How to install window casing when the drywall and jamb are uneven.. Here’s the question: hi tim, we have drywall returns. our aluminum windows sit back from interior walls about 5 inches and have 7/8 inch aluminum trim surrounding the glass.. Leave the window trim in place and dig out the plaster an inch or so deep all the way around making a "lip". then slide drywall into place under the lip and fill in any gaps as above. remove the trim very carefully, and reattach it over the new drywall..
Time to get to work. read on for a window trim idea to spruce up boring sheetrock returns. a before photo from a different room, but you get the idea – boring! before going ahead with making this window look good, the ugly had to be banished first. and that meant ripping out the sheetrock around the window in a finished room.. How to install window trim. you don't even need a tape measure! courtesy of the family handyman flip the trim over and scribe the length for the end that has that miter. transfer the mark to the front side and make the cut. check to see if you've pared off enough drywall by holding a chunk of trim against the drywall and jamb. if it. I want to drywall around my window frame instead of using trim. there is a gap about 2 1/2 inch between the drywall on the wall and drywall in the window (see picture). there is also 3/4 inch between the wall and window..
