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Renovation.

This is the hands-on section: the surfaces you refinish, the rooms you change, and the tools you do it with. Painting and drywall guides cover fresh color, taping and patching, fixing cracks, and spotting load-bearing walls before demo day. Flooring compares hardwood, engineered wood, laminate, and vinyl plank, and covers squeaks, scratches, and carpet removal, while windows and doors take on sticky sashes, torn screens, drafts, weatherstripping, and insulation and sealing around the shell. Finding studs and hanging heavy items safely is here as well. The tool guides compare power tools side by side and cover tool kits, hand tools, and the tapes, lubricants, and consumables that keep jobs moving. Pick the project in front of you and start there.