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Seamless, joint free microcement for the compact bathrooms of Derby's red brick terraces and the open floors of its newer flats, laid by hand by Zavoré.
Microcement in Derby gives you one seamless surface across floor, wall and shower, with no grout lines to clean or blacken. Zavoré installs microcement with its own applicators, and we are based in Birmingham, where our Academy is. It earns its place in a city of small Victorian bathrooms and fast growing apartment districts, provided what lies beneath is sound. Start with a sample board to judge colour and texture dry.
Derby grew with the railways. The Midland Railway works brought streets of red brick terraces to areas such as Normanton, Pear Tree and Rosehill, where the bathroom is often a narrow room at the back or a later extension. Tiles and grout break a small room up into many small pieces. A continuous microcement surface makes it feel calmer and larger, and it turns up the wall without a join.
Newer housing brings a different set of questions. Apartments around Pride Park and the Castleward area of the city centre have concrete or screed floors that may not be fully dry. The 1930s semis of Chaddesden and Spondon often have timber floors that spring. A seamless surface has no grout line to hide movement, so the base decides how long it lasts.
Microcement is cement, fine aggregate, polymer and pigment, trowelled thin over a primed and reinforced base and then sealed. The sealer makes it waterproof and washable. Trouble almost always starts with the primer, the mesh or the sealer, so those get our attention.
Our microcement finishes go where joints are a nuisance.
We do not lay it over a floor that still moves. Springy joists, loose tiles, a green screed or a structural crack will all show through. We say so after the survey and tell you what to put right first.
We survey before pricing, looking at the substrate, flatness, cracks, damp, movement, access and how the room is used. Photos often answer the small questions first. A sample board follows so you can see the surface dry. The material is tinted to the approved sample before it ships.
Derby is some way from our centres, so a larger job is planned in blocks of days. That keeps the team on the job and each layer goes down in order. Dates are agreed once the sample and price are signed off. Our microcement installation page describes the stages.
For microcement we do the installing ourselves. For people with their own decorator, the materials we sell are the lime built pastellone and beton stucco, which give a similar seamless look on walls. You can order through our shop with tracked UK delivery, and trade customers can ask about a trade account. Decorators who want to learn the craft can book the microcement course.
Microcement is one of several finishes in the city. For wet areas with an older feel, see tadelakt in Derby. For polished surfaces, there is polished plaster in Derby and marmorino in Derby. Softer walls are covered by limewash in Derby and clay plaster in Derby, while concrete effect plaster in Derby and liquid metal in Derby suit bolder rooms. The wider range is under decorative finishes specialist in Derby, and Venetian plastering in Derby covers the classic finish.
Yes, it suits narrow rooms well because there are no grout lines to break them up. The walls must be sound and the wet area properly waterproofed. We check all this on the survey.
It can, but screeds need to be dry and flat first. We ask about the build and look at photos before pricing, and say plainly if the floor needs attention.
It can if the boards flex. A springy floor needs stiffening or a proper overlay before a seamless surface goes on. We would rather tell you than lay it over movement.
We install microcement ourselves. For materials we sell the lime built pastellone and beton stucco, which give a seamless look on walls and are easier for a decorator to learn.
To talk about a wall, 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 start with a sample board.
Order a sample board tinted to your colour, or send photos and rough measurements of the walls in Derby 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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