Shot blasting in London can mean very different things depending on the building, substrate and project. For one client, the requirement may be removing old paint from brickwork on a period property. For another, it may involve preparing structural steel before repainting. Elsewhere, we may be preparing basement walls before
Ask ten people what shot blasting is used for and you may get ten different answers. Some immediately think of structural steel. Others think of concrete floors. Property contractors may think of removing paint and coatings from brickwork. An engineering company may be looking at machinery, fabricated steel or components
London shot blasting projects can vary enormously. One week we may be discussing the external surface of a London property. Another enquiry can involve working below ground in a basement that is being refurbished and waterproofed. Two requirements that come up are particularly interesting: removing suitable stucco or render systems,
How much does it cost to remove pebbledash? It sounds like a straightforward question, but the final cost can vary enormously from one property to another. A small, easily accessible elevation is very different from a multi-storey London property requiring scaffolding, highway permissions, waste removal, brick repairs, specialist surface preparation
There is no single type of customer for a shot blasting project. One job may involve dealing directly with the owner of a single property who needs old paint removed from brickwork before restoration or repainting. Another may involve an apartment block or terrace with numerous owners, a property-management company,
There is something satisfying about working on a building that has already been standing for a hundred years or more. London is full of them. Elegant Georgian terraces. Stucco and painted façades. Old brick workshops. Warehouses and factories that once served completely different industries but are still being used, adapted
London property restoration creates a particular set of surface-preparation challenges. The city contains a huge amount of older brick building stock, including Georgian terraces, period townhouses, commercial buildings and mixed-use properties that may have been painted, rendered, pebbledashed or altered several times during their lifetime. When those façades need to
Not every surface that needs shot blasting can be brought into a workshop. Buildings, brick façades, walls, structural elements and larger fixed surfaces need the blasting equipment brought to them. That is where mobile shot blasting becomes particularly useful. Intercity Contractors undertakes mobile surface-preparation work on residential, commercial and industrial
Removing pebbledash or render can completely change the appearance of a property. But taking the visible outer finish off the wall is often only the first stage of the restoration. Shot blasting is not normally the primary method used to remove the bulk pebbledash or render itself. The main render
