Microcement in Cambridge

Microcement in Cambridge gives bathrooms, kitchens and floors one seamless surface with no grout lines. Zavoré installs microcement through our own applicators, and for materials we sell the lime built pastellone and beton stucco. Our nearest showroom and training centre in London is open by appointment. To begin, order a sample board and send us photos of the room.

Small terrace bathrooms and big rear extensions

Cambridge has a great many Victorian terraces in gault brick, in streets such as those around Mill Road, Romsey and Petersfield. Their bathrooms are small, often upstairs, and often tiled over a timber floor. A seamless surface makes a small room feel larger, because there are no grout lines to break up the walls.

Timber floors move, and this matters here. A springy joisted floor will crack a rigid surface however good the material, so we check the floor, stiffen it and board it before anything is laid. If the floor is not right we say so.

At the other end of the scale are the rear and side extensions that so many Cambridge homes have gained, with a screed floor, underfloor heating and a kitchen opening onto the garden. A screed must be fully dry through, not only on top, before it is sealed in. Newer houses at Eddington and Trumpington are usually easier, because the floors are rigid and flat from the start.

Where microcement works in Cambridge

Our microcement finishes suit these surfaces.

• Bathrooms and wet rooms, floor to wall in one surface.
• Open plan kitchen and dining floors with no thresholds.
• Shower benches, niches and basin surrounds.
• Kitchen worktops and splashbacks.
• Cafes, salons and offices in the city centre and around the science parks that want a calm, uncluttered look.

The waterproofing is a system. In a shower the tanking behind must be done properly, as it would be under tile, and the sealer on top is what makes the surface washable. Cambridge water is hard, so we will talk through cleaning products that suit a sealed surface.

How a microcement job in Cambridge runs

We survey before we price. That covers the substrate, flatness, cracks, damp, movement, access and protection. Small questions can often be answered from photos first. We then agree colour and sheen on a sample board, and the material is tinted to the approved sample before it ships.

Cambridge is some way from our centres, so the job is planned in blocks of days. The team stays on site and lays each coat in order, from reinforcement and primer through to the sealer. Dates are agreed once the sample and price are signed off. More detail is on our microcement installation page.

Materials, trade and training

Seamless floors are unforgiving, so we would ask you to leave those to us. Walls are kinder, and the shop sells beton stucco for the concrete look and pastellone for seamless lime floors and walls, with tracked UK delivery. Decorators can ask about a trade account, and our microcement course runs at our training centres in Birmingham, London and Manchester.

More finishes in Cambridge

If the room is a shower, compare tadelakt in Cambridge, which is the traditional lime answer to running water. For walls with a mineral grey look see concrete effect plaster in Cambridge. Period rooms may prefer polished plaster in Cambridge or marmorino in Cambridge, while softer walls suit clay plaster in Cambridge and limewash in Cambridge. liquid metal in Cambridge makes a bold feature, and decorative finishes specialist in Cambridge covers everything else we install. The city's classic range is under Venetian plastering in Cambridge.

Questions about microcement in Cambridge

Can microcement go over existing tiles in my Cambridge bathroom?

Usually yes, if the tiles are firmly stuck, degreased and keyed. Loose ones are lifted and made good, and grout lines are filled and reinforced so they do not shadow through later.

Is microcement waterproof in a shower?

The sealer makes the surface washable, but the structure behind still needs proper tanking, exactly as under tile. We will say so in the survey.

Will microcement work on my old timber bathroom floor?

Only once the floor is stiff enough. Springy joists crack a rigid surface, so we stiffen and board the floor first or advise against it.

Do you sell microcement to fit myself?

We install microcement ourselves. For materials we sell the lime built pastellone and beton stucco, which give a seamless look and can be ordered with tracked delivery.

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. You can also start with a sample board.