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Working inside a finished, occupied space
The part of this trade that is usually done badly and rarely priced honestly — and the reason the word Interior is in our name.
Why this is a separate skill
Fitting a unit into a shell is straightforward. Doing the same work above a finished ceiling, in a room somebody is working in, without leaving dust on a desk or a mark on a wall, is a different job — and the price difference between the two is real, so we would rather name it than bury it.
What it costs if it is done badly
- CleaningAn hour of drilling above a ceiling can be a week of somebody else's time.
- DisruptionA clinic that cannot see patients or a shop that cannot trade costs more per hour than we do.
- DamageA scuffed wall or a scratched floor is a small repair and a large argument.
- TrustThe tenant who finds ceiling dust on their keyboard remembers it for years.
What we plan before arriving
- The routeWhich door, which lift, which corridor, and what gets protected along it.
- The hoursEvenings, weekends or a shutdown window, agreed and priced openly.
- ContainmentSheeting, dust extraction at the tool, and tiles bagged rather than stacked.
- The recordPhotographs before and after, so condition is a fact rather than a memory.
Where it matters most
- Clinics and treatment roomsWhere the space has to be usable again the same day and cleanliness is not a preference.
- Occupied officesWhere the work happens above people who are trying to do their jobs, often in an open plan.
- Retail and hospitalityWhere trading hours are the constraint and the finishes are the business.
- Tenanted apartmentsWhere somebody lives in the room and will be there when you arrive.
- Recently finished buildsWhere everything is new, everything shows, and a snag list is still open.
- Server and comms roomsWhere the space cannot be shut down and dust is the specific risk.
Two honest limits
We are a mechanical contractor. We protect, contain and make good our own work — filling and touching in around a penetration we made, refitting a tile we lifted, leaving the space as we found it.
We do not redecorate, we do not repair existing damage we did not cause, and where a ceiling or a floor needs a specialist to put right we will say so and stop. Pretending otherwise is how a small mark becomes a dispute.
