Drywall around garage door

[garrett1812]

Having the garage drywalled and there are gasps between the drywall and the wood frame around the door. Should this be mudded, or would that crack? Or should it be caulked?

 

[PsRumors]

Id use a good flexible caulk. If you mud that it will crack

 

[Tejay]

Caulk or a small flat trim( 1/4x1”) that can be painted the same as the rest.

 

[bwringer]

Trim will look a lot neater.

There's lots of vibration and temperature variation here, so I'd attach the trim only to the wood so that it "floats" over the drywall.

You could stain or varnish the wood to make it look a little nicer, paint the wall, paint or stain the trim, and maybe even end up looking halfway fancy.

Or stuff or spray some flexible foam in the gaps and call it a day.

 

[matt_i]

Some quarter round trim would look nice there imo. A little more work to miter and brad-nail it but then paint it up and call it a day.

 

[The Cobbler]

you could flat tape it . ( mud over the space & bed in paper tape flat)

 

[larry4406]

In the production homes I build we caulk that gap

 

[1969]

Too late now , but could have used "j" trim...... metal or plastic. Use caulk now.

 

[garrett1812]

Thanks all. I will caulk for now and trim over later.

The aluminum wrap is a nice finish!

 

[phor53]

Nice

 

[wssix99]

Thanks all. I will caulk for now and trim over later.

The aluminum wrap is a nice finish!

There are beads these days for this type of application. If you go with a tear-away bead, it will give you a really nice look when you do caulk: (You can get some of these profiles from big box stores.) http://www.trim-tex.com/products/overview/commercial-beads/tear-away-beads/

 

[Firebrick43]

+1 on the trimtex. Awesome stuff. Where at in Indiana are you? Maybe could get you a few beads of it.

 

[garrett1812]

I have that stuff on the bottom of my drywall (where if sits against the concrete stem wall). It looks terrible - all cracked. I asked the guys doing the new drywall about it and they said the mud over it will crack within a year, and they have stopped using it.

 

[Firebrick43]

I have that stuff on the bottom of my drywall (where if sits against the concrete stem wall). It looks terrible - all cracked. I asked the guys doing the new drywall about it and they said the mud over it will crack within a year, and they have stopped using it.

If glued with 3m 66 and stapled on, then use a first coat of hot mud I have found it to be bullet proof. I add some type two titebond glue for improved adhesion with the first coat of mud with any kind of bead. Much more damage resistant than steel trim. Never had a cracking problem with it. If it gets hit hard it will typically be just a small chunk out of it as opposed to metal bead that will loosen and crack the whole corner. Lazy drywallers using bucket mud for the first coat cause more problems than anything.

Against the stem wall should use the super seal profile at the bottom of the link shown.