If you are a homeowner who has good home improvement skills, you can take advantage of your talents by undertaking do-it-yourself (DIY) projects around your home. This will not only save you a lot of money but will make you feel a great sense of pride as you take in all of your hard work and know that you did it all yourself.
To help you get started on your home projects, you can make use of some of the best home improvement apps, which can be downloaded to your smartphone or tablet.
1. Home Improvement and Remodel
Home Improvement and Remodel is a free app that allows you to quickly and conveniently get estimates on a variety of home improvement projects from professionals who are rated as the top in their field.
To use the app, you simply take a picture of what you want done and then the organization Friend Trusted will work to find you the best three quotes for the job. You can then compare the estimated prices and choose the one that is best for you and your budget as well as the home improvement task you want done. Get information on all sorts of jobs, from plumbing, handyman, painter, roofing, carpentry, masonry and many more.
2. My Measures and Dimensions
My Measures and Dimensions is $2.99 at the iTunes App Store and is ranked as the best for home improvement and do it yourself projects. It is trusted by 4,000,000 users across the world and has won awards for its excellence.
With it, you can conveniently calculate a variety of measurements related to all types of home improvement jobs. Whether you are looking to do some architecture work, engineering, construction, landscaping, home renovation or anything else related to home improvement, the app is easy to use and allows you to get accurate measurements in a hurry. Take a photo, add angles, arrows, text or notes and rely on that so you can be more organized when you begin working on your DIY project.
3. Handyman Calculator
Handyman Calculator is a free app that is absolutely essential for any homeowner who performs his or her own home improvement jobs around the house. It is a complete tool that offers calculators for a number of different areas involved in do-it-yourself tasks and allows you to save money, time and energy so that you can just get right to the job at hand. Included is a time tracking tool, length converter, weight conversion, feet and inches calculator, lumber weight calculator, firewood BTU calculator, wallpaper calculator and many more.
4. I.D. Wood
I.D. Wood is $4.99 at the App Store and is helpful in allowing you to more easily identify any type of wood you have in your home or that you see in stores or catalogs that you might want to use in a new home improvement project such as laying down new flooring. It is generally a wood guidebook that can help you to make your home more beautiful as it identifies wood origins, species names, common uses for any particular type of wood and much more.
Once you have all of these great apps at your disposal, you will be better prepared to begin your home improvement project. You will be grateful that you have them right at your fingertips, on your smartphone, for quick reference.
Peter Wendt is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas with an interest in technology. He knows it is tough to find inspiration for home improvement ideas. If you need help with your projects, he recommends visiting this flooring store in Austin.
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