Title: How to Cut Out Around a Doorway When Installing Drywall | Home Guides | SF Gate
Headings: How to Cut Out Around a Doorway When Installing Drywall
How to Cut Out Around a Doorway When Installing Drywall
Cutting the Top Panel
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Cutting the Bottom Panel
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Duck under the drywall panel to the other side of the wall. From this vantage point, you can clearly see both the framed doorway and the backside of the drywall panel. 5
Cut the drywall, using the inside of the framed doorway as a guide. Use a sharp utility knife, and cut about halfway through the drywall panel on all three sides framed by the doorway. 6
Tap two nails through the backside of the drywall panel -- one at each top corner where the lines you just cut meet. Nail size doesn’t matter, but the nails should be long enough to protrude on the other side of the drywall. 7
Step back through to the other side, and locate the two nails. Hook the end of a chalk line at the bottom of the drywall panel directly below one of the nails and run the chalk line straight up, winding it around the nail, running it over to the other nail and then to the bottom of the drywall. Snap all three sides of the chalk line to transfer cutting guides to the face of the drywall. 8
Cut the front side of the drywall panel with the utility knife, using the chalk lines as guides.