15 / decorating
We paint outside walls, render, brick, soffits, fascias, doors and timber. We prepare every surface properly and protect it while the paint is wet. We only paint when the weather suits the product. Every job comes with RAMS (risk assessments and method statements). Our regular crews do the work under an A Star supervisor.
When this is the right route
Scope · included
Scope · not included
Sectors
Process
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Walk every elevation. Moisture readings on suspect substrates, adhesion check on the existing coating, photo log of the condition. Access requirement and weather window captured on the day, along with any repair that has to be resolved before painting.
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System per substrate: smooth or textured masonry paint to render and brick, micro porous systems to timber, primer and top coat to metalwork. Sheen level and colour agreed against the substrate. Dry film thickness and recoat intervals taken from the product data sheet.
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RAMS pack written for the project with COSHH for every product, a working at height method for the chosen access, weather criteria for application, and a PPE matrix. Issued and signed off before mobilisation.
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Protection up before paint comes out. Prepare, prime and coat by elevation, working to the product temperature and humidity limits so each coat cures as intended. Daily clean down. Snag list maintained live by the site supervisor.
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Walk the elevations, photo handover record, paint touch up kit left on site, and a record of the products and colours used for future maintenance.
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 are agreed in writing and delivered without delaying handover. You get a handover record for each store.
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
We match the paint system to your brand and estate specification. You get progress and handover records for each store. If the timetable moves, we tell you early and replan 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 in Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire, inside and out. You get a fixed written quote before we start, and any extras are agreed in writing first. We protect your floors and furniture and leave the house clean every day.
Retail decorating
Retail decorating is about more than paint. We work nights around store teams and other trades, and we match brand colours exactly. Late variations are agreed in writing and delivered without delaying handover.
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
Every job is director-led. You deal with one contact and one timetable, from survey to handover.
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Stores stay open. Surveys, masking and run off planned around foot traffic.
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Night programmes on retail and hospitality estates. Clean before doors open.
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Rolling store programmes sequenced against the main contractor plan.
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Based in Poole, Dorset. Our crews travel to sites across the UK.
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Decorating, on site spraying, powder coat restoration and floor coatings under one PM.
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Before and after record, sign-off notes and the specified product record.
Frequently asked
External painting and decorating to walls, render, masonry, soffits, fascias, doors, timber and metalwork. It includes the preparation and protection that the coating needs, not just the top coat.
Yes. Our regular crews do the painting, working to our RAMS under an A Star supervisor.
By substrate and by exposure. Masonry paint for render and brick, micro porous systems for timber so the wood can still move and breathe, and a primer and top coat system for metalwork. The data sheet sets the dry film thickness and recoat intervals.
Yes. Each product has a temperature and humidity range for application and curing. We plan the work around suitable conditions and hold off when the elevation is too cold, too wet or in direct conditions that would spoil the film.
Clean down to remove dirt, algae and loose material, scrape and rub back failing coating, fill and stop where needed, then prime to suit the substrate before top coats. The preparation is specified per surface in the RAMS.
Yes. The access is chosen at survey, scaffold, tower or MEWP as appropriate, and the working at height method is set out in the RAMS and signed off before mobilisation.
A RAMS pack written for your project ships before mobilisation, with COSHH assessments for every product, the working at height method and the weather criteria for application. Sign off is required before works start.
Start a conversation
Where we can, we check access and the state of the surfaces before we price, so the quote matches the real job. Email drawings to office@astardecorators.com, or send photos on WhatsApp.
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01 / decorating
We decorate shops, offices and other working buildings during refits, fit-outs and planned maintenance. Your site keeps trading while we work. Every job comes with RAMS (risk assessments and method statements) written for it, and the finish matches your brand spec. We have decorated Primark, Tesco and M&S stores for main contractors including R.G. Carter, Uplands Retail and Morris & Spottiswood.
12 / decorating
Interior walls, ceilings, joinery and detail work for retail, hospitality, healthcare and education. Designer spec literate. Substrate specific paint systems. Two pack capability where the environment demands it.
07 / coatings
TOR and spray combination systems for profile sheet, rainscreen and curtain wall cladding. Cleaning matched to the surface, a matched RAL finish and a system selected after survey.
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