Home improvement

Home improvement

Home improvement is the process of repairing existing fixtures or making additions to a residential piece of land.

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Trim

Real estate; Home improvement

Trim is an umbrella term for any kind of finish strip applied around openings to conceal surface or angle joints and raw edges where drywall meets doorways, windows, floors, and ceilings.

Trowel

Real estate; Home improvement

A trowel is a tool used for applying mortar.

Tube cutter

Real estate; Home improvement

A tube cutter is a tool for cutting pipe.

Tuckpointing

Real estate; Home improvement

Tuckpointing is the process of repairing the mortar on a brick wall.

Turpentine

Real estate; Home improvement

Is a form of mineral solvent used for cleaning and breaking down oil-based products.

Two-part auto body filler

Real estate; Home improvement

A form of filler that activates when you combine the two materials together creating a hard finish.

Usable yield

Real estate; Home improvement

The usable yield is the amount of wallpaper that will actually go on the wall. The type and size of pattern repeat reduces the amount of wallpaper that you can actually use.