Title: How to Cut a Hole in a Wall to Open Up Kitchen | Hunker
Headings: How to Cut a Hole in a Wall to Open Up Kitchen
How to Cut a Hole in a Wall to Open Up Kitchen
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Remove the studs within your future opening. Saw through wooden studs with a handsaw or power tool such as a jigsaw. Cut through metal studs with tin snips. Step 4
Build a square or rectangular frame the size of the finished opening with the lumber. Then insert it into the wall, screwing it into the ends of the existing studs at top and bottom. If the frame doesn't match up with existing studs at the sides, fill in the space with small blocks of wood attached to the studs. Then screw the frame to the blocks. Or, you could make the frame's width the same as the horizontal distance between the left and right studs to avoid this extra step. Step 5
Add sheetrock or new plaster to fill in the gaps between the frame of the new opening and the broken parts of the old wall. Refinish as desired.