Interior Decorating
Preparation and painting of interior walls, ceilings and woodwork (SIC 43341). Surfaces filled, made good and primed before any finish coat. Protection of floors and furniture is part of the job, not an extra.
SIC 43341 & 43390 · Painting, and other building completion and finishing
Painting and finishing
Interior decorating, exterior painting, wallpapering, surface preparation and making good, dry lining finishes, and woodwork finishing.
Exterior Painting
Masonry, render and exterior woodwork, prepared and coated with systems suited to the substrate and the season. Exterior work is weather-dependent and we will postpone rather than coat a damp or cold surface.
Wallpapering
Hanging and stripping of papers and wall coverings, including the lining and sizing that decides whether the result lasts. Walls are assessed first; a poor substrate will show through anything hung over it.
Surface Preparation & Making Good
Filling, caulking, sanding, stopping and repairs to plaster and woodwork before decoration (SIC 43390). Where paintwork may contain lead, it is prepared wet and not dry-sanded or burned off.
Dry Lining Finishes
Taping, jointing and finishing of plasterboard to a decorator’s standard, ready for decoration. Finishing only — we do not carry out structural work, and any structural alteration is for other trades.
Woodwork & Joinery Finishing
Preparation and finishing of doors, frames, skirtings, architraves and stairs, including knotting, priming and undercoating. Finishing of joinery, not manufacture or installation of it.
What we will not do
Gas work, electrical installation work, asbestos removal, structural alterations, damp-proofing and roofing. Each is a different trade with its own registration or licence. We will say so on the day rather than take the job and improvise.