About FixItRight
Most home-repair jobs aren’t hard to do — they’re hard to plan. How much paint does this room actually need? Is that dent in the wall a five-minute spackle job or does it need a cut patch? How many tiles do you buy for a floor once you account for cuts and waste? What size wall anchor actually holds a shelf, and will it work in plaster as well as it does in drywall? And realistically, how many hours is this weekend project going to eat? None of these questions are difficult on their own, but guessing wrong on any of them means a second trip to the hardware store or a repair that doesn’t hold.
FixItRight exists to answer those questions before you start, not after you’ve made a mess. Instead of long articles you have to read end to end, the site is built around a set of small, single-purpose calculators, each aimed at one part of the job. The Paint Coverage Calculator works out how much paint a room needs from its dimensions, doors, windows, and number of coats. The Drywall Patch Size Guidematches a hole’s diameter to the right repair method, from a dab of spackle to a stud-to-stud replacement. The Tile Count Calculatorconverts your room and tile dimensions into a tile — and box — count with a waste allowance built in. The Caulk Amount Estimator figures out how many cartridges a job needs from the bead length and width. The Wall Anchor Selector recommends an anchor type from your wall material and the weight it has to carry. And the DIY Project Time Estimator gives a realistic hours estimate for a task based on its size and your own experience level.
Beyond the calculators, the blog and learn section cover painting, drywall, tiling, caulking, hardware, and flooring in plain language, and the Workshop & Tool Museum is a browsable collection of hand tools, workshops, hardware, and the history of home improvement, with every entry, image, and fact drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
A few things worth stating plainly. FixItRight is independent and not affiliated with any hardware retailer, contractor, or manufacturer. It is supported by advertising, which is how the tools stay free with no account required. Every result the tools produce is a planning estimate built on standard formulas and the numbers you enter, not a professional inspection or an engineering determination. This site covers everyday, homeowner-level maintenance and repair — it does not cover electrical, gas, or structural work, and anything in those categories should go to a licensed professional rather than a calculator. If a tool looks wrong, or there’s a calculator you wish existed, the contact page is the place to say so.