UPVC Window Spraying Norwich
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How much does UPVC spraying cost in Norwich?
Spraying the windows and doors on a typical Norwich three-bed semi costs between £800 and £1,500 and is usually done in a day, against £5,000 to £10,000 and several weeks to replace them. The price follows how many window and door openings you have and how easy they are to reach, not the size of the house. The glazing, the frames and the hardware all stay exactly where they are — only the colour changes.
- Typical 3-bed semi
- £800 – £1,500
- Time on site
- Usually 1 day
- Coating life
- 10 years +
- Most requested
- Anthracite RAL 7016
A New Look Without New Windows
Almost nobody replaces UPVC because it has stopped working. They replace it because it has gone chalky and yellow on the sunny side of the house and the whole place looks tired because of it. The units still seal, the locks still work, the glazing is fine. It is a colour problem being solved with a £7,000 building job.
Spraying deals with the colour and leaves everything else alone. No frames out, no plaster damage round the reveals, no making good, no waiting on a manufacturing slot. Most houses are started and finished the same day.
The catch worth knowing: this only works if it is prepared and coated properly. A rushed job on a dirty frame with no adhesion primer will start flaking inside two years, which is exactly why people ask whether UPVC spraying is any good. Done correctly it is a ten-year-plus finish.
What UPVC Spraying Costs in Norwich
These are the bands we actually quote in, published so you can weigh it against a replacement quote before anybody comes out. Where you are in Norwich does not change the price.
| Work | Typical price | On site |
|---|---|---|
| Windows and doors on a typical 3-bed semi | £800 to £1,500 | Usually 1 day |
| Replacing the windows instead, for comparison | £5,000 to £10,000 | Several weeks |
What moves the price
How many openings there are
A quote is built on the number of window and door openings, not the size of the house. A bungalow with fourteen openings costs more than a townhouse with nine.
Access to the upper floors
Ground floor and first floor off ladders and a tower is straightforward. A three-storey elevation or a difficult side return may need scaffolding, and that is a real cost we tell you about at the quote.
How far the UPVC has gone
Frames that have chalked heavily in the sun need more washing down and more preparation than frames that are simply the wrong colour. Rub a white frame with a dark cloth — if it comes away chalky, that is the difference.
What else is included
Conservatory, garage door, fascias, soffits and guttering are all sprayable and all priced separately. Doing them at the same time is cheaper than coming back for them.
The colour you are going to
Anthracite grey over white is the standard job. Going the other way, pale over an already-coloured frame, needs more coats to cover properly.
The weather window
This is outside work with a wet edge, so it needs a dry, still day above about five degrees. In winter that means waiting for the right day rather than working through a bad one.
Every property gets a fixed price after we have seen it, and that price is what you pay. Conservatories, garage doors, fascias and guttering are quoted separately so you can pick what goes in — doing them in the same visit is always cheaper than a second one.
How the Job Actually Runs
One day on your house, in order, and what is happening while the van is on the drive.
Survey and fixed price
20 to 30 minutesWe count the openings, check the state of the frames — chalking, UV damage, any failed gaskets — and look at what the access is like round the back and upstairs. You get a fixed price for exactly what is being sprayed, with the conservatory, garage door and fascias priced separately so you can decide what is in and what is out.
Wash down and degrease
2 to 3 hoursOld white UPVC carries a chalky oxidised layer and years of traffic film, and nothing bonds to either. Everything is washed down and then solvent-wiped so the surface is genuinely clean rather than just looking clean. This is the stage that decides whether the finish is still there in ten years.
Masking
The longest stageGlass, gaskets, seals, handles, brickwork, sills, render and anything else in range gets masked. On a full house this takes longer than the spraying does, and it is the honest measure of whether a job has been done properly — sprayed gaskets and overspray on the brickwork are what a bad job looks like a week later.
Adhesion primer
30 to 45 minutes, plus flash-offUPVC is not a surface paint sticks to on its own. A purpose-made adhesion promoter goes on first and is what makes the coating a bonded film rather than a layer sitting on top waiting to peel.
Two topcoats, sprayed
2 to 3 hoursTwo coats of a specialist UPVC coating through HVLP equipment, which is what gives the even factory-style finish — brushing or rollering UPVC leaves texture that never looks right. Any RAL colour, with anthracite grey (RAL 7016) far and away the most requested.
Unmask, check and cure
1 to 2 hours, then a few weeksMasking comes off while the coating is still fresh so the edges cut cleanly, every frame gets checked, and the site is cleared. Touch dry within the hour and rain-safe the same day, but the coating carries on hardening for a few weeks, so leave the windows to it rather than scrubbing them straight away.
