What sectors do you cover?

Retail, office, education, healthcare, heritage and logistics. Most of our programme is repeat work: Primark, Tesco and M&S via R.G. Carter and Morris & Spottiswood.

Can you work out-of-hours?

Yes. Night shifts, early starts and phased shifts are built into how we deliver around live trading. The programme is agreed before mobilisation, not improvised on site.

A project-specific RAMS pack ships before mobilisation, with COSHH assessments for every product. PC sign-off is required before works start.

What accreditations do you hold?

CHAS and CITB Site Safety Plus. Dulux Academy trained. NEBOSH and SMSTS held in-house. Certificates available on request.

How do you cost variations?

Variations are priced as we go, agreed in writing before delivery, and shown line-item on the application for payment.

Commercial decorating · live & occupied sites

Commercial decorating contractors who work while you stay open.

Right now we're on Primark and Tesco stores for R.G. Carter and Morris & Spottiswood. Mostly nights, always around trading. Retail refurbishments, fit-outs and planned maintenance, RAMS-packed and brand-specified.

Request a site survey Call 077 6178 1304

Live-site

You keep trading

Brand-matched

Colour to your spec

CHAS

Accredited delivery

UK-wide

South of England base

01 / service

When the shop has to keep trading, and the decorator is the trade that gets squeezed when everyone else runs late.

The site needs to stay open through the works.
Multiple trades are on the same programme and your decorator will be the one absorbing slippage.
Brand colour has to be consistent across the estate.
The main contractor needs RAMS, COSHH and a clean handover record before sign-off.

02 / why it matters

Where commercial decorating goes wrong.

On a live commercial site the finish is the easy part. The risk is in the programme, the brand spec and the handover.

Downtime

A decorator who can't work nights forces closures the business can't afford. Out-of-hours delivery is built into how we price and programme.

Brand drift

An eyeballed colour ages differently across an estate. We work to the brand-matched specification and confirmed dry-film thickness.

Trade slippage

When other trades run late, the decorator absorbs it. We hold the programme and flag impacts in writing before it becomes a problem.

Late snagging

Snags found at handover kill the programme. Our site supervisor maintains the snag list live, room by room. Nothing sits until the last day.

03 / process

A structured process, not guesswork.

01 · Survey
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 · Specification
Dulux Trade primers + Diamond Matt or Sheen 4-coat system as standard. Sheen level per area, brand-matched colour, dry film thickness specified per coat.
03 · RAMS
Project-specific RAMS pack with COSHH for every product, dust-curtaining strategy, out-of-hours method and PPE matrix. Signed off by our SMSTS-qualified site management before mobilisation.
04 · Delivery
Phase by phase: masking goes up before paint comes out of the kettle. Daily clean-down. Snag list maintained live by the site supervisor.
05 · Handover
Walk-the-line with the PC, photo handover record, paint touch-up kit left on site, decant labels on any leftover product.

04 / sectors

Commercial decorating in the sectors that can't go dark.

Retail & estates

Store refurbishments and rolling estate programmes for Primark, Tesco and M&S via R.G. Carter and Morris & Spottiswood. Delivered around trading hours.

Offices & workplace

Repaints, refurbishments and dilapidations phased around occupied floors, evenings and weekends.

Education & healthcare

Low-disruption decorating around term times and operating hours, to the compliance standards these sectors require.

Heritage & logistics

Sympathetic finishes on period buildings through to high-bay warehouses and distribution centres.

Scope · included

Project-specific RAMS, COSHH and method statements
Out-of-hours and phased shift delivery
Brand-matched colour specifications
Live snag list and photo handover record

Scope · not included

Structural alterations
M&E works
Permanent signage manufacture

Recent work

Primark · Hammersmith

Commercial decorating delivered on a live Primark store under a main-contractor framework, phased around trading, brand-matched throughout, and handed over to programme.

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Frequently asked

Answers before the survey, not after the quote.

What sectors do you cover?: Retail, office, education, healthcare, heritage and logistics. Most of our programme is repeat work: Primark, Tesco and M&S via R.G. Carter and Morris & Spottiswood.
Can you work out-of-hours?: Yes. Night shifts, early starts and phased shifts are built into how we deliver around live trading. The programme is agreed before mobilisation, not improvised on site.
Do you produce RAMS?: A project-specific RAMS pack ships before mobilisation, with COSHH assessments for every product. PC sign-off is required before works start.
What accreditations do you hold?: CHAS and CITB Site Safety Plus. Dulux Academy trained. NEBOSH and SMSTS held in-house. Certificates available on request.
How do you cost variations?: Variations are priced as we go, agreed in writing before delivery, and shown line-item on the application for payment.

Request a site survey

Tell us about the site.

Location, scope, programme dates and the main contractor if there is one. We typically reply within one working day with a site-survey window.

077 6178 1304 · mobile office@astardecorators.com