Not every balcony on a coastal block weathers at the same rate. A balustrade three floors up on the seaward corner takes a battering that a ground-floor run in the lee of the building never sees, and treating them on one schedule wastes money in one place and risks failure in the other.
Wind speed and salt carry increase with height on most seafront blocks, so upper-floor balustrades often need attention years before those lower down. A visual grading pass, floor by floor, tells you where the budget should actually go rather than assuming the whole elevation ages together.
The first place a coastal balustrade lets go is usually a weld, a baseplate or a fixing bolt, not the open bar sections. These points trap moisture and are harder to prepare thoroughly, so they need closer inspection at every cycle rather than a glance from a distance.
Balustrade work usually means residents cannot use that balcony while it is masked and drying. We agree a floor-by-floor order with the managing agent so nobody loses balcony access for longer than necessary, and doors are left workable at the end of each day.
Not necessarily. Where exposure clearly differs by floor or elevation, a graded programme spread over a longer cycle can be more sensible than repainting everything on a single date.
It depends on how much preparation the fixings need rather than the length of run, since welded joints and baseplates are the slowest part of the work.
Not while it is being masked, prepared and coated, but access is restored as soon as the finish is touch-dry and we sequence floors to keep any single closure short.
Ask for a floor-by-floor condition grading of your balustrades and we will propose a phased repaint order.
Balustrade condition on a seafront block usually varies by floor and elevation, so the repaint schedule should too.
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