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Removing Interior Walls
A step-by-step guide for taking down walls without wrecking the house.
How to Patch Drywall
When it comes to drywall, knowledge is power. Check out these variations on patching walls.
Custom Taping Knife for Curved Drywall Corners
My new living room sports a cathedral ceiling with a flat center section and a sloped section on each side. This design left me with two long joints to tape…
There’s a Better Way: Custom Drywall Taping Tool
A custom drywall taping knife is cheap, easy to make, and produces excellent results
There’s a Better Way: Small-Scale Drywall Texturing
For quick texture touch-ups, grab a plastic bottle, some joint compound, and an air gun
Small-Scale Drywall Texturing
On a recent job, I installed an oak staircase in an existing stairwell. The walls had a well-defined orange-peel texture that had to be matched in a few places to…
Drywall Cutting-Tool Protection Strips
Try this ingenious alternative use for paper-face metal drywall tape when cutting against a finished surface.
How to Stop Drywall Inside Corners From Cracking
Whether drywall cracks are caused by shrinking framing lumber or other structural issues, installing flexible cornerbeads to let joints move is often the easiest solution.
Drywall cutting-tool protection strips
I was hanging drywall in a den next to my kitchen recently and was using a rotary cutting tool with a guide-point bit to make cutouts around electrical boxes, doors,…
Locating Studs for Baseboard Installation
The trim won't hold up if there's nothing behind it. Finish carpenter Tucker Windover shares his method for finding studs.

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