For more thorough dust control, use a sander that has a round exhaust port to facilitate hooking up to a hose on a shop vacuum ... a flawless surface. Porter-Cable’s sander is lightweight ...

The Porter-Cable ash vacuum is compact and lightweight yet offers robust suction for cleaning up cold ashes in small fireplaces or fire pits. It even sucked up all the ashes from three wood fires.

Several people did call the sander too small, though, saying the handle was just too little for comfortable use. Why you'll love it: When paired with a good shop vacuum, the PORTER-CABLE Drywall ...

or even sand a tough drywall repair. The variable speed control of the DeWalt 20V Max XR cordless palm sander allows it to be set as low as 8,000 OPM for a fine finish or as high as 14,000 OPM ...

cable, or long plush) pose a problem for some vacuums: The long fibers can tangle around the brush roller and/or block the intake, essentially choking the vacuum. If you have any carpeting like ...

Completing a DIY project and looking down at the drywall-dust-covered floor can leave you feeling like the work never ends.

“A robotic vacuum can help with maintaining your pristine floors, and a lighter stick can help with quick messes alongside your bigger upright or canister.” While testing, we evaluate each ...

Our overall winner is the Shark PowerDetect 2-in-1 Robot Vacuum and Mop; it cleans and empties itself for 30 days without any intervention while putting up impressive cleaning scores across the board.

While recessed lights used to be large, bulky and supported by framing, wafer recessed lights are about ½ of an inch, and they attach directly to drywall ... running a new cable from the breaker ...

Our pick for the best robot vacuum for pet hair is the iRobot Roomba j7+, a mighty but compact, self-emptying model with stellar object avoidance. To seamlessly transition from hard floor to ...

Learn more› by Sabine Heinlein Only a powerful plug-in upright or canister vacuum can truly deep-clean your carpets and floors. We recommend four. by Sabine Heinlein Robot vacuums never get ...