Finishing Basement Windows With Drywall

Nearly every basement has something that will project past finished surfaces.

Finishing basement windows with drywall.

First i will be sanding and painting the frame as well as replacing the window with a double pane version. Lay the drywall in place along the wood that frames the bottom of the window. If there s no room for foam make sure to use treated lumber but still tape the seams. 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. That can include beams posts drain lines water piping or surface mounted wires. The plastic strips you need to remove to remove the basement window it took 5 minutes to remove ours. Your finished basement is one phase closer to being a reality.

Most basement windows are installed with screws or with some plastic strips that help attach the window to the frame our case. If there s room use foam under the boards and tape the seams to the foam you ve installed on the wall. Basement finishing cost breakdown cost to frame a basement the average cost to frame a basement is 1 per square foot for the materials and 2 70 to 3 39 per square foot installed with drywall and ready for painting. The cost to finish your walls with dricore panels runs about 1 70 per square foot.

So if you ve made it to the drywall stage. And once we did it it was easy to slide the drywall sheets down to the basement. I would like to box wrap these when we get to drywall without any trim. Windows set in a block or concrete wall will need wood around them in order to attach the drywall or jamb extensions.

Basement drywall is a major step in finishing your own basement. 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. Don t worry if it s slightly off you can use some shims to get it right. Add drywall screws every 12 inches in the center of the drywall.

If you re finishing the window with just drywall then be sure to account for the extra width. The windows in my basement just have some vinyl returns on them and are installed flush with the concrete foundation walls. It s a simple matter to frame or fur out around projections and then drywall and finish them to blend in with surrounding surfaces.