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Floors and Paint School3 resources

Learn floors and paint in the order a crew learns it.Read it, calculate it, then do it.

One guide of sections, math scenes and a 3D tool shelf, tied to a four-stage path.

Read

The Complete Guide to Floors and Paint

Safety, license classes, lead-safe work, moisture, take-offs, subfloor prep, installing, sanding and finishing floors, painting, quality checks and local rules.

Open the guide
Calculate

Floors and Paint Math in 3D

Move the sliders for flooring orders, moisture gaps, paint gallons, spread rate and lead exposure. Every rule shows its numbers.

Open the math
Handle

Floors and Paint Tools in 3D

Look at each tool, read the steps, mistakes and safety notes. Tools added from general trade knowledge carry an unverified chip.

Open the tools
Check before you trust Paint coverage of 350 sq ft per gallon is a rule of thumb, unverified: the can label governs.
The path

Four stages. Finish one before the next.

Each stage names what to read, what to calculate and what to prove. Tick items as you finish them. Ticks stay in this browser only.

Math index

Calculators you can move with a slider.

Search for the thing you are stuck on. Chips show where a rule is contested or needs a verify.

Guide contents

Sections in the guide.

Sections 1 and 2 first. Then follow your stage.

Tool families

Tool shelves.

The number is how many tools are on that shelf.

Built for this coast

Montecito is County land. Check your address.

Montecito is unincorporated County land: County permits, Montecito Fire and the Montecito Board of Architectural Review apply, not the City of Santa Barbara. The guide lists what was confirmed (defensible space, home hardening, coating VOC limits, state and federal lead rules) and what is still unconfirmed (permit triggers, MBAR review of a repaint, noise hours, County code dates). Ask before you bid.

[S]sourced[P]crew practice[C]confirm with the building official[?]unverified
Labels win

The flooring or paint maker’s instructions and the can label govern over anything here.

Safety first

Read guide section 1 before you use a tool. On a pre-1978 home, lead-safe rules apply to every job that disturbs paint.

Ask Nic

Questions or fixes: purchasing@amnbuild.com