Drywalling/closing a doorway. Need advice. Calling all contractors/DIYers!

[highland145]

What about for the existing drywall on the other side? Wouldn't it make sense to center the stud in that case?

Either way, many of the studs aren't even spaced 16". Whoever built this house was drunk.

1 side out of 2 ain't bad.


Beer, bro?


Srsly, some crap you may just be stuck with. Mudded sheet rock before? Oh, the joy......not. Mine may end up looking nice after a 5 gal bucket of mud for the size job you're doing.🙁

 

[Shawn]

Nope. I'm not looking forward to the mudding... or redoing the trim. I tried to save it but some of it got damaged.

 

[NoTine42]

What about for the existing drywall on the other side? Wouldn't it make sense to center the stud in that case?

Either way, many of the studs aren't even spaced 16". Whoever built this house was drunk.

Generally I think you would match the little studs above the header.
I'm not sure what, if any studs might result in 16" centers 😱

I hope that wall isn't load bearing. I tend to think you want bigger headers than that if they are carrying a load.

 

[DrPizza]

What about for the existing drywall on the other side? Wouldn't it make sense to center the stud in that case?

Either way, many of the studs aren't even spaced 16". Whoever built this house was drunk.

An extra 2x4 is $2.79 (or thereabouts). So what if you have 2 of them 3 inches apart. Having to cut the drywall and having a butt joint where it's not tapered is a pita to finish compared to a nice tapered joint.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

The trick to mudding is that less is more. Its easier to apply 4 thin coats than it is to sand 2 thick coats. Towards the end of my time as a contractor I could mud and not need to sand afterwards.

I liked to bed my tape with durabond because it could dry in 40 minutes, was next to impossible to sand through, and is just a whole lot tougher than top coat. This protects your tape when it does come time to sand out any whoopsies.

 

[Greenman]

I'm pretty sure that this is the last place on the planet that I would go for construction advice. Some of you come up with the right answers, but they get lost in all the noise.

 

[arkcom]

Keep this in mind: when you put 2x4 studs in that doorway, you're going to want to plan ahead for where a sheet of drywall ends, especially if you're placing the sheets vertically vs. horizontally.

Vertical drywall is wrong. I've never heard of anyone doing it that way.

 

[Humpy]

Vertical drywall is wrong. I've never heard of anyone doing it that way.

Strong logic for determining what makes something wrong.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

Vertical drywall is wrong. I've never heard of anyone doing it that way.

Its mainly done horizontal so that you are mudding at waist/chest height instead of having to go up and down a ladder every 4 feet.

 

[edro]

You probably only need 1 stud in the center. 30" or 32" door way.
I would put 2 in though. Who cares if that one patch of drywall doesn't have 16" centers.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

You probably only need 1 stud in the center. 30" or 32" door way.
I would put 2 in though. Who cares if that one patch of drywall doesn't have 16" centers.

Everyone including the op that is looking to attach anything to a stud in that section of the wall. That's who cares.

 

[DrPizza]

Vertical drywall is wrong. I've never heard of anyone doing it that way.

If I had a 12 foot wall, 8 feet tall, that was going to have crown molding on top, I'd rather do 3 vertical sheets, resulting in two seams in the middle of the wall to mud, (16 feet total), than do 2 horizontal 8' sheets, plus two horizontal 4 feet sheets, resulting in 12 horizontal feet to mud, plus 8 vertical feet to mud - and a butt joint at that which is a little more of a pita to get to look perfect. In both cases, the corners are the same. If you're working alone and don't have the transportation for 12 foot sheets, it's a lot easier to work with 8 foot sheets of drywall.

 

[edro]

Everyone including the op that is looking to attach anything to a stud in that section of the wall. That's who cares.

pft.

I never trust 16" centers. Stud finder ftw.