Venetian plastering in Grantham

If you are looking for Venetian plastering in Grantham, Zavoré supplies and installs authentic Italian lime based plaster and a wide range of decorative finishes for homes and businesses across the town. We work from our Birmingham base, and it is our own applicators who travel over to lay each finish. A good first move is to email photos and rough room sizes to sales@zavore.co.uk, or to order a sample board so you can judge the colour at home.

We will tell you honestly which finishes your walls can take, and what would need doing first.

Grantham’s buildings and their walls

Grantham is an old market town on the Great North Road, and the tall spire of St Wulfram’s church still dominates the skyline. Isaac Newton went to school here, Margaret Thatcher was born here, and coaching inns such as the Angel and Royal show how long travellers have stopped in the town. Belton House, the great Restoration country house, sits just to the north.

In the older streets around the church, Castlegate and the High Street, Georgian fronts mix with earlier buildings in local limestone and warm brick. Their walls are solid, and the original plaster inside is usually lime. Many are listed or within the town’s conservation area, which matters when you plan any change.

Grantham was also an engineering town, and the Victorian and Edwardian red brick terraces built in that era are a big part of its housing. Beyond them are interwar semis, postwar estates and the newer housing on the edges of town, whose walls are typically plasterboard or block and much flatter than anything built a century ago.

Which finishes work in Grantham homes

The finish should follow the building. These are the ones we most often suggest for the kinds of houses found here.

• Travertino for an entrance hall or living room where you want the look of cut stone, which feels at home in a town built partly of limestone.
• Marmorino for solid walled Georgian and Victorian rooms. As a lime finish it is breathable, and its gentle grain suits walls with a little movement in them.
• Venetian plaster for newer homes and well prepared older rooms, where a smooth, glassy polish brings depth to a flat wall.
• Microcement for kitchens, floors and wet rooms in modern extensions, as a joint free surface that stands up to daily use.

Our colours page shows the 48 house shades, and we can also match any NCS reference.

Planning a Venetian plastering job in Grantham

We start from your photos, which are often enough to settle the simple questions. To price an installation we then survey the rooms, looking at the make up of each wall, its flatness, any cracking, damp or movement, the way the room gets used, and the access and protection the job will need.

Where a wall needs skimming, stripping or a damp problem solving before any decorative coat goes on, you will hear that from us straight away. With the sample and price approved, we agree your dates and tint the plaster to the approved colour before it sets off from Birmingham. For a job in Grantham we plan the work in a run of consecutive days, so our applicators stay with it and build up each coat in order.

If you have a listed house, speak to the planning authority before replacing historic plaster. Details of the process are on our Venetian plaster installation page.

Supplying Grantham decorators and businesses

Some customers prefer their own decorator to do the work. We can tint plaster, base coats and wax to your colour and post them by tracked courier to a Grantham address. Decorators who want to learn the technique can book training in Birmingham, and shops, salons and restaurants are welcome to ask about a finish for a commercial interior. You may find our journal pieces on travertino and Marmorino and Venetian plaster in kitchens useful, and you can view every area we cover.

Questions about Venetian plastering in Grantham

Do your applicators work in Grantham?

Yes. They travel from our Birmingham base, and the job is booked as a run of consecutive days once you have approved a sample and the price.

What finish would suit a stone house near St Wulfram’s?

Old limestone and brick walls are happiest under a breathable lime finish such as Marmorino or limewash, rather than an acrylic product that forms a film over the surface.

Can you polish the walls of a newer Grantham house?

Yes. Once the plasterboard joints are reinforced and the right primer is on, a flat modern wall takes a polished Venetian plaster well.

Do you sell the plaster to Grantham decorators?

Yes. We tint it to your chosen colour and send it by tracked delivery, and trade accounts are available for regular orders.

For a chat about your walls, phone 07592 929191 between 9am and 6pm, Monday to Saturday, or send photos with rough measurements and your postcode to sales@zavore.co.uk. You can also order a sample board to try colours at home.