04 / spraying
Curtain walls, window frames and entrance door systems spray refinished on site. Matched RAL or BS finish. No reglazing, no disruption to building occupants.
When this is the right route
Scope · included
Scope · not included
Sectors
Process
01
Confirm glazing system type, substrate condition, RAL reference (gloss meter read on a clean reference panel), adhesion test on existing finish, and access method. Restoration only goes ahead if the substrate holds.
02
Two pack tie coat over light mechanical abrasion, followed by a matched RAL topcoat. The system is selected for the surveyed substrate, exposure and matching sheen to adjacent panels.
03
RAMS written for the project including glazing protection masking method, spray containment plan for public routes, COSHH for tie coat solvents, and access schedule.
04
Mask all glazing, gaskets and ironmongery. Prepare, prime and apply within the same shift where access permits. Demask at end of each phase. Glass checked before reopening.
05
Before/after photo record, gloss reading on completed panels and the specified product record.
On the books
Primark · Stevenage (Phase 1)
Town Square, Stevenage · R.G. Carter Projects Ltd
Case study
Town Square, Stevenage · Restoration
A seven week external facade phase at Primark's Stevenage town centre store under R.G. Carter, combining facade redecoration with specialist surface treatments. Phase 1 completed in June 2026, with four variations approved in writing and the milestone payment application certified in full.
This case study supports searches for live site commercial decorating, retail refurbishment, spraying on site and aluminium frame restoration by showing the kind of programme, access and handover constraints A Star Decorators handles for national estate clients.
Read project →Built for the people who buy decorating
We are a specialist subcontractor, not a turnkey fit out outfit. We deliver decorating, spraying, restoration and coatings under main contractors and direct estate teams.
For main contractors
Variations agreed in writing before delivery. Per-store handover record. Snag status tracked through to sign-off.
For estate + FM teams
Survey to handover without closing the unit. Powder coat restoration is specified to the surveyed substrate. Run off, masking and reopening tracked store by store.
For retail estate leads
Brand-matched paint systems against the estate spec. Progress and handover records per store. Programme moves flagged and resequenced with the site team.
Find the right route
Most visitors arrive with a sector problem before they know the coating system. These routes match the way buyers search: home and residential work, retail fit out programmes, and industrial painting or warehouse coatings.
House painting and decorating
Painting and decorating for homes across Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire, inside and out. Exterior work covers masonry, render and exterior woodwork, with weather and coastal exposed coatings chosen to suit the property. You get a fixed written quote before we start, with any extras agreed in writing first. We move and cover furniture, protect floors, and leave the house clean at the end of every day. Over twenty years on the tools, now bringing that finish to local homes.
Retail shop fitting decorators
Retail shop fitting decorating is not about paint alone. It is about working nights around store teams and other trades, matching brand colour exactly, absorbing late variation instructions without losing the handover date, and walking away with a signed snag list. Not a punch list left for someone else to close.
Industrial painting contractors
Industrial and warehouse scopes need the coating system specified by substrate condition, not by what is cheapest to apply. We survey the floor, the cladding, the steelwork and the roof before recommending a system, then plan MEWP access, exclusion zones and drying time sequencing around live operations.
How we deliver
Twenty years finishing commercial buildings across the UK. Director led, the same trusted crews, one programme and one point of contact from survey to handover.
01
Stores stay open. Surveys, masking and run off planned around foot traffic.
02
Night programmes on retail and hospitality estates. Clean before doors open.
03
Rolling store programmes sequenced against the main contractor plan.
04
Poole operational base. Framework crews mobilised across the UK.
05
Decorating, on site spraying, powder coat restoration and floor coatings under one PM.
06
Before and after record, sign-off notes and the specified product record.
Frequently asked
Glazing, gaskets, ironmongery and sealants are masked before primer goes on. Glass is inspected at demask before any floor or wing reopens.
It is a different system from a factory powder coat. Suitability and durability depend on the existing finish, preparation, exposure and selected products, so we only state supported performance terms after survey.
Yes. Most schemes are delivered phased, floor by floor or elevation by elevation, with each section reopened as we demask.
Yes. We sample on site and match to the current colour, not factory fresh. Where estate consistency is the goal, a single reference colour is agreed and applied across the whole scheme.
Touch dry within an hour; full cure varies by system. We agree the no touch window at survey and leave it on the handover sheet.
Start a conversation
We will review the service route, access, preparation, finish and likely next step before the job is priced properly.
Related services
02 / restoration
powder coated frame restoration. Faded shopfronts, curtain walls and entrance frames recovered to a matched RAL or BS finish. Works carried out around live trading after substrate testing.
03 / spraying
on-site commercial spraying. A factory grade spray finish, done on site without taking anything out. HVLP for control on the detail and edges, airless for the big repetitive runs. Full polythene masking and live site extraction so the rest of the building keeps working.
09 / retail
retail refurbishment contractors. Multi store decorating packages for UK retailers: night shift delivery, brand consistent finish, per store KPI reporting. Active on Primark, Tesco and M&S rollouts.
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