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Lime Venetian plaster and polished finishes, tinted to your colour in Birmingham and laid on your Salford walls by our own applicators.
Zavoré provides Venetian plastering in Salford for waterside apartments, Victorian terraces, converted mills and larger family houses. We are based in Birmingham and our own applicators travel to Salford to install, with the plaster tinted to your approved sample before it leaves us. The easiest way to begin is a sample board, or a few photos and the postcode sent to sales@zavore.co.uk.
Bigger Salford jobs are planned in blocks of days, so the team stays on site and lays each coat in order. Dates are agreed once the sample and price are signed off. If you are on the Manchester side of the river, our Manchester page covers the neighbouring city.
Salford sits across the River Irwell from Manchester, and it is a city in its own right. It grew on cotton and on the Manchester Ship Canal, and that industrial past is still visible in the brick warehouses, mills and chimneys around Ordsall, Greengate and Chapel Street. Many have been converted to flats, with tall windows, exposed brick and cast iron columns.
The old docks at Salford Quays have been rebuilt as a waterside district, with the Lowry arts centre and MediaCityUK, where the BBC is based. Around them rise modern apartment buildings. Their walls are typically plasterboard or framed construction, flat and clean, which is ideal for polished finishes once joints are reinforced and the right primer is applied.
Away from the water, the housing is mostly red brick. There are rows of Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Pendleton, Ordsall and Eccles, interwar semis in places like Swinton, and larger Victorian houses in parts of Broughton and Kersal. Worsley and Monton are leafier, with older cottages and villas beside the canal and the green spaces. A Victorian terrace has solid brick walls that suit a lime finish. A new apartment needs a different approach.
We start with photos, rough measurements and your postcode. Then we survey the walls, checking the substrate, flatness, cracks, damp, movement and how the room is used. A converted mill may have uneven brick or painted surfaces, and we say plainly if something needs skimming, stripping or repair first.
After the sample and price are approved, your plaster is tinted in Birmingham to match the sample. The coats are thin and dry in turn, so other trades should be finished before we arrive, and the heating should stay gently on in a cold room. In apartment blocks, ask your management company about lifts, loading and parking early, because access is often shared. A full list of services is on the installation page.
Designers and developers working on Salford schemes can use our specifier page. If you prefer your own decorator, we sell tinted plaster and send it tracked, and trade accounts help repeat orders.
For more reading, see Venetian plaster in Manchester homes and apartments and lime plaster in period homes around Manchester. Or browse every area we cover.
Yes. Our own applicators travel from Birmingham to install. Bigger jobs are planned in blocks of days so the team can lay each coat in order.
Polished plaster is a strong fit, because the walls are usually flat plasterboard. Joints need reinforcing and the right primer first.
Yes. Exposed brick and uneven surfaces need checking at survey. Concrete effect finishes suit the industrial look, and lime finishes suit solid brick.
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. Start choosing a colour with a sample board.
Order a sample board tinted to your colour, or send photos and rough measurements of the walls in Salford 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 Stockport, Altrincham, Bolton and Manchester. See every area we cover.
Want to lay it yourself? Read about Venetian plastering training for Salford, 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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