How best to extend and drywall this wall?

vegan_vicky

We are going to renovate our shower and build a pony wall across the front. The pony wall will need to intersect the wall beyond the current bumpout. I only want that bumpout to be extended by 3” to be flush. My plan was to take down the drywall on narrow 4” side and sandwich two 2x4 to extend the framing out by 3”. The toilet is moving so no issue with this. First question, is this an appropriate method? Second question, once I put drywall back...

Originally asked by junta on Stack Exchange (diy) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

The fundamentals here are the same as just about any other outside or inside corner. Extend the framing. You don't necessarily need to remove any drywall to do this. Wrap it with new drywall. Install corner bead. Try to leave it on plane with the existing shower wall. Finish the inside corner against the long wall as you normally would, with joint compound and folded paper tape. Optionally use a meta-backed inside corner bead. Ultimately there's nothing different about this than any two typical corners.

Full answer by isherwood: https://diy.stackexchange.com/a/331407 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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