Care homes require professionally painted and decorated rooms and hallways to impress potential guests and visitors, and provide current guests and residents with a friendly, warm and welcoming environment. Utilising the painting and decorating products currently available in a wide range of colours, your care home has the potential to look beautifully decorative and engaging.
Internally, ideal paint products for high traffic areas such as corridors are low odour, water based systems which have fast drying times for the comfort and convenience of residents. Products which are able to withstand repeated cleaning and are extremely durable should definitely be considered. A smooth matt finish could also be applied on the ceilings throughout the care home, while doors, window sills and skirting boards should ideally be decorated with a quick dry gloss paint over a quick dry primer undercoat.
Infection control is a major issue in care homes, so it is particularly important to inhibit bacteria such as MRSA, which pose the greatest threat to older age groups. There are water based interior emulsions which have the ability to accelerate the decline of bacterial populations within 12 hours of contamination. This is perfect for kitchens, dining rooms, corridors and stairwells. Additionally, anti-bacterial activity can be increased by washing and the decorative surface will withstand repeated cleaning to extend maintenance cycles.
Dependent on the exterior surfaces of the care home, there are number of options to consider. For example, if flaking and peeling render needs repairing, an exterior surface filler and stabilising primer can be applied, finished with a maximum exposure paint. Wooden surfaces can be undercoated and finished with two coats of a premium woodstain to increase their durability and aesthetics. To preserve timber cladding high quality masonry paint along with a premium woodstain can significantly reduce future maintenance cycles. Masonry paint which has both a microporous finish and contains nano-technology, resists cracking, blistering and peeling, providing an extremely smooth and dirt resisting finish to keep the building clean for longer, while offering up to 15 years’ life expectancy.
In conclusion, with such a wide range of paint options and colours available to address many different needs in terms of functionality and aesthetics, you can certainly create a warm and welcoming environment for both residents and guests of your care home.
If you are thinking of refurbishing any area of your care home, please contact us for advice or an appointment to discuss your paint products in more depth. We pride ourselves on completing projects on time and within a proposed budget.
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