How To Build An Arched Door Opening
My living room became a music room and in a house with very limited square footage sound travels everywhere.
How to build an arched door opening. Below is the new arched doorway between the kitchen and the hall as you can see the previous opening had a door on it which made the small hall extra crowded and awkward. Narrower than the total wall thickness cut one top block and two side blocks and nail them to the door framing. Keep the exterior plywood even with the sheathing on the house. 2x4 down to 2 1 2 in.
Perform the same process on the other corner of the garage door opening. The exterior door on the left in the above photo of our kitchen went from looking like what i thought of as a jail cell door to one that has a much more friendly personality a k a. Nevertheless you can virtually build a drywall archway in any place inside your house. Repeat the process to form the other corner.
In our case we will build the drywall arch inside of a door opening. How to build an arched opening. Use this template to mark out and cut two 1 2 in thick plywood arches. Tape this up in the opening to make sure it looks ok and leaves enough headroom.
Many times people will create an opening through a wall between two rooms similar to a large window opening to try to make their home feel more open or bigger. Unfortunately that archway was a giant impediment. If you re adding an arch to an existing door remove the trim with a pry bar and take off the drywall around it to expose the frame. Afterward you should begin building the arch frame using either metal or wood studs.
First decide the place where to build it. Wide or 2 in. Try to keep the top of your arch about 78 80 inches 200 200 cm from the floor. These openings really can make a big difference but adding an extra feature to them like an arched top makes them more appealing to the eye.
Avoid extending the arch down too far in your doorway since taller people may not be able to fit through it comfortably. Custom arched doors for a less than perfect arched doorway that was created long before building permits and inspectors existed were way more money than we were willing to pay. Next measure the dimensions of that specific area. Place a corner in the corner of the garage door opening and screw through the 2 x 4 s into the framing of the garage door opening.
Plywood make up a full inch and door openings if framed with 2 4 s are actually 3 1 2 in.