02 / restoration
Faded shopfronts, curtain walls and entrance frames recovered to a matched RAL or BS finish, carried out around live trading with a 5-7 year expected service life.
When this is the right route
Scope · included
Scope · not included
Sectors
Process
01
Frame-by-frame walk. Gloss-meter reading on a clean reference area, RAL identification via Pantone bridge or direct match. Adhesion test on the existing powder coat. Restoration only goes ahead if the substrate holds.
02
PPG / AkzoNobel two-pack tie-coat over light abrasion, matched RAL topcoat at 60-80 µm. Service-life expectation written into the spec, not implied.
03
Masking method for glazing, gaskets and signage. Spray containment if the frame is exposed to public route. COSHH for tie-coat solvents.
04
Prepare, mask, prime, apply, demask the same shift where access permits. Glazing checked at demask. Adjacent finishes wiped before public reopening.
05
Before/after photo record, gloss reading on completed work, written service-life note (5-7 years on a sound substrate).
Case study · anonymised
A commercial estate manager called us in to assess a tired aluminium curtain-wall system on a central London frontage. The powder coat had chalked through, sills were biological-staining and the glazing-edge gaskets had run with run-off. Replacement would have meant scaffolding the unit closed for the better part of a month.
We surveyed frame by frame, identified the substrate as restorable (gloss-meter readings + cross-hatch adhesion test passed), specified a two-pack tie-coat over light abrasion, and applied a matched RAL anthracite topcoat at 60-80 µm dry film. No glazing was removed. Restoration was delivered live around the ground-floor retail trade.
Total cover: approximately 320 m² of curtain-wall frame and sills, restored over a three-week shift pattern. Adjacent glazing, ironmongery and signage were masked through to demask. Service-life expectation issued in writing on handover: 5-7 years on the substrate as surveyed.
Built for the people who buy decorating
We are a specialist sub-contractor, not a turnkey fit-out outfit. We deliver decorating, spraying, restoration and coatings under main contractors and direct estate teams.
For main contractors
Variations priced ahead of the request. Per-store handover record. AFPs delivered on the day they're due. We run the way you run.
For estate + FM teams
Survey to handover without closing the unit. Powder-coat restoration with a 5-7 year service life. Run-off, masking and reopening tracked store-by-store.
For retail estate leads
Brand-matched paint stacks against the estate spec. KPI reporting per store. Programme that survives shopfit slippage instead of inheriting it.
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.
Domestic and residential decorating
For homes, rental property, managed blocks and high-end residential work, we bring the same survey discipline, protection, preparation and clean handover used on commercial sites.
Retail decorating contractors
Retail work needs predictable nights, clean protection, brand-matched finishes and a handover that does not leave store teams dealing with snags the next morning.
Industrial painting contractors
Industrial and warehouse scopes need substrate-led specification, access planning, safe segregation and coating systems that match how the building is used.
How we deliver
Twenty years finishing commercial buildings across the UK. Director led, directly employed 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 4 to 12 stores a week against a national programme.
04
Offices in Poole and London. Crews mobilised across England, Scotland and Wales.
05
Decorating, on site spraying, powder coat restoration and floor coatings under one PM.
06
Before and after record, gloss readings and written service life on every scheme.
Frequently asked
5-7 years is the typical expected service life when the specification matches the substrate. We confirm the expectation in writing per scheme.
Yes. We sample on site, send a card for sign-off if needed, and apply the matched system.
Yes. Most schemes are delivered phased around live trading with extended masking and overnight cuts.
Glazing, gaskets, ironmongery and signage are masked before primer. Glass is checked at demask.
We flag substrate failure at survey. if a frame needs replacing we tell you. We tell you.
Start a conversation
We will review the service route, access, preparation, finish and likely next step before the job is priced properly.
Related services
04 / spraying
aluminium glazing spraying. Curtain walls, window frames and door systems refinished on site to a matched RAL or BS finish, without reglazing.
03 / spraying
on-site commercial spraying. HVLP and airless spraying for commercial ceilings, walls, glazing, doors and cladding, with full masking and live-site mobilisation.
09 / retail
retail refurbishment contractors. Multi-store decorating packages delivered around night works, phased handovers and rolling-store programmes for UK retailers.
