Got a wall that is about 1/3 DW, 2/3 plaster. At the junction point there is a ridge, *very* noticeable in the bottom part. I thought that someone had gone crazy with the joint compound at a butt joint, no longer so sure. There is a door in the DW. Taking off the casing and running a long straight-edge reveals a noticeable horizontal dip (up to 3/8″) in the wall in the lower part of the DW. I now think the ridge is the DW flexing in to that dip in the doorway, and I think that dip is because the door is plumb but the plaster walls are not.
Since I’ll be moving and replacing the door, and replacing the DW in the process, I’ve thought of long tapered shims to bring the DW out to the same plane as the plaster, but I’m not sure if a long tapered rip of the jambs (say from 3/8″ to 0″) would look like excrement. I’m moving the door closer to the junction between DW and plaster, I’m worried about the ridge being made much worse since the angle of the dip would be much sharper.
Another option is to take down the plaster, then tapered shims to make the plane plumb, the wall is not remotely close to flat, but I’m tired of snowball projects……
Any opinions are welcome.
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If I were hired for such a project I'd probably insist on stripping the plaster and sheetrock back to a wall junction, straightening the wall with shims, installing new drywall and then hanging the door correctly. Of course shimming the wall will make it thicker, so jamb extentions are necessary for the jamb to fit the space correctly.
In the end it will look and function correctly, while the other option is like dressing up a pig--you'll still be able to see the pig in there.
Have a squeeling good time.