Paint stripping in Oldbury, Langley and Warley. Doors, skirting, banisters and fire surrounds taken back to bare wood before repainting or waxing. Lead-safe methods on older paintwork.
Doors and skirting in Oldbury's older houses can carry a century of paint. Each coat hides a little more of the moulding, until the panels look soft and the door sticks in the frame. Stripping takes it all back to the timber, so the new finish sits on wood rather than on forty layers of old gloss. It is slow, careful work and the preparation decides how it looks for the next twenty years. Paint put on before the 1960s can contain lead, so the method is chosen to keep dust down rather than sanded dry.
The cost of stripping in Oldbury is set by how many layers there are and how much detail the wood has. A plain flush door is quick; a four-panel door with beaded mouldings, or a staircase with thirty spindles, is slow hand work. A photo of the door edge, where the layers show like rings in a tree, tells us most of what we need to quote it on WhatsApp.
Panel doors stripped in place or taken off and done flat, then the edges eased so they close without catching. Mouldings come back crisp.
The fiddliest job in the house. Spindles cleaned back one by one so the stair can be painted, stained or left natural.
Timber and cast-iron surrounds cleared of old paint so the detail shows again. Cast iron is then blacked or painted to suit.
Old paint is treated as lead until tested. Chemical or low-heat stripping, sheeting down and careful clean-up, never dry sanding.
Handles, hinges and letter plates removed and cleaned rather than painted around, then refitted.
Primed and painted, stained, oiled or waxed once the timber is clean and dry.
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If the paint is thick enough to blur the detail, cracked, or the door no longer shuts, yes. If it is sound and thin, a good key and repaint is enough, and we will say so.
In an Oldbury house built before the 1960s it is possible. A simple test answers it, and the stripping method is picked to keep dust out of the house either way.
Often, if it was good timber to begin with. Some doors were always meant to be painted and show filler and repairs once bare, so we look before promising a natural finish.
Usually most of a day to strip and prepare, then the finish coats over the following days. We plan it so the door is back on for the night.
Yes. Doors, frames, skirting and window boards are often done together so the room is finished in one go.