Drywall Extends Past Door Jamb

Use a measuring tape to record the distance from the drywall to the door edge to determine the length.

Drywall extends past door jamb. A buddy of mine does trim work for a living. I have a homeowner who has window and exterior door jambs that extend past the drywall by about 1 1 2 inches. Doorjambs are designed to fit standard width walls made out of 2 by 4 or 2 by 6 lumber plus a layer of 1 2 inch drywall on each side of the wall. In the place we re modeled he did much of our trim work and like the op we had many jams that were not parallel nor flush with the walls.

As an amazon associate i make. What he ended up doing is to extend the jam in order to split the difference i e at maximum the jam was 1 8 past the dw at minimum 1 8 behind. Mark the outline of the door jamb using a pencil. Window jambs extend beyond drywall.

Step 2 create the extended door jamb. These jambs span from one side of the wall to the other. The ripped out the plaster and put in drywall and now all of the jambs protrude past the drywall. It s important to know what to do in less than ideal situations.

It is an old house 1920 s 2 story that had 2 layers of lathe and plaster on it. Tools used on this job. The first thing you need to do is to determine how long the door jamb extension needs to be. The door casing is nailed to the jamb and to the wall and covers the space between the doorjamb and the wall.