10 / industrial
We coat warehouses without shutting them down. Walls, steelwork, high bays, one zone at a time, around your shifts. Intumescent protection on structural steel where the fire rating needs it.
When this is the right route
Scope · included
Scope · not included
Sectors
Process
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Live-site walk with FM: agree zones, shift pattern and exclusion-zone boundaries. Capture steel condition (corrosion grade, existing coating system, intumescent requirement). Access method confirmed per bay.
02
System per zone and steel type: anti-corrosion epoxy primer and polyurethane topcoat for structural steel; intumescent system where fire rating is required (with third-party certification); single-coat refresh for non-structural surfaces. MEWP or scaffold specified to bay height.
03
Per-zone RAMS covering racking interaction (working over vs. working around), MEWP safe working plan, emergency evacuation with FM, COSHH for two-pack catalysts, ATEX declaration if zone applies.
04
Zone-by-zone delivery. Each zone is returned to live operations before the next opens. Forklift aisles not shared mid-coat. Shift timing agreed with FM weekly.
05
Per-zone record, film thickness readings, intumescent certificate where the system warrants it. FM sign-off before each zone returns to full operation.
On the books
Mercedes-Benz · Garage facility
UK · Confidential
Case study
UK · Industrial
Decorating and finishing package for a Mercedes-Benz dealership facility. Workshop, customer-area and forecourt finishes delivered against the brand specification. Industrial-grade durability required in operational zones.
This case study supports searches for live-site commercial decorating, retail refurbishment, on-site spraying and aluminium frame restoration by showing the kind of programme, access and handover constraints A Star Decorators handles for national estate clients.
Read project →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
We come from commercial sites: Primark stores, Tesco superstores, occupied warehouses. That discipline carries into residential work. A proper survey before quoting, written dust-control plans, and a room-by-room handover that does not leave loose ends.
Retail decorating contractors
Retail decorating is not about paint. It is about working nights around store teams, 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, directly employed crews, one programme and one point of contact from survey to handover.
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Stores stay open. Surveys, masking and run off planned around foot traffic.
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Night programmes on retail and hospitality estates. Clean before doors open.
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Rolling 4 to 12 stores a week against a national programme.
04
Offices in Poole and London. Crews mobilised across England, Scotland and Wales.
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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
Yes. The whole programme uses zonal delivery so live operations continue around us. Active aisles and adjacent zones stay open.
Yes. When we apply an approved intumescent system, the manufacturer's certificate ships with the handover record.
We work in ATEX zones with appropriate kit, method statement and relevant permit-to-work. This is flagged and planned at survey.
Racking stays in place. We work around it or use MEWPs to reach over. Any racking movement is the FM's decision and is priced separately.
Not in the active zone. We coordinate the exclusion schedule with the FM so forklift routes are maintained in adjacent zones throughout.
Start a conversation
We will review the service route, access, preparation, finish and likely next step before the job is priced properly.
Related services
06 / coatings
epoxy floor coatings. Epoxy, polyurethane and chemical-resistant floor systems for warehouses, distribution centres and commercial premises. The system is matched to the substrate, the traffic load and how much downtime you can give us.
07 / coatings
cladding coatings. TOR and spray combination systems for profile sheet, rainscreen and curtain-wall cladding. DOFF-cleaned substrate, RAL-matched finish. 10-year service-life options on sound metal cladding.
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.
