About This Section

This section of Painted House Notes deals with house painting in Pasadena, CA and nothing else, which is what allows it to get specific.

What Guides Cannot Do

Nothing published here replaces a professional inspection. It is background, meant to make the conversation with a contractor a more informed one.

Commercial Position

The site is editorial rather than commercial. It does not perform the work it describes, does not accept payment for a favorable mention, and has no financial interest in which contractor a reader chooses.

What This Section Covers

The scope here is deliberately tight. Generic advice is easy to write and hard to act on, which is the wrong trade for a reader about to spend money.

How the Guides Are Written

The writing aims at the parts of a job a homeowner can reasonably influence. The decisions a homeowner makes are almost always about specification and sequence, not about how a tool is held.