Hanging Drywall Around Garage Door

For door and window openings hang the sheet across the opening and then follow the framing with the spiral bit no.

Hanging drywall around garage door.

Then the drywall will break around the electrical box left requiring extra time to patch. After carefully measuring and cutting out the openings in your sheet of drywall hold the drywall in place. Do not fasten the drywall to the header. The empty space near my ceiling is right next to my garage lights which highlight any imperfections in the wall.

Install drywall around the garage door support brackets. Because of this the builder s may. 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.

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. Most garages are around 10 high which means you ll need to cut some of the drywall sheets to fit. The basic idea is easy. Place one screw approximately every 2 feet apart on a stud.

Installing drywall around windows and doors. However i have two very significant problems to deal with. Minimizing cracks at openings. Just mark the approximate center of the outlet or light hang the sheet of drywall and then poke the thin spiral bit through the center mark and follow the edge of the fixture all the way around.

Secure the panel to the studs using drywall screws. Use the interior casing to secure the loose edge of the drywall. The two garage doors. All the drywall that is missing is located directly over the garage doors door openers and rails.

The interior walls of a garage often take a low priority when a home is built because the garage is not a living area. Having read previous horror stories i intend to use a drywall lift and a self loading drywall gun. It s better to have those joints and seams near the bottom of the wall instead of the top. How to finish drywall around garage doors.

To do this attach the drywall to the ceiling studs with drywall screws every four to six inches.