Dear Ronald: Installing drywall over old paneling is one method to improve the appearance of a room. As you noted, it can be a difficult task to extend all the window and door trim to fit over the ...

Dear James: We remodeled our bathroom and tried to do the drywalling ourselves. There is shadowing by the joints, and it seems worse at night. Shadowing is not a condition that resulted from you not ...

Janine asks: I’m putting up a ceramic tile backsplash in my kitchen. Can I put the tile directly on the drywall, or do I have to tear it out and use a cement board? Danny Lipford: If you’re talking ...

When you want to fasten something to a wall but aren’t able to put the screw into a wall stud, you need to know how to use a drywall anchor. This little gadget allows you to support a load from the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Renovating a home can quickly become a major headache. From running into budget issues to making mistakes that impact the quality of the ...

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Spend any amount of time on a construction site or watching DIY videos, and you’ll hear a variety of ways to describe drywall. I’ve been on job sites where the terminology changed depending on who was ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, or AIST, has developed a humanoid robot that can ...