Stupid question, I am sure, but how are things done when the garage is sheetrocked after the garage doors are installed?
Logic tells me that most everything comes down . . . track, openers, etc. . . . and then gets reinstalled after the rock and mud job.
But hey, this is a first for me, and with today’s rainout, and my rocker not calling me back, I thought I would ask here.
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Rockers will not remove and reinstall a garage door opener. They'll just cut their rock around any hardware, and mud & tape up to it. If you want it removed and reinstalled afterwards, you'll have to do it yourself, or pay someone to do it.
Same thing about the track and door. The door casing and weather stripping would all be repositioned or replaced if you added 1/2 or 5/8" behind the track. No sheetrocker will do that. The Rockers I know do a good job of cutting and working around track supports and bracing.
Normally you just take the bolts out of the top ceiling brace and slide sheetrock between it and trusses. Then bolt it back up. One at a time.
Do not remove track where it attaches to the verticle wall, just rock around it.
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I never worry about the vertical surface at the door jamb. If it is built out correctly, just run the rock to the 2x6 or 8 that pans out the opening.
As for the cieling, I like to put a strip of plywood about 6" wide on the ceiling where the hardware will mount. Put up the door, rock and tape to the plywood and no one knows the difference.
Course this takes a little extra coordination with the door guy, and some might suggest that the ply is a code violation.....................
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The ideal way to do it is to install pieces of plywood of the appropriate thickness "under" each of the mount points, with more plywood scabbed to the back of the pieces to give the rockers a place to screw to. If you attach the track & opener mounts over the top of the drywall then the motion of the door will eventually grind the drywall to dust.
house construction is a game where the object is to install everything in order to cut costs and improve quality...simple! installing garage doors before plastering is tantemount to installing plaster before the electrical! or plumbing! if the weather is a problem, hang 6 mil poly across the door openings before rocking and cut it out when the door guys arrive. (don't forget to put all necessary blocking for the door hardware.)
remember your job is to anticipate what all subs require.
Just run the low voltage wire for the button and electric eyes before they sheetrock