Drywalled Closet Door Openings

chadscanadian

looking for different finishing ideas around the base of a drywalled closet door opening. installing trim first and then putting on the closet door always leaves big gaps between the door and cutting the trim around the floor mounted bracket looks like crap what are some general ideas to overcome this issue

Trim40

Have the taper finish the jamb all the way to the floor. Don't install any base on the jamb area.

skyhook

Add a 1x6 bumper jamb and let the base die into it.

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HomeElements

Why not just 45 the base and cap it off before the drywalled opening? Nice look and gap/other problems solved.

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genecarp

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chadscanadian

in this particuallar application its a new house i am just finishing up and the mudder never finished to the floor and the homeowner wants closets in now even tho theres no floor installed yet either. Iam just trying to work with what i was left with

BKFranks

Either trim out the opening like a door with a jamb and casing, or add a wood bumper that runs down to the floor allowing the base molding to terminate into it.

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essrmo

i concur.

house bldr

We always trim around the perimeter of the door with cove mold or something similiar to cover the track and gap on the sides,if you did that you could run it to the floor and butt the base into it.

Destin Handyman

I use a 1/2 in square molding (don't know what it is called) but it covers the track and side gaps.

David
Emerald Coast Deluxe Services LLC
www.deluxehandyman.webs.com

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chadscanadian

thanks or all the ideas i ended up just using flat stock on the flat and put trim all the way around. I would love to hear more ideas i really wanted to do something more creative than the same old same old.

skyhook

Put on your tin foil hat, pull up your pampers,
get it done and post a picture.
It's only a bumper jamb for sake.

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DFC

I like this look, I also use that door stop trim to hide the gaps. I have also seen the side trim cut lower so the header trim covers the track for bi-fold doors

licensed-trim

Not sure if I got what your question was. If you're looking to hide the gap between the door and the drywall, an easy cheap fix is to put 1x2 around the entire opening flush to outside wall of room, and then case this 1x2 with a quarter inch reveal as usual. The bifold door will then be recessed a bit and this tends to look nice from the interior of the room.

Railman

For a bi fold type door, just set the door about 1/8 to 3/16 behind the corner bead. Then picture frame the door with casing lapped over the door 1/4".
It looks clean, & if the casing is glued to wall, it holds up pretty well.

For bi pass doors, I prefer the doors coped over the base, vs butting the base to the door. That way, there are no alignment problems, or small pieces of base comming off later.
Joe