Ornate Interiors Company Profile
Ornate Interiors has been established for over twenty years and specialises in providing a wide range of restoration services including plaster restoration, decorative plasterwork, spray plastering and haired lime plastering. The company also supplies a wide selection of glass reinforced gypsum (GRG) column casings and mouldings for large areas and for bulkheads, lighting troughs and stanchions in commercial buildings. Ornate Interiors has established a highly respected reputation with specifiers and contractors for continuously providing outstanding plastering solutions and superior quality products.
Ornate Interiors has many years of experience and has the capability to provide a range of solutions for architects, designers, builders, local authorities and property owners. With an ability to respond effectively and with complete flexibility, Ornate Interiors can adapt to a vast array of applications such as the conservation and restoration of period properties through to rendering and decorative plasterwork in new build developments.
Services
Ornate Interiors can provide a varied combination of products, restoration and conservation services to clients and has extensive experience of working on major commercial projects in the leisure and retail sectors, hotels, offices, public and prominent buildings and residential properties. The team is highly skilled in numerous plastering techniques, uses both modern and traditional materials and can advise on the best use of materials, the practicality of particular plaster compounds within structures, historical building restoration, timescales and costings. The company has a full design and manufacturing workshop for bespoke decorative pieces or the reproduction of historical plasterwork. Key services include:
- Fabrication and installation of decorative plasterwork internally and externally
- Conservation and restoration of historical plasterwork
- Advisory reports such as pre-contract site surveys and inspections and mortar analysis
- Lime plastering for modern and traditional properties
- Rendering and harling on exterior hard surfaces
- Running in-situ both internally and externally
- Spray plastering for large areas and complex angular structures
- Dot and dab (plastering and skimming)
- One day training courses for DIY enthusiasts, architects, specifiers and builders in Practical Lime Plastering Techniques, The Repair and Patch of Plasterwork and The Professionals Guide to Repairing a Ceiling Cornice
Architects: For architects, the design team can turn concepts into safe, compliant and technically perfect pieces which are beautifully finished using various techniques. With a great deal of experience working on conservation and renovation projects, Ornate Interiors will find an effective solution to complex issues and technical difficulties often associated with this area. Services include surveys, analysis and recommendations, pre-contract investigations and 5-yearly surveys.
Contractors and Developers: For contractors and developers the team can provide solutions for internal surfaces as well as external masonry and facades. By involving the client at every stage, Ornate Interiors guarantees high productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness. Services include spray plastering, running in-situ, installation of pre-fabricated mouldings, GRG or fibrous plastering, lath and lime plastering and rendering.
Interior Designers: Interior designers require creative, luxurious, innovative and practical decorative plasterwork details for modern, period and listed properties; demanding perfect replication of existing mouldings and cornices or creating a contemporary space with a stunning helical staircase. The plasterwork will blend in seamlessly with the beauty and functionality of any structure.
Private Property Owners: For period properties that require restoration or new homes that wish to replicate classic features, Ornate Interiors can offer advice on the most appropriate materials and application methods for any project. Traditional lath and plastering, Lincrusta replication, solid plastering, plaster boarding, skimming, lime rendering, harling and the highly skilled techniques of running in-situ and ashlar are all services provided by Ornate Interiors. The company can also replicate door surrounds and decorative mouldings from existing features.
Local Authorities, Trusts and Associations: Throughout the UK there are many public buildings such as churches, theatres, schools, town halls and other historical buildings that are under the care of public bodies and local councils. Ornate Interiors can provide impartial reports, advice, site surveys, mortar analysis and implement high quality workmanship. There is also a service which provides continuous surveys for buildings which require quinquennial condition and repair reports.
Products
Ornate Interiors design and manufacture a wide range of standard and bespoke fibrous plaster mouldings and glass reinforced gypsum column casings and mouldings. The stunning range of products can be viewed on the website and includes:
- Arches
- Cornices and friezes
- Ceiling panels
- Niches
- Corbels
- Feature ceilings
- Centre pieces
- Panel mouldings, quadrants and dado rails
- Columns and pilasters
- GRG column and beam casings
Ornate Interiors prides itself on offering a wide range of clients with an extensive array of products and services for all property types and ages. The company has extensive experience and has completed projects on high profile heritage properties, large public buildings, commercial premises and new build properties. The team will endeavour to find the most appropriate solution for any project and operates with integrity and consistency from start to finish. The friendly and professional team welcomes enquiries for all projects regardless of the size and complexity. Ornate Interiors is part of CHAS, The Constructionline and the NFB and is committed to CSCS.