Microcement in Exeter

Microcement in Exeter is a thin cement based coating trowelled over floors, walls and worktops so there are no grout lines and no joints. Zavoré is based in Birmingham, where the Academy is, and our own applicators install microcement across the UK. For materials we sell the lime built pastellone and beton stucco, which give a similar seamless look on walls. Start with a sample board to see the surface dry.

Extensions, conversions and flats in Exeter

Exeter homeowners have been busy with their houses. Victorian terraces in St Leonards, Newtown and Heavitree get rear extensions, the Georgian houses near Southernhay are split into flats, and newer estates at Newcourt and Monkerton bring clean, level floors. The common wish is one calm surface that runs from kitchen to dining space without a threshold.

Microcement answers that wish, but it depends entirely on what sits underneath. A rear extension with a new, fully dry screed is a good candidate. A Victorian ground floor with timber boards that flex is not, until it has been stiffened and boarded over. Seamless surfaces crack along any movement, and no material bridges it.

Exeter's older stock often has uneven solid floors and walls that were never level. We measure that on the survey and tell you what the preparation involves before you commit.

Where microcement works in Exeter homes

Our microcement suits these places.

• Bathroom and wet room floors that turn up the wall into the shower with no grout.
• Kitchen floors and open plan ground floors in extensions.
• Worktops, stair treads and basin surrounds.
• Restaurant and cafe floors and counters around the Quay and Cathedral Green.
• Walls in student let conversions where a hard, easy to wipe surface helps.

It is not a cheap alternative to tiling. The money goes into the preparation, the mesh and the sealer, and a failure almost always sits in one of those three.

How a microcement job in Exeter runs

We survey before pricing. We look at the floor or wall, the flatness, cracks, damp, movement, how the room is used, access and protection. Small questions can often be answered from photos first. If a floor needs stiffening, a screed needs more time or a damp problem needs fixing, we say so plainly.

The sample comes next, and the colour is agreed on it. Exeter is some way from Birmingham, so the work is planned in blocks of days, with our team staying on the job so each coat goes on in order. Dates are agreed once the sample and price are signed off. Our microcement installation page has the detail.

Training, trade and materials

Microcement floors are the part we would ask you to leave to us. The whole room is laid wet in one go and there is no grout line to hide a join. Walls are kinder, and a confident decorator can learn on a board at one of our centres. See the microcement course. Decorators wanting the lime built materials can look at the shop or ask about a trade account.

More finishes in Exeter

If water is the issue, tadelakt in Exeter is the older lime answer for a shower. For walls only, concrete effect plaster in Exeter gives a similar grey. Period rooms may prefer limewash in Exeter, clay plaster in Exeter or marmorino in Exeter, and a sheen comes from polished plaster in Exeter or liquid metal in Exeter. See also Venetian plastering in Exeter and decorative finishes specialist in Exeter.

Questions about microcement in Exeter

Can microcement go over the tiles in my Exeter bathroom?

Sometimes. The tiles must be sound, degreased and keyed, or taken up. Loose or drummy tiles will show through. We check on the survey, and photos often help first.

Is microcement suitable for a Victorian terrace kitchen floor?

Only once the floor is stable. Timber boards that flex need stiffening first, and a solid floor must be dry and level. We tell you plainly if it needs work before we price.

Is microcement waterproof in a shower?

On a properly prepared, waterproofed wall and floor, yes. The sealer does the waterproofing, which is why the primer, mesh and sealer matter as much as the cement.

Do you sell microcement for my own decorator?

No. We install microcement ourselves. For materials we sell the lime built pastellone and beton stucco, which suit walls. Ask us which fits your job.

Send us a photo of the floor or wall and we will say what we would do. Call 07592 929191 (Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm) or email sales@zavore.co.uk with photos, rough measurements and the postcode. You can also order a sample board and start from there.