The interior walls of a garage often take a low priority when a home is built because the garage is not a living area.
Hanging drywall around garage door.
I would like to hang the drywall myself if possible.
Install drywall around the garage door support brackets.
Place one screw approximately every 2 feet apart on a stud.
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.
To do this attach the drywall to the ceiling studs with drywall screws every four to six inches.
After carefully measuring and cutting out the openings in your sheet of drywall hold the drywall in place.
The key to solve this problem is to check the fit before you press the drywall tight to the wall.
Having read previous horror stories i intend to use a drywall lift and a self loading drywall gun.
How to finish drywall around garage doors.
The installed sheetrock panel may now cover all or part of the top of the door opening.
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.
However i have two very significant problems to deal with.
It s better to have those joints and seams near the bottom of the wall instead of the top.
Then the drywall will break around the electrical box left requiring extra time to patch.
The basic idea is easy.
For door and window openings hang the sheet across the opening and then follow the framing with the spiral bit no.
Ignore the door frame for now and position the 4 foot by 8 foot piece of sheetrock as if no door frame existed.
Because of this the builder s may.
Use the interior casing to secure the loose edge of the drywall.
The empty space near my ceiling is right next to my garage lights which highlight any imperfections in the wall.
Installing drywall around windows and doors.
Minimizing cracks at openings.
Do not fasten the drywall to the header.
The two garage doors.
Hang the largest pieces of drywall first then the smaller ones.