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I hear you, wife wanted me to paint outside of house today, maybe tommorrow, or whatever, just did it 5 years ago, then neighbor gets vinyl siding and all of a sudden we need different color. She don't ask for much, though. Putting up with an animal like me for 41 or 42 years now, I better get that right by june. I just go by old standby, I am a victimized nam vet. Just kidding. The dissavantages of having tree trunks for arms, as she states every day. JLC

My brother does home remodeling and has painters he uses when he is not up to doing it himself.

Also, I hate to say it, Angie's List does have some good contractors, but some of them are snotty pricks like their crap don't stink. I had one put the roof on the house and it was a pain in the ass because they kept telling me how it had to be done and I was telling them how it would be done. Then they had to borrow some tools and also got into the lumber I had in the garage for remodeling the inside of the house.

I've done just about all of it over the years, but screw that outside in the sun stuff for me now. All the anti rejection medications make me more susceptible to all Cancers so me and direct sun light for extended periods is out...

If you do it yourself, as Tallguy mentioned, you want to rent a 1500 PSI or better pressure washer and the Grenade attachment for pealing all old paint off. If there is any that has air between it and the building it will separate after painting though it might take a little while.