Drywall Door Jamb

Center the door in the jamb and place blocks under the door so that the face of the door is flush with the top edge of the jamb.

Drywall door jamb.

Casing dw corner margins are a snap tweaking jambs for a flush door jamb are easier too since the margin is estabilshed when you nail the casing to the wall first. Kerfed flat jambs are slotted on the edge for wrapping the drywall corner bead rounded or even square drywall corners into the jamb. With this wrapping the drywall connects directly to the door frame and gap between the door frame and drywall goes away. Wood stud anchors are made with two steel tabs that fold over the face of the stud and fasten to the stud.

Place the door inside the jamb unit. Trace around the protruding. Steel stud anchors are made with a bent steel plate to butt up against the stud and are fastened to the stud through the throat of the stud. Just position the blade of the drywall saw along the inner edge of the door frame and turn it on.

One detail i ve noticed is that drywall returns on windows are far more common than wood extension jambs and casing. A kerfed door jamb is one where a kerf slot is cut into the door jamb for the purpose of allowing a drywall corner bead to be wrapped directly into the jamb. The reason it s so easy is that it eliminates most of the prep measuring work necesary on the opening unless the dw hangers are real sloppy. Step through the open wall studs to the other side of the wall and use a drywall saw to cut out the piece of sheetrock that is covering the top of the door opening.

Depending on the style of the home this corner can either be bullnose rounded or a sharp or l corner. In the northeast you don t often see drywall returns except on commercial and multifamily housing. There s no need to measure or use a guide. These jambs are typically 1 more narrow than regular flat jambs to allow for wrapping the drywall corner bead into the jamb.

This means the trim casing is no longer necessary.