W. Parham Plastering | Venetian Plaster & Microcement, Essex
Polished Venetian plaster wall catching the light
Venetian plaster & microcement — Essex

Finishes you can feel the hand in.

Twenty-seven years applying Venetian plaster, microcement and heritage lime by hand. One pair of hands, start to finish, on every job.

27
Years applying
1,000+
Jobs completed
£1m
Public liability
Certified
Venetian plaster
About Wayne

A tired room, turned into something worth showing off.

I'm Wayne, owner of W. Parham Plastering. I've been plastering for 27 years and I still get satisfaction turning a tired room into something that looks a million pound.

Every job is mine from the first visit to the final burnish — no subcontractors, no crew turning up in my place. I'm clean, I'm tidy, and I always leave a top finish.

Punctual, always on time, always communicating from start to finish.

What I do

Five finishes, all applied by hand.

01

Venetian plaster

Lime-based polished plaster, built up in thin coats and burnished to a deep sheen. Depth and movement you cannot get from paint. Matt through to high polish, in any colour.

Feature walls · Full rooms
02

Microcement

A seamless, hard-wearing surface for walls, floors and wet areas. No grout lines, no joints. Concrete or flat finishes, and it goes over what's already there in most cases.

Bathrooms · Floors · Kitchens
03

Heritage lime plastering

Traditional lime work for older and listed buildings, where the walls need to breathe. Matched to what's already on them rather than covered over.

Period property
04

Skimming

Flat, clean plaster over new board or tired walls and ceilings. The groundwork that everything else sits on, done properly so the decorator has nothing to fill.

Walls · Ceilings
05

Rendering

External render, applied to last through an Essex winter and look right against the rest of the property.

Exterior
Polished Venetian plaster wall

Some of my favourite jobs have been a single wall, done properly.

Selected work

Recent finishes.

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Polished plaster finish
Microcement bathroom
Seamless microcement surface
Plaster finish detail
Wall in progress
Completed room
Three jobs

What the work looks like up close.

Microcement bathroomConcrete finish

A bathroom, start to finish

Seamless microcement throughout, in a concrete finish — no tiles, no grout lines, nothing to catch dirt.

They couldn't believe how I transformed the bathroom, and they absolutely loved it.
Shower area before and after microcement
Microcement bathroomFlat finish

Done entirely by hand

The same material, taken to a flat finish instead — a calmer, more even surface across every wall.

Over the moon with the finished product. They couldn't believe I'd done it just by hand — I got told they showed it to all their friends.
Microcement being applied by hand with a trowel
Venetian plasterThree-tone, polished

One wall, three tones of grey

Built up in layers so the colour shifts as the light moves across it, then burnished to a shine.

Loved the colour and the finish. Couldn't believe the product could achieve that. I'm back round there soon to do a few lounge walls in a different colour.
Three-tone grey Venetian plaster wall
They say I’m a top bloke — polite, friendly, and always does a top job. Clean, tidy, and goes the extra mile.
What Wayne’s clients say
How it works

Four steps, no surprises.

1

Get in touch

Tell me the room, the finish you're after, and roughly when you'd want it done.

2

I come and look

I visit the job and measure up properly. Free, and no obligation either way.

3

Quote in one to two days

A straight written price sent over, with what's included spelled out.

4

Booked in

Work usually starts around four weeks out. You'll know the dates before anything is confirmed.

Where I work

Across Essex.

Based in Heybridge, Maldon, and working throughout the county. If you're just outside, ask anyway.

MaldonHeybridgeChelmsfordColchesterBraintreeBillericayBasildonWickfordKelvedonCoggeshallTiptreeGreat TothamWickham BishopsSouth Woodham FerrersBorehamGalleywoodStockSouthminsterMaylandMundon
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Tell me about the job.

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Hours
Monday to Friday, 8am–5pm
Weekends by arrangement

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