The specification
Tadelakt, as a specifier needs it
Formats, minimums and honest lead times.
- 01ApplicationApplied on site by our travelling crews, or supplied as trained-installer spec + materials.
- 02ColoursMineral pigments — warm neutrals are most stable; deep colours patinate faster.
- 03LeadMaterials in 2–3 weeks; site crew scheduling 4–8 weeks out.
- 04Where it belongsBathrooms, hammams, bar fronts, sculpted seating. Not for floors in commercial traffic.
From the trade desk
The one thing to get right
Tadelakt is a living surface: it wants soap, not detergent, and it rewards maintenance with depth. Clients must sign off on that or choose microcement.
Specifying tadelakt?
Order the sample box or send your quantities for an itemised quote.
Whatever you build, buy or specify — Morocco works for you
Six professions, one partner: workshop-direct pricing, samples before production and your own project manager on the ground in Morocco — negotiating, inspecting and reporting so you never manage a workshop from abroad.
- 48 hitemised quote
- 10 dayssample box on your desk
- 0%duty into the EU under EUR.1
- 1project manager in Fes
- 34containers shipped
Every one of these six professions can open a pro account. Architects, interior designers, contractors, importers, hotels and retailers all buy on trade terms: workshop-direct pricing, sample boxes credited in full and a named project manager in Fes.
Open your pro account →Free to open · approved in 24 h · no minimumSpec-grade material library, Pantone & RAL matching — a physical sample box on your desk, not a render on a screen.
- Up to 12 swatches picked to your scheme
- Line-by-line spec sheet, sizes in inches
- Photo approval before anything ships
Zellige layouts to your dimensions, CAD support and written tolerances — the whole schedule priced as one brief.
- Shop drawings returned in 5 working days
- Tolerances stated in inches, in writing
- Mock-up panel signed off before production
Site-phased deliveries, export crating, fumigation and papers handled — the site never waits on Morocco.
- Crates labelled and manifested by zone
- 10% overage held from the same firing batch
- Fumigation, EUR.1 and packing list included
Mixed containers across workshops, annual pricing locked per SKU — and 0% duty into the EU under EUR.1.
- One container, many workshops, one invoice
- Annual price lock per SKU from year two
- Loading photos before the doors close
Fit-outs specified room by room across every craft — one quote, one container, one contact to delivery.
- Room-by-room schedule, priced per key
- Contract-grade specs and repeat runs held
- Phased to your opening date
Private-label leather, baskets and décor from 50 units — labels and cartons applied at the bench, retail-ready.
- Your label stitched or stamped at the bench
- Barcoded cartons, retail-ready packing
- Colourways matched to your seasonal palette
Also behind these doors: landscape designers · restaurant groups · developers · event & set designers · museums & cultural institutions
Open a trade request → Talk to your project manager