Recoating warehouse and distribution unit exteriors on site — large elevations, roof sheets and steelwork — worked around shifts, stock and vehicle movements. UK-wide.
Free site survey and written report. No obligation.
The work
A warehouse is mostly profiled steel cladding, and that cladding has a factory-applied coating with a working life. After twenty-odd years of UK weather it chalks, fades and goes patchy, and the exposed edges of the roof sheets start to corrode. The structure is usually sound. It just looks neglected, and the corrosion will not stop on its own.
Warehouse spraying recoats the building where it stands. We clean down the elevations, abrade and treat the existing coating, deal with any corrosion, mask what needs protecting, then spray a two-pack industrial system from powered access. No sheets come off, no scaffold goes up around the whole unit, and the operation inside carries on.
The two jobs that most often come out of the survey together are the elevations and the roof — particularly cut-edge corrosion, which is the single most common fault we find on a warehouse roof and the one that gets expensive if it is left.
Scope
A survey usually covers some combination of these.
Profiled steel cladding
The main elevations. Cleaned, treated and resprayed in place.
Composite and flat panels
Insulated panel systems and flat sheet, recoated to match.
Protective recoating across the roof, including corroded edges.
Structural steelwork
Exposed frame, columns and canopies.
Office frontage and glazing
The front of the unit, where visitors and staff actually arrive.
Treated and sealed before anything is coated over it.
Send us photographs, or book the free survey and we will tell you either way.
Live operations
A distribution unit has HGVs on the yard, loading bays in constant use and shift patterns that do not bend. That is the real constraint on this work, and it is the one we plan around first.
We phase by elevation so only one face of the building is affected at a time, keeping yard circulation, loading doors and fire escapes usable. Where an elevation sits over an active bay, we take it at night or at the weekend. Access routes, permits and vehicle movements are agreed with your site manager before anyone arrives, and the coatings we use are low-odour so there is no need to clear the building.
Where a programme has to be short, we put more people on it rather than stretching the dates.
Phased by elevation
One face at a time. Yard and loading bays stay in use.
Night and weekend shifts
For elevations over active bays and access routes.
Access at height, sorted by us
MEWPs and towers for high bay elevations, IPAF and PASMA-trained.
Specification
On a warehouse, the failure point is almost always the edges — the cut edges of roof sheets, the laps, and the fixings. Coating over active corrosion just hides it for a season, so that is the first thing the survey establishes.
From there we specify the system: cleaning down, abrading, treating and sealing corroded edges, primer where it is needed, and a two-pack industrial topcoat chosen for the substrate and the exposure. Where a surface needs taking right back before anything goes on it, shot blasting is carried out on site.
Colours are matched to any RAL, BS or NCS reference, including corporate and planning-condition colours, and sprayed out on site for sign-off first. The finished system carries a guarantee of up to 20 years, confirmed in writing with the quote.
Compliance
Everything your procurement team asks for, in writing, before we get on site.
USP Coatings is CHAS accredited and every operative holds a valid CSCS card. We carry £10 million public liability insurance and send the certificate with the quote. Full risk assessments and method statements — RAMS — are issued for approval before any work begins, on every project, without being asked.
CHASHealth and safety pre-qualification
CSCSCarded operatives on every site
IPAFPowered access, MEWPs
PASMAMobile access towers
CITBRegistered training and skillsCost
Surface area drives this more than anything else, so the figure comes from the survey. These are the ranges our industrial projects sit inside.
What moves the number: the area of cladding and roof, the condition of the existing coating, how much corrosion treatment is needed, access at height, and whether the work has to happen out of hours. The survey is free and the quote that follows is fixed price.
FAQs
Yes. We phase the work by elevation so the yard, loading bays and fire escapes stay usable, and take elevations over active bays at night or at weekends.
Usually not. Where the sheets are structurally sound and the coating has simply weathered, recoating in place is the cheaper route. The survey tells you which situation you are in.
It is rust forming at the exposed edges of roof sheets, and it is the most common fault we find on a warehouse roof. We treat and seal it before any coating goes over it, rather than coating over the top of it.
Yes. Roof sheet recoating is usually surveyed at the same time as the elevations, because access is already in place.
A coating guarantee of up to 20 years, confirmed in writing with the quote.
Always. RAMS are issued for approval before any work begins, on every project.
We are a national contractor and we go to the building. Warehouse spraying teams work across England, Scotland and Wales, from a single unit to a multi-site logistics estate. Head office is in Bradford. Send us the postcode and we will confirm survey availability.
Next step
We come to the unit, assess the cladding and the roof, and send a written report with a fixed-price quote. No charge, no obligation.
Prefer to talk it through first? Call 01134 364 364 or email letstalk@uspcoatings.co.uk.
