Victorian Tiled Hallway floor restored in Wigston

This beautiful Victorian tiled floor was discovered under hallway carpet at a house in the town of Wigston in Lincolnshire during a refurbishment. The carpet had been glued to the tile and to make things worse there were paint spots from on the tile from decorating.

Victorian Tiled Floor Restoration

Cleaning tiles can get a little messy so first job was to protect the carpet on the staircase with plastic sheeting secured with masking tape. The next step was to apply a solution of Tile Doctor Remove and Go to the tile, Remove and Go is a stripper and cleaner especially designed for use on Tile and very good at removing old sealers, adhesives and paint. The product does need time to get to work though so I left it on the floor to dwell for 50 minutes before agitating it with a rotary machine fitted with a black scrubbing pad. The soiled solution was removed from the floor using a wet vacuum and the tiled floor was then washed down using a high pressure steamer which gives a final clean as well as neutralising the floor ready for sealing. We made a decision sometime ago to invest in what’s known in the industry as a Truck Mounted pressure washing machine which is a very large industrial high pressure machine that’s so large it has to be installed into a van, it’s been well worth the investment as it does a really good job of cleaning hard floors and carpets.


We left the floor to dry and then sealed it with 4 coats of Tile Doctor Seal and Go which as well as providing stain protection adds a nice sheen to floor.

 

Source: Victorian Floor Restoration in Wigston, Leicestershire