Services
Full exteriors, from scaffold to the finished elevation
Scaffolding supplied and managed, with masonry and render painting, windows, cornices and railings. The public record is two full exteriors: St George's Square in Pimlico and Inverness Terrace in Bayswater.
A full exterior is surveyed, scaffolded and painted as one piece of work. The practice supplies and manages the scaffold, then repairs and paints masonry, render and stucco, including cornices, pediments, capitals and parapets. Windows, sills and architraves are finished with the elevation, and so are balconies, balustrades and railings.
At St George's Square, Pimlico the front and rear scaffolds were supplied and managed here. The work ran from cornice, pediment and portico repairs through masonry and render painting, sills, columns, balustrade and railings. At Inverness Terrace, Bayswater the same approach covered a full scaffolded exterior, front and rear: stucco and render repairs, ornamental capitals and architraves, balconies, the portico, windows and the rear brickwork.
An exterior can be one commission with the interior: all the internal works plus the full exterior, so the decorating and wallpapering inside and the elevation outside are surveyed, programmed and snagged together.
Private residential buildings are published by street only. A survey still decides access, repairs and the programme. After the scaffold is struck, the same aftercare applies as on an interior.
On the public record
- St George's Square, Pimlico. Full exterior, scaffolding supplied and managed, 2024.
- Inverness Terrace, Bayswater. Full scaffolded exterior, 2018.
Questions
Asked about Exterior works
Do you supply and manage the scaffold?
Yes. On the exteriors published here, the scaffold was supplied and managed by the practice, including the strike. Access, pavement and the order of elevations are agreed at the survey.
What does the masonry and render painting cover?
Stucco, render and masonry, including cornices, mouldings, pediments, parapets and crack repairs before paint. Where the rear is brick, that elevation is in the same scope when the survey includes it.
Are windows part of an exterior?
Yes. Sashes, sills and architraves are part of a full exterior, with the entrance joinery, balconies and railings.
Can the interior be done with the exterior?
Yes. One commission can be all the internal works plus the full exterior: decorating and wallpapering inside, then the front elevation, with one survey and one programme covering both.