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Lime Venetian plaster, Marmorino and polished plaster for villas, tenements and mill conversions, tinted in Birmingham and laid by our own applicators.
Looking for Venetian plastering in Dundee? Zavoré supplies and installs authentic Italian lime based Venetian plaster, with our own applicators travelling from Birmingham to lay it. We tint your plaster to the approved sample before it leaves our Birmingham base. The best way to begin is a sample board, or you can email photos, rough measurements and your postcode to sales@zavore.co.uk.
Dundee is a long journey north, so we arrange installations as a run of consecutive days. The applicators remain on site and put each coat on in turn.
Dundee grew rich on jute, jam and journalism, and the money that came with them shaped its buildings. The old jute mills, large stone and brick blocks, still stand in the city, and some have been converted into flats and offices. The jute barons built themselves large villas, many in Broughty Ferry, the seaside suburb to the east with its beach and castle, and in the leafy West End around Perth Road and the university.
Between those extremes lie the tenements and terraces of Victorian and Edwardian Dundee, built of stone in tight streets climbing up from the Tay. The twentieth century added council housing, including multi storey blocks, and the recent waterfront redevelopment has brought a different kind of building altogether. V&A Dundee stands beside the river, near RRS Discovery, and new hotels, offices and apartments have followed.
That is a lot of different walls. The villas and tenements usually have solid stone and lime plaster, and they want a breathable finish. Post war and new build flats have different structures, and polished finishes need walls that have been made properly flat. Old mill conversions can have brick, iron and stone in the same room. We work out what is behind the plaster, then pick a finish that suits it.
We start with photos and a short description. After that, a survey checks the substrate, how flat the wall is, cracks, damp and movement, how the room is used, and access and protection. If a wall needs skimming, stripping or damp fixed first, we say so plainly.
With the sample and price approved, we set dates. The colour, one of 48 house shades or an NCS reference, is tinted in Birmingham. Parking in the city centre and the older streets can be tight, and tenements share a stair, so tell us what to expect. Rooms that stay cold dry slowly, so keep gentle heating on while the coats cure.
Dundee is a UNESCO City of Design, and designers and architects are welcome to use our specification page. Our installation page lists everything we lay.
If your decorator will apply the finish, we tint the plaster to your colour and send it tracked with base coats and wax. If you would like to learn the craft, our courses run in Birmingham. See every area we cover for the full list.
Related reading includes travertino or Marmorino and Venetian plaster for interior designers.
Yes. Our own applicators travel from Birmingham to every part of Dundee. Jobs are planned in consecutive days, and dates are agreed once the sample and price are signed off.
Yes. Mixed walls of stone, brick and board need a survey first. We will say which areas need preparation and which finish will sit best.
A breathable, lime based finish such as Marmorino or limewash suits solid stone walls. We also check for damp before any decorative coat goes on.
Yes. We tint it to your colour and send it tracked, with the base coats and wax.
To talk it through, call 07592 929191, Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm, or email sales@zavore.co.uk with photos and your postcode. A sample board is a good first step.
Order a sample board tinted to your colour, or send photos and rough measurements of the walls in Dundee 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.
Venetian plastering nearby in Inverness, Aberdeen, Perth and Glasgow. See every area we cover.
Want to lay it yourself? Read about Venetian plastering training for Dundee, or see every course at the Zavoré Training Academy.
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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