Microcement in Kent

Microcement in Kent is a thin, seamless surface trowelled over floors, walls and bathrooms with no grout lines. Zavoré installs it with our own applicators, who travel from Birmingham, and we sell the lime built seamless finishes, pastellone and beton stucco, with primer, wax and sealer for those who use their own decorator. It suits the open plan extensions, barn conversion floors and bathrooms of the county, as long as the base is right. Start with a sample board.

Screeds, timber floors and tiles in Kent homes

A seamless floor is only as good as what lies under it, so the question is always the base. Kent has a long list of buildings with a different one each.

Victorian and Edwardian terraces in the county and seaside towns usually have suspended timber ground floors. Timber that flexes will crack a rigid surface however good the material, so it is stiffened and boarded first. Rear extensions and kitchen conversions are the opposite, with a new screed that must be dry all the way through, not just on top. Barn and oast conversions often have large new floors laid over old footings, and the movement joints in the structure have to be carried through the finish, not covered over.

New build estates and apartments, particularly along the Thames and Medway and around the larger towns, have a flat modern base, plus the bathrooms where people want to lose the tiles. Tiles can often be overlaid if they are firmly stuck, degreased and keyed, with drummy ones lifted first.

Be wary of treating microcement as a cheap way out of tiling. The preparation is where the work goes, and skipping it is how these floors fail.

Where microcement works in a Kent home

Our microcement finishes suit these places.

• Bathrooms and wet rooms, floor, wall and shower in one surface, on a properly waterproofed base.
• Open plan ground floors with no thresholds between kitchen, hall and living room.
• Barn and oast conversion floors that need to look calm against old brick.
• Shower benches, niches and kitchen worktops.
• Stair treads, landings and commercial fit outs such as tasting rooms, shops and restaurants.

Hand laid microcement carries gentle movement, and that is part of its character. If you want one dead uniform grey, a sheet product is the better answer. And avoid it on walls that will take heavy fixings, which should be planned before the finish goes on.

How a microcement job in Kent runs

We survey the floors and walls first, checking the substrate, flatness, cracks, damp, movement and the way the room is used. We say plainly if a floor needs stiffening or a screed needs longer to dry. The sample board lets you see the colour and texture dry. Material is tinted before it leaves Birmingham.

A seamless floor is laid wet in one go, so access, protection and the order of trades matter. Kent is well beyond a daily trip from Birmingham, so the work is planned in blocks of days, with the team staying on the job. Dates are agreed once the sample and price are signed off. See the microcement installation page for the steps.

Buying seamless finishes for your own decorator

If your builder or decorator is doing the work, the shop sells pastellone for seamless floors and walls, beton stucco for the concrete look on walls, bonding primer, wax and sealer, all tinted and sent by tracked UK delivery. Be clear about what it is. These are lime built equivalents rather than a cement coating. Tadelakt remains the traditional answer for a wet room. Decorators can ask about a trade account.

More finishes in Kent

For wet rooms with a hand burnished look, see tadelakt in Kent. For walls, concrete effect plaster in Kent gives the cloudy grey and marmorino in Kent the stone grain. Older rooms suit limewash in Kent, clay plaster in Kent and polished plaster in Kent, and liquid metal in Kent suits one bold wall. Everything we install is gathered in decorative specialists in Kent, with the classic in Venetian plastering in Kent.

Questions about microcement in Kent

Can microcement go over the tiles in a Kent bathroom?

Often, yes. The tiles must be firmly stuck, degreased and keyed, drummy ones lifted and made good, and the grout lines filled and reinforced. We check on a survey, and if the tiles are loose or the floor moves, they come up instead.

Will microcement work on the timber floors in an older Kent house?

Only once the floor is stiffened and boarded, because a springy timber floor will crack a rigid surface. We say honestly if a floor is not ready.

Can I have microcement on a new extension floor in Kent?

Yes, once the screed is dry all the way through, not just on top. Cold, damp conditions slow drying, so a new extension may need longer than you expect.

Do you sell microcement to Kent builders and decorators?

We sell the lime built seamless finishes, pastellone and beton stucco, with primer, wax and sealer, by tracked delivery. They are not a cement coating, and we are clear about that. Our own team installs microcement.

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