Venetian plastering in Nuneaton

Zavoré offers Venetian plastering in Nuneaton and the villages around it, from one feature wall to a whole house. Our own applicators travel from Birmingham to lay lime based Venetian plaster, Marmorino, limewash and polished plaster, and the easiest first step is to email a few photos of the walls along with your postcode.

Because Nuneaton is not far up the road from Birmingham, a survey visit before we price the work is straightforward to book, and so is a return visit if a question comes up once the job is under way.

Nuneaton houses and what they mean for the finish

Nuneaton grew on coal mining, brick and tile making and ribbon weaving, and its housing follows that working history. Around the centre, in Abbey Green, Attleborough and Chilvers Coton, there are long streets of red brick Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Their walls are solid brick, the plaster has usually been patched many times, and the rooms are modest in size with a front door opening close to the pavement.

Chilvers Coton has a literary claim too. George Eliot was born on the Arbury estate just outside the town and baptised in the parish church there, and Arbury Hall itself is a Gothic Revival house well known in the area.

Moving outwards, Stockingford and Camp Hill grew with large interwar and postwar estates, much of it built as council housing, with cavity walls and simpler room layouts. Weddington, Whitestone and the newer edges of town have more recent private housing, where walls and ceilings are mostly plasterboard.

So a Nuneaton job could mean an uneven solid wall in a terrace, a sound but tired wall in a semi, or flat board in a new build. Each wants a different preparation and often a different finish, and that choice comes before any talk of colour.

Finishes we would suggest for Nuneaton homes

• Marmorino for front rooms and hallways in the older terraces. As a lime finish it allows a solid wall to dry out naturally, and its matt, stony surface is forgiving of an old wall that is not perfectly true.
• Venetian plaster for a chimney breast or a pair of alcoves in a 1930s or postwar semi, where one polished surface lifts a plain room.
• Limewash for bedrooms, landings and stairwells, giving soft cloudy colour with no sheen.
• Concrete effect for kitchen extensions and open plan rooms in newer houses, where a cooler, plainer surface fits the architecture.
• Tadelakt for a shower or wet room, laid on a wall that has been properly prepared and waterproofed.

How a Venetian plastering job in Nuneaton is organised

Send photos and rough sizes first, and we can often answer the small questions straight away. Then we survey the rooms, looking at the substrate, how flat it is, any cracks, signs of damp or movement, and how the space is used day to day. If old plaster is loose or a wall needs skimming before the decorative coats, you will hear that from us plainly.

Next comes the sample in your colour. We have 48 house colours, or we can match any NCS reference. When the sample and the price are approved, we fix the dates and tint the material to that sample before it leaves Birmingham.

Terraced streets usually mean parking on the road and carrying everything through the front door, so we protect floors and the hallway as we go. It also helps if any building work, rewiring or new skirting is finished and dry, and the heating can run gently while each coat dries. Our installation page explains the process in more depth.

Supplying a Nuneaton decorator, or training one

Some homeowners prefer to use a decorator they already know. In that case we tint the plaster, primers and wax to your sample and send them by tracked delivery. Decorators and plasterers who want to learn the finish can join one of our Venetian plaster courses in Birmingham, and regular buyers can open a trade account.

For more on the groundwork, read our article on preparing walls for Venetian plaster, or see ideas for hallways and stairs. We also cover the rest of Warwickshire and every area we cover across the country.

Questions about Venetian plastering in Nuneaton

Is Nuneaton within reach for your own applicators?

Yes. The people who lay the plaster in Nuneaton are our own applicators from Birmingham, and we survey the walls before giving you a price.

What would you put on the solid brick walls of an Attleborough terrace?

A lime finish such as Marmorino or limewash, because it lets an old solid wall breathe. If the existing plaster is loose or blown, it needs repairing first, and we will say so at the survey.

My Nuneaton house is a new build. Can it take polished plaster?

It can. The board joints are reinforced and the right primer goes on first, and because new walls tend to be flat, a high polish suits them well.

Do you deliver Venetian plaster to Nuneaton?

Yes, by tracked delivery, tinted to the sample you chose and sent with the base coats and wax that go with it.

To ask about your own rooms, ring 07592 929191 between 9am and 6pm, Monday to Saturday, or email photos, rough measurements and your postcode to sales@zavore.co.uk. You can also order a sample board to see the colour on a real plaster surface.