Decorating a dental or medical practice
A practice is judged on how clean it looks before a single word is spoken. The difficulty is that the surfaces which need to look clinical are also the surfaces being wiped with disinfectant several times a day, and the rooms cannot be closed for a week.
Surfaces that survive disinfectant
Repeated wiping with alcohol and chlorine-based cleaners strips ordinary matt emulsion within months. Clinical areas want a tight, low-porosity film that can be cleaned hard without burnishing, and a coving detail that does not trap dirt at the junction.
- Scrubbable coatings in surgeries, sluices and treatment rooms
- Junctions and cove lines sealed rather than simply painted over
- Softer, warmer finishes kept for waiting and reception areas
Odour and air quality
Solvent smell in a waiting room is a problem in a way it is not on a building site. We specify low-odour water-based systems for occupied clinical space and keep anything stronger for evenings or closed days.
Working around the clinic list
Most practices give us one or two surgeries at a time. We agree which room is out of use on which day, work to that, and hand it back cleaned and reinstated so the next list can run.
- Room-by-room handover rather than a whole-floor shutdown
- Chairs, cabinetry and equipment sheeted and left connected
- Evening and weekend working where the list cannot move
3 questions we get about this building type
- Can you decorate a surgery overnight?
- Often yes. A single treatment room prepped and coated in an evening can be back in use the next morning with a water-based system, provided the room can be ventilated.
- Will the paint stand up to clinical cleaning?
- Only if it is specified for it. We use scrubbable systems in clinical areas and tell you plainly where a standard emulsion would be a false economy.
- Do you work around equipment that cannot be moved?
- Yes. Chairs, compressors and wall-mounted units are sheeted and masked in place; we do not ask you to disconnect anything.
Next step
Send us your room list and clinic days and we will build the decorating programme around them.
Get a quoteOther building types
Public houses and bars
Licensees planning a repaint around trade, events and a building that is often much older than the business.
Hotel corridors and back of house
Hotel operators redecorating circulation and service areas without touching guest-room availability.
Garages and outbuildings
Homeowners tidying up a neglected garage, store or outbuilding properly rather than cheaply.
Planning a commercial painting or decorating project?
Speak to a Hampshire commercial decorating contractor that turns up, communicates clearly and delivers a finish that lasts.