Painters & Decorators in Hertford

Hertford is a historic market town, and a good deal of property in and around the centre is genuinely old — Georgian and Victorian brick, earlier timber-framed buildings, and render over older fabric.

Older walls are almost always solid rather than cavity, and they rely on being able to dry out. Modern impermeable masonry paints stop that happening, which is why they so often cause damp problems on exactly the buildings people are trying to protect.

Where a building is listed or in a conservation area, exterior materials and colours may be constrained. We work to whatever applies rather than assuming.

Interior decorating is covered under interior painting, exterior and masonry under exterior painting.

Period floorboards and parquet are often worth restoring — see wooden flooring. Bathrooms and kitchens are under tiling, and the roofline under fascias and soffits.

We also take on wallpapering · heat-reflective coating · StoColor Dryonic · whiteboard walls.

My property is old and has had damp problems. Will painting help?

Painting does not fix damp, and the wrong exterior paint causes it. On older solid walls the coating has to let the wall dry out. If there is an existing damp problem we would want to understand the cause before coating anything over it.

Do you work on listed buildings in Hertford?

Yes. Listed status and conservation areas can constrain exterior materials and colours, and whether original joinery may be replaced. We work to whatever applies rather than assuming.

Is it worth repairing old windows?

Usually, yes. Decay concentrates in predictable places — end grain, bottom rails, glazing beads — and those can be cut out and spliced. Preparation on old joinery is slower than on modern timber, and rushing it is how a repaint fails within two winters.

Do you restore original floorboards?

Yes. Original boards and parquet are very often worth saving and will outlast anything laid over them. That is covered on our wooden flooring page.