FIXITRIGHT
Fix it yourself — home repair, patches, and practical DIY that holds.
From figuring out how much paint or tile a room needs to sizing a drywall patch, estimating caulk, picking the right wall anchor, and planning how long the job will take, FixItRight pairs free hands-on calculators with practical, no-nonsense guides. Fix it right the first time.
Home Repair Calculators
Free tools for everyday fix-it jobs — paint coverage calculator, drywall patch size guide, tile count calculator, caulk amount estimator, wall anchor selector, and a DIY project time estimator.
Paint Coverage Calculator
Work out how much paint a room needs from its dimensions, doors, windows, and number of coats — net area, exact gallons, and gallons to buy.
Drywall Patch Size Guide
Enter a hole's diameter and get the matching repair method, from a spackle dab to a stud-to-stud replacement, plus materials needed.
Tile Count Calculator
Get the tile — and box — count for a floor or wall from the room and tile dimensions, with a waste allowance built in.
Caulk Amount Estimator
Find out how many cartridges a job needs from the total bead length and width, using real cartridge-volume math.
Wall Anchor Selector
Pick an anchor type from your wall material and the weight it needs to hold, split across multiple mounting points.
DIY Project Time Estimator
Estimate how many hours a project will take from the task, job size, and your DIY experience level.
Workshop & Tool Museum
Wander an immersive, richly illustrated collection — hand tools through the ages, the workshops and workbenches where they're used, the hardware and fasteners that hold everything together, and the history of the DIY and home-improvement movement, each in its own gallery. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Tour the museum →From the Journal
Clear, practical guides on painting, patching drywall, tiling, caulking, hanging things securely, and planning a weekend project — reading to pair with the calculators above.
How Much Paint Do You Need? A Room-by-Room Guide
A practical method for figuring out how many gallons a room actually needs, why the number on the can isn't the whole story, and how to avoid the two most common buying mistakes.
How to Patch a Drywall Hole: Matching the Fix to the Size
Nail holes, doorknob dents, and fist-sized disasters all need different fixes. Here's how to tell them apart and repair each one so the wall looks untouched when you're done.
How to Tile a Small Bathroom Floor: A Beginner's Walkthrough
A small bathroom is one of the most forgiving places to try tiling for the first time. Here's a realistic walkthrough of the process, from layout to grout, and where beginners usually go wrong.
Caulk vs Grout: When to Use Each (and How Much You'll Need)
They fill similar-looking gaps, but caulk and grout do fundamentally different jobs. Here's how to tell which one a joint actually needs, plus how to estimate the amount for a project.
Choosing the Right Wall Anchor for Drywall, Plaster, or Masonry
Not every wall holds weight the same way. Here's how to match an anchor to your wall material and the load it needs to carry, and when to skip the anchor and find a stud instead.
How to Plan a Weekend DIY Project (Without Running Out of Time)
Most weekend projects don't fail because the work was too hard — they fail because the plan didn't account for prep, cleanup, and the one thing that always goes sideways. Here's a better way to plan one.
Keep Learning
Plain-language explainers on the materials and methods behind everyday repairs — painting and finishing, walls and drywall, tools and fasteners, and flooring and tiling — everything you need to go into a project knowing what you're doing.
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