Venetian plastering in Wimbledon

Zavoré carries out Venetian plastering in Wimbledon, supplying and installing authentic Italian lime based Venetian plaster alongside Marmorino, clay plaster, microcement and our other decorative finishes. The work is done by our own applicators, who travel from our Birmingham base, and every job starts with your colour on a sample board or a few photos emailed to sales@zavore.co.uk.

For south west London we plan the installation as one block of days. Staying put means the coats go on in their proper order, each one laid when the one beneath is ready.

Wimbledon houses, up the hill and down

Wimbledon divides naturally in two. Up the hill, Wimbledon Village keeps an old high street and, around it and along the edge of Wimbledon Common, some of the largest family houses in the area, many of them Victorian and Edwardian, set in big gardens on quiet roads. Inside you tend to find wide entrance halls, staircases rising through two or three floors and high, well proportioned reception rooms.

Down the hill, around the town centre and towards South Wimbledon, the streets are mostly Victorian and Edwardian terraces and semis, with newer apartment buildings close to the station. Across the area there are also interwar houses and later infill homes, and a good number of older houses have had basements, side returns or rear extensions added.

For a decorative plasterer this means very different jobs within one postcode. A Village staircase is a tall, continuous surface where scaffold towers and careful joints matter. A Victorian terrace has solid walls that want to breathe. A new flat near the station has plasterboard that needs reinforcing at every joint.

Finishes that suit Wimbledon homes

• Venetian plaster for a grand hallway or stairwell, where one deep, polished colour can run up through every floor of the house.
• Marmorino for the reception rooms of Victorian and Edwardian houses, where the solid walls benefit from a breathable lime finish.
• Clay plaster for bedrooms and dressing rooms, giving a soft, matt and natural surface.
• Microcement for the walls of a kitchen extension or a basement bathroom, prepared and waterproofed properly where it meets water.

If a period house has lost its cornice in an earlier renovation, our cornice and coving installation can put a matching profile back before the walls are finished.

What to expect from a Wimbledon installation

Photos, approximate measurements and your postcode get things moving, and early questions can often be settled from the pictures alone. Before any installation is priced we visit to survey, checking the substrate and its flatness, cracks, damp and movement, how each room is used, and the access and protection the house needs.

Basements and new extensions deserve a particular mention. If a wall is still drying out or has a damp problem, we will tell you to fix that first, because a polished finish on a wet wall will not last. The same honesty applies to walls that need skimming or stripping.

When the sample board and price are approved, we fix the dates, and your plaster leaves Birmingham already tinted to that sample. Tall stairwells need safe access, so we plan towers or staging as part of the survey. Our Venetian plaster installation page walks through the stages.

Using your own decorator in Wimbledon

Perhaps a painter you have used for years is keen to take the job on. In that case the plaster, primers and wax can be tinted to your shade here and posted with tracking, while decorators who want to learn the finish properly can join our courses in Birmingham.

Worth reading before you choose are our pieces on Venetian plaster for hallways and stairs and buying Venetian plaster in London. Wimbledon sits alongside many other places on the page for every area we cover.

Questions about Venetian plastering in Wimbledon

Can you plaster a tall stairwell in a Wimbledon Village house?

Yes. Safe access, such as towers or staging, is planned at the survey, and the stairwell is priced once we have seen its height and shape.

Is Venetian plaster suitable for a new basement?

Only once the basement walls are dry and any damp issue is resolved. For a basement shower room we would recommend tadelakt or microcement on a waterproofed wall.

Do you lay the plaster yourselves in Wimbledon or send a subcontractor?

The applicators are our own. They travel from Birmingham and stay on the job for the agreed run of days.

Could my own decorator use your plaster on my Wimbledon home?

Yes. The plaster, primers and wax all arrive by tracked delivery, already tinted to your colour and ready for your decorator.

Phone 07592 929191 between 9am and 6pm, Monday to Saturday, or email sales@zavore.co.uk with photos and the postcode of the house. Your colour can be tried first on a sample board.