Property types · Industrial
Planning and execution of protective and decorative coating works for factories and industrial buildings in a safe manner around production.
Beyond the paint
Anti-corrosive systems for structural steel, hard-wearing washable finishes for production walls and epoxy systems for floors are specified from the substrate up for industrial coating work. Most of the work is the preparation of the surface to the coating manufacturer's specification — it is this which determines the life of the system.
Equally vital is the way the work is conducted—zoned scheduling around live shows, boom lifts and scaffolds that are accessible to the work, and good housekeeping and site safety discipline from start to finish.
Scope of work
Each scope is designed around the substrate (the environment in which it lives) and the facility's operating hours.
Internal walls with washable, hard wearing systems, which can withstand heat, humidity, cleaning regimes and knocks, specified by zone, not one paint everywhere.
Beams, columns, trusses and pipework de-rusted, primed and coated with anti-corrosive systems that slow the climate's constant attack on exposed steel.
Production floors, aisles and plant rooms that are covered with epoxy systems that are designed for the traffic, chemicals and cleaning they will actually experience.
Soffits, exposed services and high walls reached with boom lifts and scaffold, by crews trained and equipped for work at height.
Before coating, preparation is in accordance with the system's datasheet, not a guess — spalling concrete, cracks and contaminated surfaces are repaired, cleaned and profiled.
Coating programmes designed to fit production: zone-by-zone phasing during production or concentrated programmes during planned shutdowns and maintenance periods.
Floors take the hardest wear — see our epoxy painting systems. Damaged concrete columns, soffits and beams are restored with spalling concrete repair before any coating goes on.
Systems, not just coloursSite discipline
Industrial clients evaluate a contractor on the way the work is run, not on the looks of the work. Method, sequence and housekeeping is agreed prior to the opening of any tin and the site is left workable at the end of each shift.
Paint systems
Industrial coatings are specified, not picked from a colour card. Typical pairings we install:
| Surface | What we apply | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Production walls | Washable acrylic or epoxy wall system | Copes with heat, humidity and repeated wash-downs. |
| Structural steel | Anti-corrosive primer + topcoat system | Slows corrosion on beams, trusses and pipework. |
| Floors | Epoxy or resin system rated to traffic | Matched to the loads, chemicals and cleaning it will face. |
| Soffits & services | Spray-applied high-level coatings | Even coverage across ducting, trays and exposed structure. |
| Repaired concrete | Repair mortar + compatible coating | Repair and coating that work as one system, not two patches. |
Pricing, honestly
Two factories with the same floor area can be priced very differently — this is why.
After a site survey you receive an itemised proposal per zone and system, so you can phase the spend across maintenance budgets if needed.
How it works
Substrate survey, system selection and method statement for each zone.
Repairs, degreasing, rust removal and profiling to the system's requirements.
Primer to topcoat in controlled stages, checked coat by coat.
Zone inspection against the agreed spec, then handback to operations.
Why City Painters
The facility teams require a contractor who can read datasheets, prepare method statements, adhere to permit to work systems and report progress zone by zone. That's how we work with industrial projects – the coating works on paper, on programme and on the wall.
Discuss your facilityFAQ
What facility managers and plant engineers ask before a coating programme.
It depends on the environment. Production walls typically take hard-wearing washable acrylic or epoxy systems, floors take epoxy or similar resin systems rated for the traffic and chemicals present, and steel takes anti-corrosive primer systems. We specify per zone after a site survey.
Usually, yes. Work is phased zone by zone, scheduled off-shift where needed, and contained so dust and odour do not drift into live areas. Where a full stop is unavoidable, we concentrate the work into your planned shutdown windows.
With boom lifts, scissor lifts and scaffold as the structure requires, operated by crews trained for work at height. Access planning is part of the method statement.
It is the job. Coating failures almost always trace back to skipped preparation — painting over rust, grease or friable concrete. We prepare to the coating manufacturer's datasheet so the system achieves its rated life.
Yes. Spalled concrete is cut back, treated and rebuilt, and cracks are routed and sealed before coating. Painting over failing concrete only hides the problem while it worsens.
Our crews work to your facility's safety rules — inductions, PPE, permit-to-work systems and housekeeping standards — and the method statement is agreed with your team before work starts.
Yes. Facades, signage bands, external steel and boundary structures are covered, scheduled around weather windows and coated in exterior systems suited to industrial exposure.
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