Drywall Around Door Jamb

Tools used on this job.

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. The first one shows how to hang full sheets around doors which allows ease for the person hanging it and for the person mudding. Most people are happy to do their best and caulk the rest. 2 tips lay within this video.

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. The area surrounding a high traffic door jamb is a common place for plaster damage to occur. The baseboard will be flush with the 5 8 inch drywall so prep happens first. Here is how i chose to handle it.

These jambs are typically 1 more narrow than regular flat jambs to allow for wrapping the drywall corner bead into the. Easy to install simply wrap built stud wall. Place one screw approximately every 2 feet apart on a stud. Blocks are then set using a laser for the drywall to sit atop.

Ignore the door frame for now and position the 4 foot by 8 foot piece of sheetrock as if no door frame existed. Secure the panel to the studs using drywall screws. One detail i ve noticed is that drywall returns on windows are far more common than wood extension jambs and casing. Sun mountain offers kerfed flat jambs to create these case less interior door openings.

Install solid blocking between the studs at the base of the wall. 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. In the contemporary home with modern materials and methods there isn t much need for trim everywhere.

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. When traveling around the country i m always interested to see how new homes are being constructed. In the northeast you don t often see drywall returns except on commercial and multifamily housing. The modern door jamb is clean unencumbered and is everything it needs to be.

Kerfed flat jambs are slotted on the edge for wrapping the drywall corner bead rounded or even square drywall corners into the jamb.