s219
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We always did doors and trim after drywall (and often after paint even). I suppose doors could be put in before drywall but I have never seen it done. It will make life harder for the drywall crew and I think your trim work will not be as easy afterwards. Also, you risk getting the doors and jambs dusty and all dinged up by the drywall crew. Moving drywall material through the doorways is a risk, as well as tools/holsters on a belt scratching the doors and jambs.
On our current house, we painted the walls and ceilings, then put all the doors in and did trim work, then removed the doors from the hinges and set them up in the garage to paint them with a spray gun. That resulted in a real nice finish on the doors and less fuss work, but I am 50/50 whether it was easier in a big picture way. Yeah, the door finish looks so much nicer, but after that process, I started feeling like brush strokes on a door weren't so bad after all.
On our current house, we painted the walls and ceilings, then put all the doors in and did trim work, then removed the doors from the hinges and set them up in the garage to paint them with a spray gun. That resulted in a real nice finish on the doors and less fuss work, but I am 50/50 whether it was easier in a big picture way. Yeah, the door finish looks so much nicer, but after that process, I started feeling like brush strokes on a door weren't so bad after all.