Specialist Contract Painting for Schools, Colleges, Universities & all Types of Educational Establishments.
Are you looking for a well-qualified & professional painting company to paint or decorate your school, college or university?
With a background in fulfilling both short and long-term contracts, we have the staff to deal with almost any decorating, painting and refurbishment works, including repairs to plaster, cornicing, skirtings etc. All work is performed to professional industry standards.
GDL have extensive experience, and a proven track record in all aspects of working with educational establishments of all sizes, from small village schools through to larger campus properties. We have the staff to deal with an extensive range of decorating, painting and refurbishment work, including repairs to walls, skirting, doors, ceilings, plaster, cornicing, floors etc. All our work is completed to your satisfaction, within agreed budgets and deadlines.
We are happy to carry out work according to your timetables and term times, and agree a schedule of works accordingly. We are happy working alongside school staff, pupils, other contractors and advisors etc.
Safe Working
GDL Painting Ltd have appropriate certifications in making use of specialist equipment such as work platforms and tower scaffolding. Safe practice regulations are rigorously complied with.
We are PDA Members and SMAS Accredited.
Being a well-established commercial painting contractor, regularly dealing with large commercial and industrial companies, GDL have extensive project management expertise which means we are comfortably take care of a single school classroom through to a whole campus.
We can undertake any job, large or small.
Whatever your requirements, our qualified professional painters can work on almost any interior or exterior decorating project.
Typical jobs might be refurbishing school auditoriums, lecture rooms, communal areas, corridors, canteens, changing rooms, laboratories, bathrooms, toilets and staff rooms. Other areas of work you may require – library, cafeteria, student union, gymnasium, or sports hall. We have the experience, expertise and workforce to complete your schools painting job and get it done with the minimum of fuss and disruption, and within your time scales.
Typical work we undertake
- Paint structural steel ceilings, for example, typically commonly found in gymnasiums and sports halls
- Painting Contractors for Schools & Colleges (PDA & SMAS Accredited)
- Classroom painting & decorating
- Corridors & hallways
- Install epoxy flooring surfaces and epoxy cove base typicaly used in toilet and shower areas
- Paint gates, doors and walls & windows
- Caulk exterior areas (around vents, windows and doors)
- Caulk interior surfaces (bathroom counters, baseboards, labs)
- Repair plasterwork including partition walls
- Refurbish lecture rooms or staff rooms, reception areas & offices
- Deploy chair rail (minimizes wall damage to walls in high traffic areas such as corridors)
- Provide a graffiti removal service
- Pressure washing to remove exterior grime
- Car park line marking, including spaces, disabled bays etc.
Why use GDL Painting contractors?
- A professional job, done within budget and on time.
- Painting Contractors for Schools & Colleges (PDA & SMAS Accredited)
- We hold full PDA accreditation and are CSCS compliant
- Regular toolbox talks and experienced time served supervisors ensure the safe progression of projects
- Minimal disruption, including out of hours work if required
- High reach access for high rise painting jobs
- Proven track record
- Safe and professional
- Up to 20 years guarantee
- Painting, interior & exterior
Call for a free quote 0161 728 4255
Or email us using the form below.
We will get back to you as soon as we pick up your enquiry. Thank you for considering us to undertake your work.
What We Offer
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Experience across all sectors
GDL have extensive experience working for both the public and private sectors. Projects of all sizes are within our scope, and tenders can be provided if required. |
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Trained & qualified tradesmen
GDL are members of the PDA and we are also SMAS accredited. All our staff are fully trained and qualified and perform to our demanding levels of customer service at all times. All work is personally supervised by one of our directors. |
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We are SMAS accredited
The SMAS contractor database now holds information on 20,000c UK suppliers, across a vast number of different trades; helping Clients find a contractor has demonstrated their capability by meeting the SSIP ‘core criteria’ |
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Exceptional customer care & competitive pricing
We offer a service that is professional, prompt, friendly and reliable and all our tradesmen are courteous, treating your property with the utmost respect. Our pricing is fair, fully costed and extremely competitive. |