Question: I am ready to put up drywall in an at-home office for my business. I have put up drywall before to divide one large bedroom into two, but the joints look bad. This room must look better ...

Drywall finishing compounds may seem like a small detail in the overall construction process, but they play a major role in the appearance and durability of finished walls. A poorly chosen compound ...

Drywall mud, also known as joint compound, is a gypsum-based paste used for finishing drywall joints, corners, and for repairing cracks and holes in existing drywall and plaster. Choosing the right ...

Small holes are quick and easy to fix with joint compound and a putty knife. Medium and large holes are more extensive and also require a piece of drywall to use as a patch. Both the prep and ...

There are few home improvement tasks greeted with more dread than finishing drywall. If you're like most people, you hope that you've already done your last finishing job. Unfortunately, if you enjoy ...

Selecting the wrong drywall finishing compound can turn a straightforward project into a frustrating nightmare of cracking, shrinkage, and endless sanding. Professional contractors understand that the ...

Dear James: My son just left for college, and his bedroom walls are pretty worn with quite a few holes. When the paper surface gets damaged from an impact, it doesn’t take much for a hole to form ...

Drywall can take a beating from daily living or home-improvement projects. Sometimes you just have to roll up your sleeves and fix a hole with the materials you have on hand, such as a scrap of ...

AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – An Amherst mother of three learned a hard lesson during a home repair project, when asbestos was discovered in some of the building material used in her pre-1980 house. Asbestos ...