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Plaster cornice, coving, ceiling roses and panel mouldings fitted, restored and matched to the period of your Windsor house.
Cornice and coving in Windsor can be fitted new, restored or matched to what is already on your ceiling. Zavoré works in plaster, making ceiling roses, panel mouldings, corbels and cornice, and we also supply, install and teach authentic Italian lime based Venetian plaster. Our nearest showroom and training centre in London is open by appointment. Send photos of the ceiling and the room sizes.
Windsor has houses from nearly every period of English building. The Georgian cottages and townhouses around Park Street and the streets below the castle tend towards restrained, classical cornice. The Victorian terraces and villas that grew once the railways arrived usually have deeper, richer mouldings with more ornament, and Edwardian houses are often lighter again.
Every house is different, so we look at what is actually overhead before deciding whether to repair, match or replace. If you are unsure which period you have, our journal guide to Victorian, Georgian and Edwardian cornice explains the differences.
Two words get used for the same thing. Coving usually means a plain curved profile where wall meets ceiling, and cornice usually means a more detailed moulding with steps and beads. We make and fit both.
Old cornice is often cracked, missing in places or clogged with decades of paint. We repair damaged runs, rebuild lost sections and make new lengths to match an existing profile. Original period plasterwork is worth keeping, and in older houses near the river a sensitive repair is a better answer than ripping it all out.
Extensions are a common reason for a call. A rear extension or a knocked through living room often leaves a bare joint where the old ceiling stops, and a matching profile ties the new space back to the original house.
Beyond cornice, we make ceiling roses sized to the room and the light fitting, wall and panel mouldings that turn a plain wall into a panelled room, and corbels and columns for archways and alcoves. A new profile can also be drawn for a scheme, from a crisp modern shadow line to a full classical cornice. Look through the cornice and coving page for the whole range.
Some of Windsor's older properties are listed. In that case work may need consent, and the owner should check with the council before anything is touched.
Begin with photos of the ceiling, the room dimensions and a close view of any damaged section. We survey before pricing, looking at the ceiling, cracks, damp, movement and access, and protection for the room. If a ceiling needs work before cornice can go on, we say so plainly.
For a restoration we study the profile that exists, and for new work we agree the profile with you. Where a job runs over several days, we plan it in blocks so the team stays with it, and dates are agreed once the design and price are signed off. The cornice and coving installation page covers the fitting side.
Everything we install, we teach, so see the training courses held at our centres in Birmingham, London and Manchester. The courses are the same at each. Mouldings frame other finishes well, such as a panelled wall painted over limewash or a rose at the centre of a polished plaster room. Take a look at decorative work for more.
Ceilings sit above everything else in a room, so they often lead to other jobs. A cornice picked out in leaf is a matter for gilding in Windsor, and a painted wall below it is covered in murals in Windsor. Depth on the wall comes from bas relief in Windsor or sculptural plaster in Windsor. A dark glossy dining room is the subject of lacquered walls in Windsor, and entrance halls with tiled floors fit mosaics in Windsor. Outside, there is artificial rock in Windsor, and inside a calm stone look is offered by travertino in Windsor. Our decorative finishes specialist in Windsor page brings it together, and Venetian plastering in Windsor covers the walls beneath the cornice.
Yes. We take the profile of what is on your ceiling and run new lengths to match, so an extension or a knocked through room carries the same line as the rest of the house.
Usually. Cracks can be repaired, missing sections rebuilt and old paint cleaned back, and the repair is blended so you cannot see where old work stops.
In an older house, plaster. It keeps crisp detail, takes paint properly and can be repaired later. Polystyrene is lighter and cheaper, but the soft detail looks wrong in a period room.
Not at the moment. We fit, restore and match cornice, coving, ceiling roses and panel mouldings, including ones you have bought yourself.
To talk it through, call 07592 929191 (Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm) or email sales@zavore.co.uk with photos, rough measurements and the postcode. If new plaster colours are part of the plan, the sample board is a good start.
Order a sample board tinted to your colour, or send photos and rough measurements of the walls in Windsor and we will come back to you with the right finish and a clear quote.
For a quote, email photos and measurements of your walls to sales@zavore.co.uk or call 07592 929191, Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm.
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Our main services: Venetian plaster installation, limewash installation, every decorative installation, Venetian plastering courses, the limewash course and our decorative finishes.
We also supply the trade by post, wherever you are. The shop ships tracked across the UK, and the Academy teaches the finishes in Birmingham, London and Manchester.
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