Microcement

Microcement

A thin, seamless, cement-based finish applied at 1 to 3 mm over what is already there - floors, walls, wet areas, pools and terraces.

System Cemher Microdur Plus, Microrock and Micropool

Applied thickness Approximately 1 to 3 mm over the prepared substrate

Applied over Screed, tile, terrazzo, render, plasterboard and blockwork

Delivered on Maysan · Katara Hills · Islamic Arts Biennale · King Fahad Cultural Centre

Microcement is a thin, cement-based finish applied by hand in coats of about a millimetre. Its defining property is not appearance but thickness: at 1 to 3 mm it goes over an existing floor or wall instead of replacing it, which is why it appears so often in refurbishment, where programme and demolition are the real constraints.

Because it is applied wet, it arrives seamless. A floor can run into a step and up a wall, a wall can turn a curve or wrap a column, and none of it needs a trim or a joint. That continuity is the aesthetic argument, and in wet areas it is a hygiene argument too, since there is no grout to fail.

It is a durable, low-VOC, cement-based material. It is not natural and not vapour-open, and we do not describe it that way — if a breathable mineral finish is the requirement, clay plaster or lime plaster is the correct answer and we will point you there instead.

Floors A seamless floor at 2 to 3 mm, laid straight over sound existing screed or tile. No joints to collect soil, and no demolition to get there. Walls A continuous wall surface at 1 to 2 mm over plasterboard, render or existing tile - able to turn a corner or a curve without a joint. Bathrooms Seamless bathrooms and showers, specified as a complete sealed system - waterproofing included, not implied. Kitchens Splashbacks, islands and joinery faces in one continuous surface - with a sealer specification honest about heat, oil and acid. Pools Seamless pool linings and surrounds, using a system specified for permanent immersion rather than a wall product pressed into service. Exteriors Terraces, courtyards and external walls - specified for ultraviolet exposure, thermal movement and the Gulf summer rather than assumed to survive them. Decorative Where the surface itself is the design intent: texture, movement and metallic effect worked into the finish, not applied over it.

Specification clause

Microcement: Cemher microcement system applied at approximately 1 to 3 mm to the areas scheduled, over the manufacturer's primer and base coat, finished to the approved sample panel and sealed with the specified sealer. In wet and immersed areas the complete system build-up is to be applied over a waterproofed substrate as the technical data sheet requires. Substrate movement and structural joints to be carried through the finish. Supply and installation by Earth Layers by Conmarble.

Copy clause

Square brackets mark the choices that belong to the project. Send us the finishes schedule and we will return the clause completed, with the sample and mock-up programme against it.

Maysan, LXR Doha Microdur Plus, sealed system, floors and walls throughout View the project →

Katara Hills, LXR Doha Micropool and Microdur Plus through the villas and spa View the project →

We supply the material and we apply it, so the specification and the workmanship sit with one party. Send a finishes schedule, an elevation or a mood board and we will come back with the system, the build-up, the sample programme and a completed clause.