Microcement in Sheffield

Microcement in Sheffield gives a bathroom, kitchen floor or open plan room one continuous surface with no grout lines and no joints. Zavoré installs microcement through our own applicators, who work across the UK, and everything we install, we teach. We are based in Birmingham, where our Academy is. For anyone buying materials, we sell the lime built pastellone and beton stucco, which give the same seamless look on floors and walls. Start with a sample board so you can see the surface dry.

Terraces, flats and the floors underneath

Sheffield has long rows of stone and brick Victorian terraces in places like Walkley, Crookes, Hillsborough and Heeley. Their bathrooms are often small, squeezed into a back extension or a loft. A seamless surface that runs from floor to wall to shower makes a small room feel calmer and larger, and there is no grout to go dark.

The catch with those houses is what lies under the floor. Victorian terraces have timber joists, and a springy floor will crack any seamless finish. Microcement cannot bridge a floor that moves. We check the boards, the joists and any old tiles at the survey, and we tell you plainly if the floor needs stiffening or the old covering needs to come up first. Microcement can often go over firmly stuck tiles, once they are degreased, keyed and the grout lines filled.

Newer homes are simpler. Apartments in converted works near Kelham Island and in the city centre often have flat screeded floors and plasterboard walls, which are a good base once the joints are reinforced and the right primer goes on.

Where microcement works in a Sheffield property

People ask for microcement because of what it removes. These are the places it earns its keep.

• Bathrooms and wet rooms with floor, wall and shower in one surface.
• Open plan ground floors with no thresholds between kitchen, hall and living space.
• Shower benches, niches and reveals.
• Kitchen worktops and splashbacks.
• Stair treads and landings.
• Bars, shops and offices that want a calm, hard wearing surface.

The sealer on top is what makes microcement waterproof and washable, and the tanking behind it still has to be done properly, exactly as under tile. It is not a cheap alternative to tiling, because the preparation is where the work goes.

How a microcement job in Sheffield runs

We survey before pricing. That means the substrate, flatness, cracks, damp, movement, access and protection of the rest of the house. Small questions can often be answered from photos first. A seamless floor is laid wet in one go, so the base decides everything.

The sample board comes next. Material is tinted to the colour on the approved sample before it ships, from 48 house colours or any NCS reference. Sheffield is some way from our centres, so the work is planned in blocks of days and the team stays on the job to lay each coat in order. Dates are agreed once the sample and price are signed off. The microcement installation page has more.

Materials, trade and training

We would ask you to leave floors and bathrooms to us. There is no grout line to hide a join, and the whole room has to be laid in one go. Walls are kinder, and a confident decorator can learn beton stucco on a board. The shop sells pastellone and beton stucco with tracked UK delivery, and decorators can ask about a trade account.

To learn the finish yourself, our microcement course runs at our training centres in Birmingham, London and Manchester.

More finishes in Sheffield

Microcement works alongside tadelakt in Sheffield, the older lime answer for showers. For walls, concrete effect plaster in Sheffield gives a similar cool grey. A softer, warmer look comes from marmorino in Sheffield, clay plaster in Sheffield or limewash in Sheffield. For a high shine see polished plaster in Sheffield, and for shimmer liquid metal in Sheffield. Everything we install is gathered under decorative finishes specialist in Sheffield, and the lime tradition is in Venetian plastering in Sheffield.

Questions about microcement in Sheffield

Can microcement go over the old tiles in my Sheffield terrace bathroom?

Usually yes. The tiles must be firmly stuck, degreased and keyed, and any drummy ones lifted and made good. Grout lines are filled and the surface reinforced first. If the tiles are loose or the floor moves, they come up instead.

Is microcement waterproof in a shower?

The sealer makes it waterproof, not the coating alone. The wall behind still has to be tanked as it would be under tile. A seamless surface is easier to keep clean, but it does not replace waterproofing the structure.

Will microcement crack on an old timber floor?

It cracks when what lies beneath moves. A springy joisted floor in an older house is a risk, so we check it at the survey and say if it needs stiffening first.

Do you sell microcement for me to apply?

No. We install microcement ourselves. For materials we sell the lime built pastellone and beton stucco, which give the seamless look and suit decorators.

Send a photo of the room and tell us what is on the floor. 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 to see the surface dry.