We cover Newmarket, Cambridge, Bury St. Edmunds as well as Hertfordshire and Essex. Our own company is based in Newmarket.

Our philosophy is to be totally flexible. To accommodate the needs of our customers,we can work evenings, nights and week-ends as well as a normal schedule. We will endeavour to work to your requirements.

Bursford Decorating are fully covered by Public and Employer's Liability Insurance.

We can usually commence work within one week's notice. However we will do our utmost to accommodate you should you need us to start immediately.

For walls and ceilings:

Strip existing coverings where applicable

Remove areas of blown plaster as needed and skim finish, making good new to old plasterwork

Rake out, fill and smooth cracks; seal all repaired and water stained areas with one coat of Alkali Resisting Primer

Where necessary size and line surfaces with 1000 grade lining paper and apply one mist coat

Apply 2 coats of either matt vinyl emulsion, vinyl silk, eggshell or oil paint (according to your requirements)

For woodwork:

Wash down, sand, fill and make good

Prime exposed areas and apply 1 undercoat and 1 top coat of gloss paint or 2 coats of eggshell paint

Sand down between coats

For woodwork:

Where paint coatings are flaking, bubbled, built up in corners or unstable, these will be burnt off, or removed by raking with a shave hook to bare timber.

The surfaces washed down then sanded with abrasive until smooth, and filled either with linseed putty or wood filler.

No cellulose fillers will be used on timber.

Defective putty to be raked out, rebates primed and putty re-run.

Bare timber to be given 1 priming coat of oil based primer.

Bring forward with 1 undercoat and 1 gloss coat.

Timber will be sanded down between coats.

For stonework:

All loose, flaking and unstable coatings to be scraped, wire brushed, burnt or
otherwise removed.

Crumbling stonework to be hacked off and refilled with cement-based filler.

Cracks to be raked out, filled and smoothed, and repaired areas to be given 1 coat of exterior stabilising primer.

Surface then to be painted with 2 coats masonry paint.

For ironwork:

Remove rust and deteriorated paint by wire brushing.

Prime with red lead wherever previous coating is broken.

Apply 1 undercoat and 1 top coat gloss paint.

All prices featured on our quotations exclude VAT. We naturally tell you how much VAT you will be expected to pay.

Wallpaper is not included, however all other materials are included.

Most colours of paint are available by computer mixing. If however your choice of colour necessitates the use of a specific brand, our quote may increase.