On-site coating of profiled metal and composite roofs on commercial and industrial buildings — applied where they stand, with your building still trading. UK-wide.
Free roof survey and cladding analysis report. No obligation.
The work
Industrial roof coating seals and recoats the roof you already have. We clean the sheets down, treat corrosion, prime, and spray a commercial coating system on site. Nothing is stripped out, no sheets come off, and the building trades on.
It works on profiled metal roof sheets, composite panels and the cladding below them — same envelope, same systems, same visit. Most people call it roof recoating, roof spraying or industrial roof refurbishment. Same job, and it comes out of a maintenance budget, not a capital one.
The defect
Cut edge corrosion is the rust that starts where metal roof 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 under the coating, spreads along the lap and perforates the sheet — the point a coating job becomes a re-roofing job.
We clean the rust back, treat the exposed steel and seal the edges so it does not return — usually in the same visit as the coating. More on our cut edge corrosion treatment page, and on what cut edge corrosion is.
Proof
There is no roof coating case study yet. These three show what a roof job depends on: height, corrosion treated back to sound steel, and buildings that stayed open.
All three are cladding and steelwork contracts. More in our case studies.
Book the free survey and we will tell you either way.
Occupied buildings
Roof work happens above people trying to get on with their day. Buildings that stay open are what this company is built around.
We run night shifts, weekend work and phased closures, so a bay or a section of roof is out of use for hours rather than weeks. Work zones are contained and sheeted, coatings are low-odour, and access and permits are agreed with your facilities team.
Night and weekend shifts
Yards and loading bays stay usable by day. Four to eight sprayers on extended hours pulls six weeks back to two.
Phased by roof section
One area at a time; the rest carries on.
Access and height sorted by us
MEWPs, towers and roof access plans. IPAF and PASMA trained.
Compliance
Everything procurement asks for, in writing, before we get on the roof.
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. Risk assessments and method statements — RAMS — are issued before work begins. On a roof it matters more than anywhere, because all of it happens at height.
CHASHealth and safety pre-qualification
CSCSCarded operatives on site
IPAFPowered access, MEWPs
PASMAMobile access towers
FIRASPassive fire protection
CITBRegistered for trainingSectors
Warehouses and distribution centres
Large spans, phased around despatch.
Factories and production units
Worked around shift patterns.
Industrial estates and multi-unit sites
Whole estates, one specification.
Retail parks and superstores
Out of hours, above a live floor.
Schools, colleges and public buildings
Phased around term dates.
Car showrooms and dealerships
Roof steels and canopies.
Refurbishment
Replacement is a capital project. Coating is a maintenance one. If the sheets are sound and only the coating has failed, coating is usually right — and defers the other by years.
| Coating in place | Full replacement | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | A fraction of replacement | £150–£300+ per m² |
| Programme | Weeks | Months |
| Building use | Stays open and trading | Areas closed off beneath |
| Roof sheets | Retained, cleaned and sealed | Stripped out and skipped |
| Cut edges and laps | Treated as part of the works | Replaced with the sheet |
| Colour | Any RAL, BS or NCS reference | Limited to system ranges |
Coating does not fix a perforated sheet or a roof at the end of its life. That is what the survey is for — if replacement is right, we will say so. There is a longer list of questions worth asking a roof recoating provider.
Cost
Every roof is different, so the figure comes from the survey. These are the ranges our commercial projects sit inside.
What moves the number: roof area, the condition of the existing coating, how much cut edge corrosion there is to treat, access and height, and out-of-hours working. Full replacement runs at £150–£300+ per m². The quote is fixed price.
FAQs
Most single-building roofs take two to four weeks, depending on area, access and cut edge corrosion. Multi-building sites are phased.
Roof coating seals the whole roof and extends its life. Cut edge corrosion treatment is targeted work on the rusting edges and laps. Often both, in one visit.
Yes — it is our speciality. Contained work zones, low-odour coatings, and night and weekend shifts, so the operation below carries on.
Always. We are CHAS accredited, all operatives hold valid CSCS cards, and full method statements and risk assessments are issued before work begins.
All our work carries a coating guarantee of up to 20 years. The systems are UV-stable, commercial grade and weather-tested for UK conditions.
Commercial and industrial metal roofs — profiled metal sheeting and composite panels — plus the cladding below. If you are unsure what you have, the survey identifies it.
We are a national contractor and we go to the building. Roof teams work across England, Scotland and Wales. Head office is Bradford; we work regularly in Sheffield, Norwich and Manchester. Send us the postcode.
Commercial clients
Next step
We visit, assess the roof and any cut edge corrosion, and send a written report with a fixed-price quote.
Or call 01134 364 364, or email letstalk@uspcoatings.co.uk.
We also spray: cut edge corrosion treatment · cladding spraying · on-site spraying · factory spraying · warehouse spraying · curtain wall spraying
