Two days a week sounds generous until you subtract setup, drying time and the pack-down needed before Monday's first arrival. A weekend-only programme has to be planned in whole weekends, not divided evenly across a job's total square metreage.
A five-day job doesn't become a ten-weekend job by simple division. Every Friday setup and every Sunday pack-away eats into productive hours that a continuous week doesn't lose. We build the programme around what genuinely dries, cures and can be safely left between Sunday evening and the following Saturday morning.
We usually arrive Friday afternoon to move furniture, mask and lay protection, so Saturday morning starts with a brush already loaded rather than another hour of preparation. This single decision often recovers close to a full day of coating time across a multi-weekend programme.
Fire doors, signage, switches and any area used by staff or visitors first thing Monday must be back in normal use, not half-taped. We keep a standing checklist for each site of exactly what needs full reinstatement versus what can stay under protective sheeting for another week.
Leaving a wall half-coated over a working week risks a visible line where old and new paint meet differently once dust has settled on it. We plan cut-off points at natural breaks — a corner, a doorframe, a full elevation — rather than stopping mid-wall because the clock ran out.
It depends on the floor area and how much furniture needs moving, but we always give a weekend count up front rather than an ambiguous total, so you can plan staff access around it.
Yes — full reinstatement of fire routes, signage and working areas by Monday morning is a fixed requirement we build into the programme, not an aspiration.
We agree a contingency weekend in advance for exactly this reason, so one lost slot doesn't push the whole programme back by a month.
Tell us your available weekends and we'll return a room-by-room weekend sequence.
A weekend-only programme succeeds by planning in complete rooms, not equal hours.
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