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How to Cut a Hole in a Wall Between a Kitchen and a Living Room

Adding a new entryway to your living room from the kitchen or creating a pass-through changes the appearance of both rooms. Often, this lets more light pass between the two rooms and makes them feel larger. Before you begin this project, find out if there are any pipes or wires running through the wall. If there are, you may want to shift the hole to a different location along the wall that does not have any.

Things You'll Need

  • Carpenter's square
  • Drywall saw
  • Reciprocating saw
  • Hammer
  • 2 1/2-inch nails
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Instructions

    • 1

      Mark the hole's width on both sides of the wall using a pencil and carpenter's square. Cut along the pencil lines with a drywall saw. Pull the drywall, from the floor to the ceiling, off the studs

    • 2

      Insert a reciprocating saw between a wall stud and the bottom plate (the board running horizontally over the floor) and cut through the nails holding the wall stud in place. Twist the wall stud and pull it away from the top plate (the board running horizontally over the wall studs). Repeat this step for each stud in the opening.

    • 3

      Hold a carpenter's square over the bottom plate. Line up the square's edge with what will be the opening's edge. Draw a straight line across the plate. Repeat this step on the opening's other side. If the opening will reach from floor to ceiling, repeat this step with the top plate as well.

    • 4

      Secure the bottom plate to the subfloor with additional nails. Use 2 1/2-inch nails and place them about 2 inches out from the lines you drew in Step 3. They will hold the bottom plate in place while you remove the section in the opening. If you are removing the top plate, add extra nails to that as well.

    • 5

      Cut through the lines you drew on the bottom plate in Step 3 with a reciprocating saw. Pull that section of bottom plate out of the opening. If you are removing the top plate, cut that along the lines you drew in Step 3 and remove it.

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