About FixLume
Why FixLume exists, what we publish and what readers should expect from our research-based guides.
FixLume is an independent home-improvement information site focused on project planning, flooring, painting, homeowner tools and preventive maintenance. Our purpose is narrow: help readers make better decisions before they buy materials, remove finishes or commit to an irreversible repair.
What makes a FixLume guide different
We prefer worked examples over vague advice. When a flooring article discusses waste, it shows the area calculation and carton rounding. When a painting article discusses quantity, it shows the room dimensions, openings, coats and coverage assumption. When the answer depends on a product, we tell readers to check the actual product instructions instead of pretending one generic rule fits every system.
How guides are produced
FixLume guides begin with a specific homeowner decision or diagnostic question. We separate arithmetic and general planning principles from product-specific rules, then build an original worksheet, calculation, decision table or checklist around that question. Pages are reviewed for hidden assumptions and for conditions that should make a reader stop or seek qualified help.
Research-based content, not invented testing
Most FixLume articles are desk-researched explanatory guides. They are not presented as personal product tests. We do not write “we tested” unless genuine testing took place and can be described. We also do not create fictional tradespeople, licenses, certifications or customer stories to manufacture authority.
Examples are labeled as examples
Worked budgets, room dimensions and prices are illustrative unless a guide says otherwise. They are there to demonstrate the calculation method. Readers should replace them with their own measurements, local prices and product data.
Ongoing maintenance
The site is reviewed as a working reference library rather than treated as a finished batch of pages. Material corrections update the affected article, useful new tools are added when they solve a distinct planning task, and the site updates page records meaningful site-wide changes without inventing a historical changelog.
Corrections and contact
If you find a factual error, broken link or unclear calculation, send the page URL through our Contact page or email admin@fixlume.online. Meaningful corrections should be made in the article itself rather than hidden.