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Lime Venetian plaster, limewash and Marmorino, tinted to your colour in Birmingham and installed across Devon by our own applicators.
Zavoré supplies and installs Venetian plastering in Devon, from cob cottages on the moor edge to Regency seaside terraces and new apartments in Exeter. We are based in Birmingham and our own applicators travel to site. The colour is tinted to your approved sample before it leaves us, and a sample board or a few photos sent to sales@zavore.co.uk is the easiest start.
Devon is a big county and a long way from our Birmingham base, so we plan work in blocks of days. The applicators stay on the job and lay each coat in order. We agree the dates once the sample and price are signed off.
Few counties are as varied. Exeter has a medieval cathedral, the Quayside, and Georgian terraces such as Southernhay, along with a lot of newer student and apartment housing. Totnes and Dartmouth keep many old merchants' and timber framed houses. Sidmouth and Exmouth carry Regency and Victorian seaside terraces, while Barnstaple and Ilfracombe in the north show a different, more weathered coast.
Devon is also famous for cob, a mix of earth and straw used to build thick, soft walled cottages, usually with a thatched or slate roof. Dartmoor villages are built of granite. Cob and granite both have to move moisture in and out, so they need breathable lime coatings. Sealing them under an acrylic film can trap moisture in the wall.
Alongside the old stock, Devon has a great deal of postwar and recent housing, including new estates near Exeter and coastal flats. Those walls are plasterboard or modern block, and they want a different kind of preparation.
Start by sending photos, rough measurements and the postcode, and we will say what looks likely. A survey follows before any installation price, covering substrate, flatness, cracks, damp, movement, access and protection. For cob walls this step matters even more, and we tell you plainly if something should be repaired first.
Once you approve the sample and price, the plaster is tinted in Birmingham and the block of days is agreed. Thin coats dry in turn, so other trades should be finished. Cold, damp rooms dry slowly, so keep heat on gently. Narrow Devon lanes, steep seaside streets and permit parking in Exeter or Totnes can all affect delivery, so mention them when you write.
Everything we lay is on the installation page.
If your decorator works in Devon, we sell tinted plaster with tracked delivery. We run Venetian plaster courses in Birmingham, and trade accounts help repeat orders.
Further reading includes the guide to clay plaster and lime plaster and limewash problems and fixes. Browse every area we cover too.
Yes, with a breathable lime finish such as limewash. Cob needs to move moisture, so we avoid sealed films and say plainly if a wall needs repair first.
Yes. Our own applicators travel from Birmingham and plan each job in blocks of days, so they stay and lay every coat in order.
Marmorino is a good match, as it is lime based and suits tall, plastered rooms. Salt air and damp are checked at survey.
Yes. We tint it to your colour and send it tracked, with base coats and wax.
To discuss your walls, call 07592 929191, Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm, or email sales@zavore.co.uk with photos and your postcode. Choose colours with a sample board.
Order a sample board tinted to your colour, or send photos and rough measurements of the walls in Devon 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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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.
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