Rope Access Building Repairs London

What we repair

Glazing: resealing and minor glazing work
Sealant and joint replacement on windows and panels
Concrete repairs and patching
Façade painting and restoration of stucco, cornices, pediments and sills
Painting of walls, frames and metalwork
Removal of vegetation from walls, ledges and gutters
Vegetation clearance on steep slopes, cuttings and railway embankments

Façade painting and restoration

Paint on old stucco and stone fails at the parapet first, where water sits longest. We work from the ropes to scrape back loose paint, repair the substrate, then prime and repaint pediments, scrolls, cornices and sills. No scaffold is needed, so a busy shopping street stays open below.

Period façade before and after: pink paintwork on the left, fully repainted in white by rope access on the right — Before and after: a five-storey period façade repainted from the ropes

After the repaint we returned to install the festive lighting on the same façade.

The same restored white façade at night, lit with a curtain of festive lights installed by rope access — The restored façade, lit for Christmas

Weathered parapet pediment and finial with flaking paint and lichen before restoration — Before: failed paint on the parapet

Close-up of a decayed scroll with bare stone and lichen, rope access kit in view — Paint failure on a carved scroll

Rope access technician brush painting a carved panel below a cornice — Hand painting the carved detail

Rope access technician rolling fresh white paint onto a window sill high above the street — Fresh coat on the sills

Rope access technician working on a period façade high above a busy London street — Working above the street, no scaffold

Freshly painted plaster cornice and decorative panel after restoration — After: the finished detail

Vegetation clearance on slopes and embankments

Steep cuttings and embankments are often too steep to walk and too overgrown for machines. Our rope team works down the slope on lines rigged from the top and clears vegetation by hand and with tools, including beside live railway lines.

Two rope access technicians on a steep vegetated railway cutting above the tracks — Railway cutting, cleared from the ropes

Two rope access technicians working through dense vegetation on a steep slope — Working through dense growth

Inspection on the same visit

While we are on the ropes for cleaning, we can photograph defects we see on the façade and send you a short report. You then decide what to fix.

Building repairs and maintenance at height

What we repair

Façade painting and restoration

Vegetation clearance on slopes and embankments

Inspection on the same visit