02 / restoration
Faded shopfronts, curtain walls and entrance frames recovered to a matched RAL or BS finish. Works carried out around live trading. Written service life expectation with every scheme.
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. If a frame needs replacing, we tell you at survey.
02
PPG or AkzoNobel two pack tie coat over light abrasion, matched RAL topcoat at 60-80 µm dry film thickness. Service life expectation written into the spec, not implied.
03
Masking method for glazing, gaskets and signage. Spray containment where the frame is on a public route. COSHH for tie coat solvents.
04
Prepare, mask, prime, apply and demask within 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. Typical expectation is 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 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 priced ahead of the request. Per store handover record. Handover with every snag closed. 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.
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 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 where foot traffic requires it.
Glazing, gaskets, ironmongery and signage are masked before primer goes on. The glass is checked at demask before public reopening.
We flag substrate failure at survey. If a frame needs replacing we tell you. We won't coat over a failing substrate and sign it off.
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 entrance door systems spray refinished on site. Matched RAL or BS finish. No reglazing, no disruption to building occupants.
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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