Source for sheetrock bullnose end?

[DGersic]

My house has plaster walls on rock lath, and the walls end at doorways and windows with a 90* bullnose. There is no trim around the doors and windows.

In the future ,I’m going to be remodeling a bathroom where previous work by someone else screwed up the bullnose, though it is still there. They removed the plaster and sheetrocked it. The doorway edge is now kind of a mess, hidden by trim that doesn’t look right.

I’d like to replace this with new, but I can’t find a source for bullnose that isn’t for corners. I find this:



But what I’m looking for would, I think, need to be more like a cap piece that would cover the end of the panel.

 

[The Cobbler]

do you mean a drywall J trim? that slips over the end of the drywall ?

 

[DGersic]

do you mean a drywall J trim? that slips over the end of the drywall ?

Like that, yes, but with a 1/4 round profile instead of squared off.

 

[LXCam]

Are you saying your bullnose dies into the jamb? My first house was like that so I made my own trowel cut out of pipe and flattened on one side. However I did all my repairs and changes in plaster, not drywall mud. If you go with mud and build up the bullnose I suggest you get some 20 minute dry mix for the build up. You’ll also need to staple up some metal lathe for it to hold too.

 

[GrayFlattop]

Perhaps a tile supplier? They generally have a selection of metal edge trim that might fill the bill.

 

[DGersic]

Are you saying your bullnose dies into the jamb? My first house was like that so I made my own trowel cut out of pipe and flattened on one side. However I did all my repairs and changes in plaster, not drywall mud. If you go with mud and build up the bullnose I suggest you get some 20 minute dry mix for the build up. You’ll also need to staple up some metal lathe for it to hold too.

Yes. I think so. Here’s a doorway showing what I have.



The wall surface plaster comes to a metal end, quarter round, that curves to the wood framing inside the doorway.

I don’t think I want to form this out of plaster, or mud.

More like a J channel, but quarter round, that can be muddied in to the end of the sheetrock. If such a thing exists.

 

[The Cobbler]

here, page 6 I think is what you're looking for? https://www.bmp-group.com/docs/defa...brochure-12-2019-online.pdf?sfvrsn=f7552fe2_0

 

[DGersic]

Perhaps a tile supplier? They generally have a selection of metal edge trim that might fill the bill.

Hm. Now that’s an interesting lead. Lowes has this listed



Might work. Wonder how mud and paint will stick to PVC.

 

[i4ni]

I'd consult a Plaster pro.

 

[Jeff C]

Maybe you could make something like this work…

⅜” Medium Bullnose Kerfed Bead | Trim-Tex

Trim-Tex is the premier manufacturer of vinyl drywall beads & accessories. Drywall isn't finished without us.

www.trim-tex.com

 

[LXCam]

Yes. I think so. Here’s a doorway showing what I have.



The wall surface plaster comes to a metal end, quarter round, that curves to the wood framing inside the doorway.

I don’t think I want to form this out of plaster, or mud.

More like a J channel, but quarter round, that can be muddied in to the end of the sheetrock. If such a thing exists.

Ya just like that. If you can find the right sized wood quarter round maybe tape and mud it in. How thick is the edge you want to do, based on your description of the drywall work is it 1/2”?

 

[DGersic]

Maybe you could make something like this work…

⅜” Medium Bullnose Kerfed Bead | Trim-Tex

Trim-Tex is the premier manufacturer of vinyl drywall beads & accessories. Drywall isn't finished without us.

www.trim-tex.com

Ah, now that seems to be what I‘m looking for. Thanks. Once I start, I’ll have to find a way to cut that groove in to the existing wood trim around the inside of the doorway, but I’ll think of something when it comes time.

 

[DGersic]

Ya just like that. If you can find the right sized wood quarter round maybe tape and mud it in. How thick is the edge you want to do, based on your description of the drywall work is it 1/2”?

Wood is a possibility too, but I wasnt looking forward to trying to mud that in to look right. It’s possible too that I can save and fix the current metal ends, I won’t know until I tear it apart. Probably the sheetrock is, or will be, 1/2”.

 

[GrayFlattop]

Hm. Now that’s an interesting lead. Lowes has this listed



Might work. Wonder how mud and paint will stick to PVC.

Shouldn't be an issue if you use durabond - that stuff sticks to everything.

 

[KenC]

Paint will stick to PVC fine. That tile edging from Lowes linked above is often used to edge wall tile and is painted to match the wall. I have some on two walls of my shower. Tile extends outside the shower an dies into the wall.

 

[Hank11]

Are you sure that's not wood flat stock over plaster?

 

[DGersic]

Are you sure that's not wood flat stock over plaster?

Positive. It’s steel. Magnet sticks to it.

 

[The Cobbler]

how badly is the bullnose in question screwed up? can it be repaired with some tweaking & bondo?
maybe snap a pic of it?

 

[DGersic]

how badly is the bullnose in question screwed up? can it be repaired with some tweaking & bondo?
maybe snap a pic of it?

Most of what I remember as damaged is hiding behind the trim I installed ~30 years ago. Here’s the door, upper left corner:



The corner maybe I can bang back in to alignment and fix with caulk or similar. Behind the trim is the remains of the metal lathing that the visible bullnose is attached to. From memory, the sheetrock edges appear to have been cut with a hatchet and are only kinda near where the bullnose is. If 1/2” is “close enough”, that’s what I remember it looking like. The trim is hiding the ugly.

Here is the right side:



Again, maybe can be bent back, nailed down, or otherwise fixed. Maybe. The trim, and the tile, shower door, and tub, are all coming out. I may take the sheetrock out too, just start over.

The doorway may be repairable, I won’t know until I try. Looking for options now, in case I need them. Gutting and remodeling the bath in a one bath house, I won’t have a lot of time once it gets started.

The window:



Same guy cut the sheetrock here, and the trim is hiding it. There is no bullnose here, and I think I want to add it, eliminating the trim.

 

[The Cobbler]

for the door, I'd strip it, bondo it, straighten it, and use it again.
the window, I would replicate with wood & quarter round. drywall up to the quarter round , flat tape the seam to just touch the quarter round . paint it

 

[csp]

Go to a drywall supply house. I've seen bullnose like this at two suppliers I know of and available in different sized radius.

 

[Dig Doug]

Drywall, stucco commercial building supply house

Bullnose Kerfed

 

[billconner]

trimtex

Just did a room with a lot of it.

 

[DGersic]

trimtex

Just did a room with a lot of it.

Nice! More pictures? How was it to work with?

 

[billconner]

I'll try to take pics tomorrow. Not sure if you can see it in this one or not.

 

[billconner]

Here's another I found on my phone - pre mudding.