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.
When this is the right route
Scope · included
Scope · not included
Sectors
Process
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Walk the scope with the PC. Moisture readings on suspect substrates, cross hatch adhesion test on existing finishes, photo log of every elevation. Programme overlay with other trades captured on the day.
02
Dulux Trade primers and Diamond Matt or Sheen 4-coat system as standard. Sheen level per area: matt to back of house, eggshell to shopfloor, satin to skirtings. Colour matched to the brand, dry film thickness specified per coat.
03
RAMS pack written for the project with COSHH for every product, dust curtaining strategy, out of hours method and PPE matrix. Signed off by site management before mobilisation.
04
Phase by phase. Masking goes up before paint comes out of the kettle. Daily clean down. Snag list maintained live by site supervisor, not retrofitted at the end.
05
Walk the line with PC, photo handover record, paint touch up kit left on site. Decant labels on any leftover product.
Completed May 2026
Primark · Hammersmith
Kings Mall, London W6 · Uplands Retail
Shopfloor and back of house decorating in a trading store
Case study
Kings Mall, London W6 · Retail
We decorated the Primark store at Kings Mall, Hammersmith, while it stayed open. We worked for Uplands Retail and had every area ready for trade the next morning.
See what the job involved and how we handled it.
Read the case study →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.
02
Night programmes on retail and hospitality estates. Clean before doors open.
03
Rolling store programmes sequenced against the main contractor plan.
04
Based in Poole, Dorset. Our crews travel to sites 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
A construction subcontractor specialising in painting, decorating and surface finishing on commercial premises: retail, offices, hospitality and industrial. We typically work under a main contractor on a fit out or refurbishment programme.
The paperwork and the timetable are much stricter. Commercial jobs need accreditations, RAMS and COSHH assessments, and work around a site that stays open. Some need intumescent (fire protection) paint on steel, using manufacturer-certified systems. You also deal with payment applications, retentions and variations through the main contractor.
A clear breakdown by area or phase, with units and rates on every line. Site setup costs (prelims) are shown as a separate line. We list what is excluded, what we have assumed and how long the price stands. We also send our insurance, accreditations, a similar past job and our RAMS approach. Our capability statement and example quote pages show both.
Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS), COSHH documentation per product, Working at Height compliance, CDM 2015 procedural compliance, and live site delivery around occupied premises.
Retail, office, education, healthcare, heritage and logistics. Most of our programme is repeat work for main contractors and retail estate teams.
Yes. Night shifts, early starts and phased shifts are built into how we deliver around live trading. Programme is agreed before mobilisation, not improvised on site.
A RAMS pack written for your project ships before mobilisation, with COSHH assessments for every product. PC sign off is required before works start.
We are CHAS accredited and Dulux Academy trained, and we write our own RAMS and COSHH assessments. We carry £10m Employers' Liability and £5m Public Liability insurance. Certificates are on our accreditations page.
Variations are priced as we go, agreed in writing before delivery, and shown line item on the application for payment.
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.
Related services
09 / retail
We decorate stores for UK retailers, from one store to a full rollout. We work nights and leave each store ready to trade by morning. Every store gets the same brand finish. You get a progress report and photo record for each one. Our retail work includes Primark, Tesco and M&S stores.
03 / 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.
02 / 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.
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