Dunstable Commercial Decorators
Commercial Painting & Decorating in Dunstable
15 years commercial experience.
To produce a high class, durable finish, preparation is everything when it comes to painting & decorating. Time & effort spent on preparation is a wise investment.
Our pre-paint repair and preparation covers:
Timber
Plastering
Rendering
Glazing
Graffiti Removal
Chemical Cleaning
Preparation & Pre-paint Repairs
There are subtle differences between primer and priming surfaces. For surfaces such as wood, paint alone is too thick and will be on the surface but not adhere well, resulting in flaking. Primer is a thin paint solution, or even a specialised liquid colour coordinated to support the finish coat, which penetrates into the pores of wood, and allows the finish coat to adhere to the underlying primer.
Priming also results in less paint being needed. For unpainted wood, most laymen expect to apply two coats of paint. However,
one coat of inexpensive primer and then a finish coat is much less expensive.
For metal surfaces, primer may involve special characteristics to resist corrosion, prevent impact chipping or improve adhesion of the finish coat.
Especially for problem paint jobs, such as new work, fungal presence or peeling paint, PTP Decorators offer free consulting services.
When our instructions and materials are used, guarantees of 1 to 20 years are available as to adhesion, water proofing, etc. of the finished paint job.
Professional painters such as PTP, the majority of our time is spent in preparation for paint application, not in actual painting. Cleaning and sanding surfaces, taping and applying paper or plastic to surfaces not to be painted typically involve 50% or more of the painter’s total time budget.
How to Improve Your Workplace With Interior Decoration
There are often items in the news about the design and layout of the workplace and how this contributes to well-being and productivity.
The latest we have come across was a study carried out in the US, which said that open plan offices help keep employees fitter and feeling less stressed.
This got us thinking that the interior decoration of your workplace really does go beyond adhering to your corporate colour scheme and making a good impression on visitors: the way you plan, design and decorate your workplace can make all the difference to how productive, motivated and happy your staff are.
Decorating With a Budget
As the manager or owner of a Dusntable business, it is ultimately up to you to decide on the colours, decoration and design elements that will make up the work-space. But you need to understand that your choices can impact on your employees’ perceptions; imagine, for example, how you would feel working in a dingy, dull and drab workplace with dirty carpets, plain walls and no space for socialising or inspiration? Sometimes you have to put yourself in your employees’ shoes and think about what would make your working day easier, more motivating and enjoyable. Obviously, you will have a budget to stick to but that’s where the services of an experienced painting and decorating company like PTP Deorators come in, because we can do as little or as much as you need us to.
So how can PTP Decorators help?
If you are looking to improve your workplace, perhaps choosing an open plan design to give your employees more chance to move around and communicate with each other,
then we’ve got a range of interior decoration and refurbishment services that can help:
Painting and Decorating
A lick of paint is the first thing that springs to mind when many businesses look to improve their workplace interiors. Generally, it is a cost-effective way of brightening up your working environment and with practically any colour available, is also a great way to reinforce your branding and corporate identity.
Painting your walls, adding wallpaper to feature walls and brightening up woodwork with gloss paint can help make the most of the natural and artificial light in your rooms and make your workplace a brighter, cheerier place to spend the working day.
TOP TIP – Choose brighter coloured paints and wall-coverings in areas where you want to inspire creativity and more muted tones when you want to give people the chance to focus and concentrate in a calming environment.
Specialist decorating for specific sectors
It is also worth remembering that experienced decorators, such as the team here at
PTP Decorators, can also provide specialist painting and decorating services to make the most of your interiors and to make the working day a little easier. These include:
Fire retardant paint – to help reduce the risk of fire and keep your employees safe
Anti bacterial paint – to help stop the spread of germs in healthcare environments and keep employees and patients safe and healthy
Hard wearing paint and coatings – to withstand bumps and knocks in busy environments such as schools and universities, thus keeping the interiors looking fresher for longer.
Window and door refurbishment
If you’re going to redesign your workplace, then just painting or papering the walls won’t have the desired impact.
You’ll also need to tidy up and repaint the woodwork and refurbish the windows and doors. Remember that everyone has to enter and exit the building via a doorway, so first impressions really do matter when it comes to the state of your doors. If you can set the precedent by having clean, tidy, easy to use and secure doors, then it will help staff to feel positive about their working day from the very moment they arrive.
Providing excellent facilities in the workplace is one way to support staff retention and employee well-being.
If you’re planning a refurbishment then upgrading your bathroom and kitchen facilities is probably going to be the investment your employees are most impressed with. A well provisioned workplace may help staff to feel more at home and thus happier and relaxed through their working day, whilst at the same time reassuring them that they have everything they need around them.
PTP Decorators carry out various floor painting projects, ranging from a single garage to a complete warehouse, or factory floor Industrial Floor Painting & Line Marking.
With offices in
Milton Keynes
and Dunstable,we can transform your industrial floors with minimal disturbance. Our team of skilled industrial painters are able to apply any water or solvent based single or two pack products and are able to complete most projects in a single weekend, keeping your business up and running.
-Mechanical floor grinding
-Removal of defective coatings
-Quick cure epoxy concrete repairs
-Industrial floor painting in any BS or Ral
colour code
-Out of hours scheduling of jobs
-Markings, cross hatching and safety markings to lay out pedestrian routes
-Line painting and car park markings
-Anti-slip coatings
With floor preparation equipment to hand we are well able to carry out any size of project, to minimise disruption to your workplace industrial floor projects. can be scheduled out of hours.
Why use PTP Decorators?
-A professional job, done within budget and on time.
-We hold full PDA accreditation and are CSCS compliant
-Regular toolbox talks and experienced time served supervisors ensure the safe progression of projects
-Minimal disruption, including out of hours work if required
-High reach access for high rise painting jobs
-Proven track record
-Safe and professional
-Up to 20 years guarantee
Please contact us to discuss your individual requirements on
TOP TIP – Any commercial flooring needs to be up to the task of withstanding heavy footfall, so be sure to take this into account when choosing your flooring material and colours.
Where do I go from here?
We’ve all seen the pictures of the coolest offices in the world, and we know that whilst you can take inspiration from some of the trendiest (and richest) brands out there, you don’t really need a slide in your office or a climbing wall in your breakout zones to give your employees a fantastic environment in which to work. You just need to ask people what they want, listen to their ideas and ultimately, find a decorating company that can make it all happen.
Call PTP Decorators today on and let’s talk about how we can transform your workplace interiors.