Staircase Painters in Bath

Banisters and spindles are the most visible part of any staircase and the hardest to paint well. Each spindle has four faces, and vertical faces catch runs from overloaded brushes.

We work by hand, loading brushes lightly and working in sequence down each spindle before moving to the next. This produces a clean finish without drips or pooled paint at the base of each turned section.

Handrails and newel posts are finished last, after spindle work is dry, to avoid smudging freshly painted surfaces when moving equipment along the staircase.

Stair treads and risers need a finish that handles daily foot traffic without wearing through quickly. We use a hard-wearing floor paint or eggshell depending on the timber type and the look required.

On treads with carpet runner channels, we paint only the exposed timber on each side of the runner width. If the runner is being removed, we work across the full tread width.

Risers are painted in the same colour as the rest of the staircase woodwork. Where a two-tone scheme is used, we schedule riser work before the treads so no paint migrates across the edge.

Four-storey Regency townhouses on Lansdown Crescent have staircases with original timber balustrades, turned spindles, handrails, and newel posts. Paint has been applied for nearly two centuries.

We plan multi-storey projects in advance, working top to bottom in sequence with each section dry before we move to the lower section. The staircase always has a safe side to use throughout.

For a full staircase repaint alongside other interior work, we coordinate with interior painting in Bath to avoid scheduling conflicts where wet walls and wet woodwork overlap.

We recommend eggshell or satin rather than full gloss for banisters and newel posts. These hold up better to handling and are easier to touch up without visible overlap lines.

For hallway painting in Bath projects that connect to the staircase, we match the woodwork finish across both areas. Where the staircase has a painted wall alongside, we can include ceiling painting in Bath on the stairwell landing ceilings in the same visit.

Colour choices for staircase woodwork tend to be off-whites, warm greys, or deep tones. Darker colours on banisters and spindles against a lighter wall are increasingly common in Bath’s Georgian and Regency properties.