How To Sheetrock Around A Garage Door

If you mount the hardware onto the drywall it may crush over time.

How to sheetrock around a garage door.

Examine the drywall screws that are holding the drywall in place. Most garages are around 10 high which means you ll need to cut some of the drywall sheets to fit. Lower the garage door. The empty space near my ceiling is right next to my garage lights which highlight any imperfections in the wall.

Removed the angle stock and rocked the ceiling and put the hardware back together leaving all the bolts loose and wiggly. Sheetrock garage after doors i did this in my own garage. Cover the door tracks with plastic to protect them. Run the drywall next to the door track assemblies.

Hang the new drywall mark the joists as you go. Spruce fri sep 08 2017 10 28 pm drywall will flex some but it is not a good idea to do so nor is it a good idea to put stress on the travel rod of the opener so if you don t have room to reinstall things on top of the drywall then recess the travel rod section of the drywall. If any stick up past the surface of the drywall use a drill to drive them. How to drywall around a garage overhead door.

Usually i add a 2 x 4 or 2 x 6 to mount the track on and then butt caulk the board to that. The installed sheetrock panel may now cover all or part of the top of the door opening. Put on goggles and a dust mask. Openers and lowered them to the top of 2 6 ladders and built 4 quicky floor supports to hold the tracks about 3 below the joists.

Install drywall around the garage door support brackets. Lock it so that nobody opens it while you are working. If the garage is dark without the door open set up some. How to finish drywall around garage doors.

That way the installers know where they are. Drywall above around overhead garage door. Secure the panel to the studs using drywall screws. If all the rails are going to be replaced you could close the doors use some 2x4s or something to hold the lower portion of the rails in place cut out the upper portion of the rails that are in your way.

Ignore the door frame for now and position the 4 foot by 8 foot piece of sheetrock as if no door frame existed.