. These jambs are typically 1 more narrow than regular flat jambs to allow for wrapping the drywall corner bead into the. When traveling around the country i m always interested to see how new homes are being constructed. Tools used on this job.

A kd or knocked down hollow metal drywall frame slip on frame is used for interior applications and comes in 3 pieces strike jamb hinge jamb and head. One detail i ve noticed is that drywall returns on windows are far more common than wood extension jambs and casing. The repeated force of the door closing can eventually cause. The area surrounding a high traffic door jamb is a common place for plaster damage to occur.

The modern door jamb is clean unencumbered and is everything it needs to be. Ignore the door frame for now and position the 4 foot by 8 foot piece of sheetrock as if no door frame existed. The baseboard will be flush with the 5 8 inch drywall so prep happens first. The kd drywall door frame is designed to be installed after the stud wall has been built and drywall applied as it wraps the wall.

Sun mountain offers kerfed flat jambs to create these case less interior door openings.