General Safety

Home improvement projects often call for risky practices and sometimes require making choices about products and materials that could prove to be dangerous to your family. When you’re working at heights, with power tools or sharp blades, with heavy, awkward, or toxic materials, or with electricity or natural gas, you are exposing yourself to a certain amount of risk.

Be realistic about your capabilities and limitations, and about the project at hand. And be aware of appropriate, safe practices. In this section of HomeTips, you will find information that will help you make smart, safe choices.