whats proper?

[dnifong]

greetings,

whats proper? Is it proper to hang the sheet rock before putting up the garage door, or is the door first?

they both arrived yesterday. the wife has agreed to help me some this weekend.

the weather is supposed to be ugly this weekend. if I put the doors up, we would have heat. If I put the doors up, I'll have to paint around that.

Has anyone ever panited the metal railings for thier door?

thanks,
dale

 

[APEowner]

Go ahead and put the door up first. The door hardware attaches to the frame, the drywall runs up to the hardware and if you care about such things the trim covers the hardware and the edge of the drywall.

 

[rsanter]

the drywall is a bit compressable
mount door direct to the wood and either trim the drywall around the door hardware or put it over it

bob

 

[jmh21586]

I'm going to say sheetrock first. Thats the way I did it. No problems yet. Much easier than trying to cut the rock round all the garage door hardware. Much cleaner, finished look. Thats in my house garage. In my detatched I did the same thing except with plywood. And definately paint the rock first. Painting around the track hardware *****. Just did mine last week. Also would not paint the track. The tracks are usualy pretty oily so there would be a lot of prep work to do. Even then, how would you do it?? Spray can maybe.

 

[Kevin54]

I'd hang the door first so your sheetrock in inside whie working. Hardware can easily be worked around and is only a very small part of the equation anyways.

 

[Kjbakke2]

i would say that you should finish the inside last so get the door and stuff up all electrical hvac and what not and hang sheet, mud and paint last

 

[tfi racing]

I wish I did something before the doors went in.I would trim the area where the hardware mounts with 1/2 in plywood about six inches wide or so and paint it before the tracks get mounted,the drwall then has something to **** against and will look a lot more finished when done.

 

[m0rie]

I wish I did something before the doors went in.I would trim the area where the hardware mounts with 1/2 in plywood about six inches wide or so and paint it before the tracks get mounted,the drwall then has something to **** against and will look a lot more finished when done.

This is exactly how i'm finishing the area around the doors in my garage i'm building. Get sanded 1/2" ply, cut it to come to the middle of the kingstud for the door, fill the nail holes and seams, paint and primer and your set for doors.

 

[speed bump]

I would put up the sheet rock where the doors go and then put up the doors. After that finish the inside.

 

[dnifong]

wow, It's close to 50/50. so I'm stuck with the same question again probably no right or wrong way to do it.

 

[jmh21586]

How do you want to do it?

 

[idunnosh#t]

An easy way is to trim the opening with 1x4 then install your door hard ware to the 1x. you can also use a trim product like Miratec or similar,cedar,treated,whatever floats ur boat. Then sheetrock ,but make sure to do a nice job fitting the rock around the door.Leave a nice clean 1/8" inch gap to caulk. You can also cut a rabbit in the trim so you can slide the rock behind the trim. This process is done alot and gives a nice, neat finished look.HOPE that helps....

 

[ddawg16]

Because of the thickness of my garage header, the frame aournd the opening is all wood...hence my rails attache to the 2x4's...drywall buts up to it....

But just so you know....it's easy to remove the rails if you have to......you can raise the door and remove the bottom part of the rail if you need to do anything....

So....install door and keep the weather out....makes it easier to work inside....

 

[tdkkart]

I'm going with the "trim the door frame with wood" group.
The problem I have with attaching the mounting brackets to the drywall is that even if you get the hardware tight at the time of install, sheetrock permanently compresses when loaded, so over time the vibration of the door will loosen the attachment points.
Run a 1x4" or 1x6" board around the door opening and then run the sheetrock against the board and caulk the joint.

 

[djd99]

I'm going with the "trim the door frame with wood" group.
The problem I have with attaching the mounting brackets to the drywall is that even if you get the hardware tight at the time of install, sheetrock permanently compresses when loaded, so over time the vibration of the door will loosen the attachment points.
Run a 1x4" or 1x6" board around the door opening and then run the sheetrock against the board and caulk the joint.

I also agree with this group finish the door wall first with drywall, install your door, And the rest can be done comfortably.

 

[6t7gto]

When I did my garage the door man told me not to run the drywall where the rails fasten.
I put up plywood and ran the drywall up to it.

 

[brownbagg]

so what more important, cold, wet , heat or painting around a door

 

[nate379]

I've always been told not to mount the door to drywall because over time it will crumble it.

My walls are 2x6, but for the frame-in off the door, they used double 2x8s on each side. Run the drywall up to the side of the 2x8 and the door mounts.

Though, now that I think of it, the opener and the brackets to hold the tracks at the ceiling are mounted on the drywall haha

I ended up pulling the door tracks off and putting some 1/8" white panelling over the 2x8s to clean it up.

 

[idunnosh#t]

Your torsion spring wall mounts will require an H shape to your trim out + a center vertical trim piece(this is also your opener mount so figure and secure accordingly). For the best fit and finish be sure to read and use dimensions provided. Be aware the torsion spring can put the hurt on ya. GOODLUCK

 

[Daniel Dudley]

so what more important, cold, wet , heat or painting around a door

Putting trim around the door first takes care of all your woes. The piece of trim at the top should be tall enough to carry your torsion spring mount, if you are hanging a large door.

Or you can just mount the doors now, and wonder how the heck you are going to deal with it after it is too late to do a proper job.

 

[Worsedog]

The installation notes with my CHI doors specifically said 2x6 facing around the opening mounted directly to the rough wall whether it is frame or block.

 

[dnifong]

thanks for all the input. I framed out the opening with 2X6 all the way around the opening. It made a very solid foundation for the rails and brackets to mount. the sheetrock will but up nicely. dale