Pastellone Veneziano MGN

Venetian Pastellone floor finish

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Pastellone Veneziano MGN - Description

Pastellone is an ancient Venetian floor type. It consists of slaked lime, pozzolana and cocciopesto powder (crushed tiles and bricks), which is highly breathable lime mix, yet strong enough to last for many decades. The use of natural materials keep the floor structure breathable.

The floor remains very elastic and can be applied even on wooden beams, without cracks. Lime Pastellone floors are used in green buildings and are compatible with underfloor heating. It can be used in a variety of flooring areas, including bathrooms, kitchens, stairs, hallways, bedrooms, and even shower walls and saunas.

This product is available in 24 colours - 12 pastel colours (options 01-12) and 12 mediterranean colours (options 101-112), including white (option 01).

Key Features

Here are some key features of this product.

Breathable

Being a lime plaster, it's naturally vapour permeable or breathable.

No Cement. No Chemicals

This plaster does not contain chemicals or cement - it only contains natural materials.

Suitable for Listed buildings

This plaster is suitable for historic or listed buildings and heritage renovations.

Composition

Natural air lime: highest purity lime containing min 90% CaO, classified as CL90S according to EN-459-1 standard

Ground terracotta (cocciopesto): brick powder from traditional porous bricks, wood fired at low temperatures around 600°C

Natural pozzolans: volcanic sands and ashes of exclusively natural origin, certified according to EN 197-1 standard

Natural hydraulic lime NHL 3.5, certified according to EN-459-1 standard

Marble powders, certified according to EN 12620 standard

Specifications

Granulation (mm)

< 0.8

Vapour diffusion resistance (μ)

7.3

Declared thermal conductivity - λ (D)

0.53

Water absorption

Adhesion (N / mm²)

0.4

Compressive strength (N / mm²)

CS IV

Bulk density (kg / m³)

1470

Bag weight (kg)

Water intake (litre / bag)

Consumption (kg / m² / cm)

Application temperature (°C)

5-30

Fire rating

Chloride content (%)

None

Harmful substances

None

Colour options

Recommended thickness (mm)

3-4

Certifications

UNI EN 13813 – Certified Floor Screed Material

Minimum Environmental Criteria (CAM) Declaration: a “green purchase” environmental declaration, indicating that this product satisfies the environmental requirements of the Italian Government, representing the best ecological solution for a project when taking into account the entire life cycle of a product from manufacturing to disposal.

Free of Harmful Substances including formaldehyde

Completed Projects

Here are some of our projects using this plaster:

Listed Farm House Complete Restoration

Full Restoration & Thermal Insulation

Residential

Solutions

This material can be used in the following applications or solutions:

Photo Galleries

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Timber-frame Farmhouse - Full Refurbishment & Thermal Insulation

1600s timber-frame listed farmhouse undergoing full refurbishment from top to bottom addressing sympathetically many problems including: new roof, lime pointing, timber infill panels, thermal insulation, replastering, structural reinforcement with lime and lime floors – just to name the most important aspects of the project.

Videos

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Similar Products

Here are some other similar products of the same category (e.g. other main coats or finishes). Depending on your application, you could use these as alternative products.

Betoncino

Lime Structural Consolidation Mortar

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Building

Consolidation

Flooring

Massetto Caldo

Traditional Lime Floor Screed

Flooring

Product Combinations

Although all MGN plasters can be used on their own, in many applications they perform best when certain materials are applied together as a plastering system complementing and reinforcing each other.

Here are some other plasters which are recommended to be used with this one.

Massetto Caldo

Traditional Lime Floor Screed

Flooring

Application

Here are some key technical points about how to apply this material correctly:

Flooring

Mixing: mix the material with clean tap water only without adding anything else (no other material or additive), until a homogenous, creamy-consistency mix is obtained.

Application conditions: ambient and wall temperatures must be between +5 to +30°C during application. Surfaces should be protected from rain and humidity until they have completely dried (approx. 3 – 10 days depending on weather conditions).