Profiled metal, composite and fibre cement cladding recoated on site, with your building still trading. UK-wide, from a Bradford base.
The work
Cladding spraying recoats the cladding you already have, where it stands. We chemically clean and degrease the panels, pressure wash off loose and flaking coating, treat corrosion, prime, then spray base and top coats from powered access. The systems are commercial coatings from Rust-Oleum, Selemix and HMG, chosen for the substrate and how exposed the elevation is. Nothing comes off, and the building carries on trading.
It is the same job people ring us about as cladding refurbishment, a cladding respray or cladding restoration. Whichever word you use, it comes out of a maintenance budget rather than a capital one.
Substrates
Colours matched to any RAL, BS or NCS reference, including brand colours, and sprayed out on site for sign-off.
Proof
Four buildings, all coated in place, with the occupiers still trading.
Exterior cladding, canopy, pillars and steelwork. Chemically cleaned and degreased, loose coating removed by high-pressure wash, then sprayed in multiple coats.
External cladding cleaned and degreased, then pressure washed at 3,500 psi to take off failed coating before priming and spraying.
Every panel and cladding sheet across both buildings, sprayed from MEWPs to one consistent finish matched to their brand.
Cladding on all sides, plus handrails and shutters. Rusted areas ground back and spot primed first.
More in our case studies, including John Fredericks and the Radisson Blu.
Book the free survey and we will tell you either way.
The defect
Cut edge corrosion is the rust that starts where cladding sheets are cut, lapped and fixed. The factory coating stops at the cut, and the exposed steel corrodes from the edge inwards.
Left alone it creeps back under the coating and spreads along the lap until the sheet perforates — the point a coating job becomes a recladding job.
We grind the rust back to sound steel, spot prime and seal the edges, usually in the same visit as the cladding. More on our cut edge corrosion treatment page.
Occupied buildings
Disruption is the first objection we hear, and it is a fair one. Buildings that stay open are what this company is built around.
We run night shifts, weekend work and phased closures, so an elevation or a loading bay is out for hours rather than weeks. Work zones are sheeted, coatings are low odour, and access and permits are agreed with your facilities team first.
Where a programme has to be short, we put more sprayers on it. At CarShop in Wolverhampton the site stayed live throughout — a 2,430m² canopy and 795m² of workshop cladding, twelve weeks allowed, delivered in six.
Compliance
What procurement asks for, in writing, before we get on site.
USP Coatings is CHAS accredited and every operative holds a valid CSCS card. Risk assessments and method statements — RAMS — are issued for approval before work begins, without being asked. We carry £10 million public liability insurance; the certificate comes with the quote.
CHASHealth and safety pre-qualification 
CSCSCarded operatives on every site 
IPAFPowered access, MEWPs 
PASMAMobile access towers 
FIRASPassive fire protection installation 
CITBRegistered training and skills Refurbishment
Recladding is a capital project. Coating is a maintenance one. If the panels are sound and only the finish has failed, coating is usually right, and defers the other by years.
| Coating in place | Full recladding | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | A fraction of recladding — see the range below | £150–£300+ per m² |
| Programme | Weeks | Months |
| Building use | Stays open and trading | Elevations closed off |
| Existing panels | Cleaned, treated, recoated | Stripped out and skipped |
Coating will not fix a perforated sheet or a panel at the end of its life. That is what the survey is for — if recladding is right, we will say so.
Cost
Every building is different, so the figure comes from the survey. This is the range our commercial cladding projects sit inside.
What moves the number: area, condition of the existing coating, how much cut edge corrosion needs treating, access and height, and whether the work runs out of hours. Full recladding runs at £150–£300+ per m². The quote is fixed price.
Or call 01134 364 364.
FAQs
Yes — composite and insulated panels are routine, alongside profiled metal sheet, fibre cement board and steel.
Most single buildings take two to four weeks, depending on area, access and corrosion. Multi-building sites are phased.
Yes, and most of our work is. Night shifts, weekend work and phased closures keep the building in use.
The coating system carries a guarantee of up to 20 years.
Usually. If the panels are sound and only the coating has failed, recoating restores the finish for a fraction of recladding.
Rust starting at the cut edges and laps of metal cladding sheets. We treat it in the same visit — see cut edge corrosion treatment.
We are a national contractor and we go to the building. Cladding teams work across England, Scotland and Wales, from a single industrial unit to a multi-site estate. Head office is Bradford, and we work regularly in Norwich, Portsmouth and across Staffordshire.
Commercial clients
Next step
We come to the building, assess the cladding, and send a written cladding analysis report with a fixed-price quote. No charge, no obligation.
Or call 01134 364 364, or email letstalk@uspcoatings.co.uk.
