Nights draw in, rooms feel smaller, and tiny wall scars start to shout. A wobbly socket can be the loudest. Across the UK, ...

Houses around Reading will have many sorts of walls from plastered brick and mortar to stud walling with lath and plaster or plasterboard. Putting fixings into some walls presents DIYers with an ...

What do towel bars, curtain rods and sconces have in common? They all hang on a wall, which usually is made of drywall, and over time, the screws will work loose and fall out. The fact is, drywall is ...

Drywall is relatively durable and cheap, and looks quite nice if installed and maintained correctly. But it’s also easy to damage while you’re just living your life—and it can even damage itself, most ...

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Drywall regularly sustains all kinds of damage, from holes made while hanging shelves and pictures to dings from protruding chair backs and door knobs, but luckily it’s almost as easy to repair as it ...

Plasterboard isn’t as strong as brick and plaster, so you need to ensure that when drilling into plasterboard, you’re doing it correctly. Get it wrong and you could be left with the contents of ...