The Blue Thumb Guide to Working on Your House |
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allow belt sander bevel blade board foot bottom broad knife cabinet caulk cedar ceiling chips chisel circular saw clamp clean coat contact cement coping saw corners cost counter countertop crack dado decorated dipped door dowel drawer dries drill edge façade finish floor flush formica frame galvy glass glaze glue glued grain hole inches inside jack plane joints joists keyhole saw kickplate kitchen lath lumber match milled miter box molding nail one-by opening paint paint stripper particle board piece pipe plaster plasterboard plastic resin plumbing plywood putty remove rigid-copper roof round saber saw sanding sandpaper sash scrape screw screwdriver sealer seams shelf shelves shingles side sink skylight Spackle stain steel wool stringer strip stripper studs surface threaded trim usually varnish vertical Victorian wall wallboard wallpaper window wipe wood woodwork