Hello and thanks to whomever answers my questions.
I have undertaken a task of increasing the opening of an archway. I need an extra 1/2 inch in order to receive a new refrigerator. I removed a 4" piece of 3/4" drywall (about 5 feet up) and about 1" around the corners of this 4" wide archway.
Q1. To fill in the sides around the corners, do you recommend just using mud with corner tape or should I screw in a 1" x 60" replacement piece of sheetrock?
Q2. OR, should I take away another inch so that my replacement piece is 2" wide and more stable?
Q3. For the 4" face of the archway, I am planning in priming the wood stud and then using compound to shape it. OR, do you recommend using 1/4 sheetrock for the face?
Thank You.
Best Answer
I've made the following decisions:
Around the sides of the corner, I removed an extra inch of wallboard so that I can now affix a more sturdy 2" section.
For the face of the archway (the section that walk through), I have purchased 1/4" drywall which opens the space as I need. Around this 1/4" section, I will use two plastic corner beads, one on each corner.
My joint will indeed be at eyelevel as I don't want to mess with the actual curve of my archway. I am quite proficient at making joints disappear so I have no worries for that.
Thanks again for your input.