Finishing Basement Windows With Drywall

The plastic strips you need to remove to remove the basement window it took 5 minutes to remove ours.

Finishing basement windows with drywall.

The cost to finish your walls with dricore panels runs about 1 70 per square foot. And once we did it it was easy to slide the drywall sheets down to the basement. First i will be sanding and painting the frame as well as replacing the window with a double pane version. When i do my framing do i frame right up flush to the window so that the drywall can be installed on top of the vinyl returns with an l bead and.

Add drywall screws every 12 inches in the center of the drywall. Most basement windows are installed with screws or with some plastic strips that help attach the window to the frame our case. That can include beams posts drain lines water piping or surface mounted wires. If you re finishing the window with just drywall then be sure to account for the extra width.

Your basement framing is done at least you think your framing is done your wiring is top notch and your plumbing rough in is rock solid. If there s room use foam under the boards and tape the seams to the foam you ve installed on the wall. Don t worry if it s slightly off you can use some shims to get it right. When you or your drywall crew go to finish the window you don t want those panels at an angle they should be 90 degrees from the wall.

Don t overlook professionally installed basement finishing systems. So basically to frame and finish this i need to box it in with the 2x4s being far enough away so that i can screw plywood to them and then drywall so the drywall is flush with the frame. If there s no room for foam make sure to use treated lumber but still tape the seams. I would like to box wrap these when we get to drywall without any trim.

Nearly every basement has something that will project past finished surfaces. Basement drywall is a major step in finishing your own basement. When framing an existing basement you are installing a wood framework in preparation for insulation packing wiring and plumbing. It s a simple matter to frame or fur out around projections and then drywall and finish them to blend in with surrounding surfaces.

Your finished basement is one phase closer to being a reality. So if you ve made it to the drywall stage. Lay the drywall in place along the wood that frames the bottom of the window.