Commercial Decorating
Commercial decorating for offices, hospitality, retail, modern apartment developments and developer clients across Birmingham, Edgbaston, Solihull and the wider West Midlands. Site-managed, fully insured, and delivered to a finish your clients and residents will notice — typically out of hours, with disruption kept to an absolute minimum.
What commercial decorating does Four Oaks Painting & Decorating provide?
Commercial decorating for offices, schools, hospitality, managed properties and apartment blocks across Birmingham and the West Midlands — with £5m public liability insurance, RAMS where required, phased works and out-of-hours delivery.
Built into every project.
- Office fit-outs and refurbishments
- Hotel and hospitality interiors
- Retail and showroom decorating
- Developer show homes
- Out-of-hours and overnight working
- RAMS, public liability and site induction ready
Planning a commercial project?
Send drawings, a schedule or a brief site description and we'll come back with a clear written quotation and proposed programme.
Documentation and compliance.
For insurance, RAMS, method statements, risk assessments and site documentation, visit our Commercial & Compliance page.
View Commercial & ComplianceHow the work is actually specified.
Commercial sites are specified differently to homes — scrub ratings, fire-rated finishes, low-VOC systems, BS reference colours and proper documentation. This is the spec we work to as standard.
Coating system
- Walls: Dulux Trade Diamond Matt or Vinyl Matt — Class 1 wet-scrub rated
- Joinery: Tikkurila Helmi 30 or Dulux Trade Quick Dry Satinwood — low-VOC, recoat same day
- Wet areas: Zinsser Perma-White or Tikkurila Anti-Reflex 2
- Fire doors finished to retain intumescent integrity per manufacturer's spec
Substrate & preparation
- Plaster moisture-tested before mist coat on new build
- Stain-block on nicotine, water and tannin marks — Zinsser Cover Stain or BIN
- Dust-extracted sanding (Mirka Deros + HEPA) in occupied buildings
- Existing finishes adhesion-tested before overcoat on refurb
Product selection
- Trade systems only — Dulux Trade, Tikkurila, Zinsser, Johnstone's
- Scrub-rated for circulation walls — minimum 10,000 wet-scrub cycles
- Low-VOC waterborne gloss and satin on joinery in occupied spaces
- Anti-bacterial and anti-graffiti systems specified on request
- BS 4800 / RAL reference colours matched and recorded for future works
Finish & durability
- 5–7 year cyclical repaint windows on communal stairwells and lobbies
- Consistent sheen across phased works — same batch where programme allows
- Written paint spec, colour codes and touch-up paint left on handover
- Snagging logged, resolved and signed off before final invoice
Common questions.
Can you work overnight?+
Yes. The majority of our commercial projects are delivered outside trading hours.
Are you insured for commercial sites?+
Yes — £5m public liability cover, with employers liability cover maintained where required and full RAMS provided per project.
Do you work with main contractors?+
Yes. We're regular sub-contractors to several established main contractors across the Midlands.
Recent projects behind this service.
Real projects, real photos, real clients — no stock images or fabricated reviews.
From single family homes to multi-site commercial programmes.
Trusted by private homeowners, developers, managing agents and commercial clients across Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Solihull and the wider West Midlands.
- Homeowners
- Developers
- Block Management
- Landlords
- Offices
- Schools
- Commercial Properties
- Apartment Developments
Upload photos for a fast estimate.
Send up to 6 photos of the areas you'd like decorated and we'll come back to you with clear next steps.
Tell us about the project.
Share the scope, programme and any drawings. We'll come back within one working day with next steps.