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Limewash, Marmorino and lime Venetian plaster, tinted to your colour in Birmingham and laid across Suffolk by our own applicators.
For Venetian plastering in Suffolk, Zavoré supplies and installs authentic Italian lime based Venetian plaster, limewash, Marmorino and other decorative finishes. We are based in Birmingham, and our own applicators travel to do the work. To begin, email photos of the walls, rough measurements and your postcode to sales@zavore.co.uk, or order a sample board and compare colours.
Suffolk is a long way from Birmingham, so a job is planned in blocks of days. The team stays on site and lays each coat in order rather than travelling back and forth, and we agree dates once the sample and price are signed off.
Suffolk has a great many old timber framed houses. The wool towns of the south, such as Lavenham, Long Melford and Hadleigh, are full of medieval and Tudor frames, many plastered between the timbers and colour washed. Suffolk pink, a traditional limewash tint, is a familiar sight on houses across the county, and decorative moulded plaster called pargeting still decorates old fronts in towns like Clare and Ipswich.
Bury St Edmunds has the ruins of its great abbey, a Regency theatre and a Georgian town centre of brick fronts. Ipswich is the county town on the Orwell, with Victorian terraces, a redeveloped waterfront and the Tudor Christchurch Mansion in its park. Woodbridge on the River Deben has Georgian and earlier houses and a tide mill, and Framlingham is crowned by its castle. On the coast, Southwold and Aldeburgh keep rows of cottages and Victorian houses, and Felixstowe and Lowestoft have Edwardian and later seaside streets.
Across the county, farmhouses and barns have been turned into family homes. All that building means a lot of lime plaster, a lot of old timber and a lot of walls that have moved, so the finish has to be chosen with care.
We would not put Venetian plaster inside a shower. For wet rooms in cottages and conversions, we suggest tadelakt or microcement.
Photos come first, then a survey before we price. We check the substrate, flatness, cracks, damp, movement, access and protection. Timber framed walls move gently and can hold moisture, so we look closely and say plainly if something needs resolving first. Acrylic look alikes form a film, which is not a good partner for these walls.
When your sample is approved, we tint the plaster to that colour in Birmingham before it leaves us. There are 48 house colours, or you can give any NCS reference. For rural houses, tell us about the lane, the gate and where we can store materials. In coastal towns, ask about parking along seafront streets. Cold, damp rooms dry slowly, so keep heating gently on.
Our installation page lists every finish.
Many Suffolk houses are listed, and the rules on work inside can be strict, so speak to the local council or conservation officer before you start. If a builder or decorator is on the job, we can tint plaster for them with tracked delivery, and we teach the craft on courses in Birmingham. Trade accounts make repeat orders easier.
To help with colour and care, read about choosing limewash colours and limewash problems and fixes. See every area we cover too.
Yes. We tint to a colour you choose, including a soft pink, and you approve a sample first so you can judge the result.
A breathable lime finish, such as limewash or Marmorino. We survey for damp and movement before agreeing a finish.
Yes. Our own applicators travel from Birmingham, and we plan the work in blocks of days.
Yes. We tint them to your approved colour and send them tracked.
Call 07592 929191, Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm, or email sales@zavore.co.uk. A sample board is the best place to begin.
Order a sample board tinted to your colour, or send photos and rough measurements of the walls in Suffolk 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 East of England, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex. See every area we cover.
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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