Why So Much Norwich UPVC Is Ready for This
Norwich and the coast sit on an open aspect with very little breaking up the light, and salt in the air on the eastern side of the county. White UPVC does not fail here so much as fade unevenly — the south and west elevations chalk years before the north side, which is why one wall of a house so often looks older than the rest of it.
Worth knowing before you ring anyone: spraying is not always the answer. If the frames themselves have gone brittle, or the seals and gaskets have failed, you have a window problem rather than a colour problem, and we will say so at the quote rather than coat over it.
Sprowston, Thorpe St Andrew, Taverham and Costessey
The estates built through the eighties, nineties and early two-thousands, all fitted with white UPVC that is now twenty to thirty years old. Structurally fine, chalked and yellowed on the sunny elevations. This is the bulk of the work in Norwich and it is the job UPVC spraying was made for.
Conservatories across the city
The conservatory boom put white UPVC on the back of thousands of Norwich houses, and white UPVC yellows faster than anything else on a property. Recolouring the frames without touching the glazing brings the whole thing back for a fraction of a rebuild.
The Golden Triangle and the conservation areas
Plenty of the city terraces have UPVC that never suited the house, and a heritage grey or black settles it down considerably. One honest caveat: if you are inside a conservation area or the property is listed, check with the council before changing an external colour — we would rather you asked first than found out afterwards.
What We Spray
Windows That Have Gone First
South and west-facing frames chalk years before the rest. On an exposed Norfolk aspect one elevation can look a decade older than the others, and evening it out is usually the whole job.
Front, Back and Patio Doors
Doors take the weather and the handling. Recoloured to match the windows rather than replaced, which is what makes the front of a house read as one thing.
Tired Conservatories
White UPVC conservatories yellow and chalk faster than anything else on the property. Grey, black, green or cream, with the glazing left completely alone.
Fascias, Soffits & Garage Doors
The parts nobody notices until the frames are done and they suddenly stand out. Matched to the new colour so the whole elevation finishes as one job.
Popular UPVC Colours
Any RAL colour is available. These are the shades Norwich customers actually ask for, with anthracite grey the runaway favourite.
Anthracite Grey
RAL 7016
Black
RAL 9005
Cream White
RAL 9001
Sage Green
RAL 6021
Agate Grey
RAL 7038
Custom RAL Colour
Common Questions
Tell us about cracked frames, failed seals, sticking openings or damaged hardware before requesting a respray. Spraying changes the surface finish; it does not repair glazing or mechanical faults. The condition of the frames needs assessing so that any necessary repairs can be discussed before coating.
Windows and doors on a typical three-bed semi come in between £800 and £1,500, against £5,000 to £10,000 to replace them. The price follows how many window and door openings you have and how easy they are to reach. Conservatories, garage doors and fascias are quoted separately.
Ten years or more from a specialist UPVC coating that has been prepared and applied properly. What shortens it is preparation, not the paint — a frame that was not washed down and degreased first will start letting go long before the coating itself wears out.
It is a bonded finish, not paint sitting on top, provided an adhesion promoter is used on a genuinely clean frame. The bad results people have seen come from skipped preparation or aerosol tins, and both fail the same way — flaking at the edges within a couple of years.
Most houses are started and finished in a single day. Masking takes longer than the spraying does. The coating is touch dry within the hour and safe in rain the same day.
Any RAL colour. Anthracite grey (RAL 7016) is by far the most requested, followed by black (RAL 9005), cream, agate grey and sage green.
Yes, and it is one of the most worthwhile jobs there is. White conservatory frames yellow faster than anything else on a house. The frames are recoloured and the glazing is masked and left completely alone.
Yes. Front, back, patio and French doors in UPVC or composite all take the same coating, and matching them to the newly sprayed windows is what makes the front of a house read as one job rather than several.
It needs a dry, still day above roughly five degrees, so winter work is possible but it means waiting for the right day rather than pushing on through a bad one. We would rather move a date than hand you a finish that was applied in the wrong conditions.
Yes to both. Chalked frames need more washing down and preparation, which is priced in. Going from an existing colour to a paler one needs extra coats to cover properly, so it takes a little longer than the usual white-to-anthracite job.
Aerosol UPVC paint exists, but it is the most common cause of the peeling finishes that give this work a bad name. The two things that make it last — a proper degrease and an adhesion promoter applied through spray equipment — are the two things a tin cannot give you.
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Free site visit, a number for exactly what is being sprayed, and most homes finished in a single day.