I moved into a new office and immediately had to take care of this. There was a window where you could reach through the wall to get to the printer. This did offer a small convienence but had a number of issues that I hated. For one, the people in the office would use the window as a means of communication when they didn't feel like walking back to the shop. So people could eavesdrop, etc or interrupt. Also it made locking the door useless as someone could easily climb through. Not that I have awesome valueables in there but still. So I removed the glass sliding doors, yanked out the tracks and pried out the wooden sill. Then I framed it. I used 2x6s because as always, that is what I had available. And I needed 2x2s (I think that is what they were) because based on the thickness of the wall itself, that is what would fit. As you can see I used my Kreg kit to hold everything together.
I built myself a small jig to determine where to place the 2x2s so when I was done, the drywall would be flush.
Once got all that done, it was relatively simple to bang the drywall in, pretty much a square piece. I did a decent job of cutting it tight so minimal mud was needed. Here you can see the view from both sides of the wall which is my office on one side and an IT room on the other. Both have since been painted.
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