Trim and drywall around old window & door install.
#1
06-10-05, 07:34 AM
Trim and drywall around old window & door install.
I'm trying to finish up an old utility room that was attached to our house. I don't believe the previous owner framed in the windows and door properly, and so it is making "finishing" the job difficult.
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I'd like to finish this room by insulating and putty drywall, but I can't figure out how the wood pieces will go around the windows, and how the trim will then be attached. Part of the problem is the almost non-existant space between the door and the window. Also the door is mounted so that the face of the door is "recessed" and not in line with the final plane of the drywall.
We will eventually be putting in new windows and door in this room, but that project is probably a year down the road. For now we'd like to finish it and make it as nice as possible. If we have to tear up some drywall & trim a year from now and lose a little money because of it, we're okay so long as it looks good for now.
Any ideas? Thanks!!!!!
Pictures Almost to the bottom of the page. Click on the photo for a larger view, click again for yet larger.
I'd like to finish this room by insulating and putty drywall, but I can't figure out how the wood pieces will go around the windows, and how the trim will then be attached. Part of the problem is the almost non-existant space between the door and the window. Also the door is mounted so that the face of the door is "recessed" and not in line with the final plane of the drywall.
We will eventually be putting in new windows and door in this room, but that project is probably a year down the road. For now we'd like to finish it and make it as nice as possible. If we have to tear up some drywall & trim a year from now and lose a little money because of it, we're okay so long as it looks good for now.
Any ideas? Thanks!!!!!
#2
06-12-05, 06:07 PM
Group Moderator
Well, the door should really have been installed so that the interior side of the jamb was flush with the wall. (an extension jamb then would have been cut to the correct width and would have been added to the exterior side of the jamb.) If the door can easily be removed, I'd suggest that this be done. Doing so may require an aluminum threshold extension on the bottom.
As for the windows, they need an extension jamb. Buy some pine door jamb and cut it to the correct width on a table saw. Nail this to the window jamb with some long finish nails so that once it is installed, it will be flush with your drywall. You may want to attach a window stool to the window sill instead of using an extension jamb. This would provide more of a traditional look, with casing above the stool, and a casing apron underneath. It looks like you may want to put a 2x4 or 2x2 underneath the windows (flush with the face of the framing) to provide a nailer for trim and drywall.
It appears that once the extension jambs are on, you will have enough room between the door and the windows that you can use standard 2 1/4" casing to trim the door and windows.
As for the windows, they need an extension jamb. Buy some pine door jamb and cut it to the correct width on a table saw. Nail this to the window jamb with some long finish nails so that once it is installed, it will be flush with your drywall. You may want to attach a window stool to the window sill instead of using an extension jamb. This would provide more of a traditional look, with casing above the stool, and a casing apron underneath. It looks like you may want to put a 2x4 or 2x2 underneath the windows (flush with the face of the framing) to provide a nailer for trim and drywall.
It appears that once the extension jambs are on, you will have enough room between the door and the windows that you can use standard 2 1/4" casing to trim the door and windows.
