About me I am Ben Thomas a Dulux Select Decorator, from Deal, Kent. I have been a spray, painter and decorator for 11 years and started Ben Thomas Decorating in 2013. I really enjoy the work I do and like to think it shows in my work, to the very highest standard, I pride myself on keeping my environment Co-operative clean at all times, not just at the end of your project, but during it too. This means no area of your home or business is out of action, flexible hard working and above all conscientious in my work. I Strive to provide a friendly, honest reliable residential and commercial painting services that stand high above the rest, combine with the industry's best paint with the passion for detail to exceed your expectations. I am fully insured, City and Guilds Qualified, Kent Trading Standards Approved.
Dulux Select Decorators,
We’re proud members and supporters of the Dulux Select Decorators scheme. This brings the customer the assurance that we have been through a rigorous selection process and our customer services skills are second to none. As a business we bring with us a vast product knowledge covering all areas of the decorating trade. Because we are Select our work has the backing of a two-year Dulux backed guarantee as well as the standard Dulux product guarantee. You may well have seen us in many of the Homeware magazines and across all Dulux social media channels too promoting the Dulux brand and the Select Scheme.
Preparation covering and protecting any surfaces from any damage, clean any ceilings and walls from any bad substrates, remove any old wallpapers, using a dustless sander and extractor at hand to achieve a smooth finish to the walls and woodwork. Filling in any deep holes or cracks using Interior/exterior using multiple different fillers. Fill in any gaps round the skirtings and door frames using caulks and hard or flexible wood fillers.
Priming and Undercoating interior and exterior walls, ceilings, wood and masonry to allow for the finish application to adhere to the surfaces and to create a basecoat, solving problems from treating bleeding Knots, water, wood, graffiti, fire smoke damage or nicotine stains, sealing old chalky surfaces or new plastered walls prior to painting and decorating.
Painting and Decorating the walls, ceilings, wood and masonry using all different types of finishes coats depending on each individual spaces in and around the home using bathroom protection paints from damp to hard wearing matts paints on walls in high traffic areas, ultra flat matts on ceilings to reduce blemishes and woodwork for non-yellowing, scrubbable and grease resistant water based paints, oiled based paints, wood stains or varnishes.
Wallpapering extensive experience in wallpaper hanging all types of paper from wide vinyl's to designer, handprinted papers fabrics and lining papers, to paste the wall and paste the paper using many wall coverings at the both ends of the market as from many brands like Zoffany, Cole’s & Son, Sanderson, Harlequin, Graham & Brown, Super fresco Laura Ashley Farrow and Ball, Albany and Anaglypta.
Exterior Painting & Decorating on exterior masonry and woodwork, working with local scaffolding companies for difficult access areas on homes, chimney stacks over conservatories or at great heights, decorating all different surfaces to smooth or pebble dash masonry, woodwork soffits fascia's, window or door frames, front doors or any exterior metalwork.
Sash Window Reglazing removing old broken single glaze panel glass and old putty from double or single sash windows panels on Georgian and Victorian windows, replacing with new panels of glass and puttying the window frames for priming, uncoating and painting.
Airless paint spraying on either kitchen cabinet refurbishments, empty new homes, commercial buildings, also do spray painting UPVC Window Frames, home furnishings, walls, ceilings, doors, frames and skirtings interior and exterior paint spraying. It can be 6 x faster than the conventional way to paint and decorate and by applying smoother coatings to the surfaces.
Kitchen Cabinet Refurbishment, spray painting kitchen cabinets, instead of replacing the whole kitchen, I can refurbish the fronts and insides of the cabinets using specialist primers finishing paints with a airless or hvlp paint sprayer to give a factory quality finish, at a fraction of a cost in replacing a new kitchen, on any type of kitchen cabinets can be sprayed from laminate, hardwood, pine and dark wood finishes.
Materials and Tools will be purchased by myself which be from branded trade outlets like Brewers Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorating Centre, Crown Decorating Centre, Johnstones Trade Centre, B&Q, Homebase, Paint can be supplied by the customer but must be trade quality, as to any wallpapers the customers can choose and supply wallpaper or I will be happy to supply the wallpaper as requested from the customer.