Dirty and Cracked Limestone Floor Tiles Restored in Louth

This particular client from Louth had a very dirty Limestone tiled floor with some cracks evident installed throughout the kitchen, hallway and conservatory. It was dull and not looking it's best so she had asked several companies in the local area to quote but they did not feel able to help. Luckily she discovered Tile Doctor and gave us a call, naturally this sort of work is well within our ability so not only were we able to help restore the appearance but also repair the cracks at the same time.

Burnishing Limestone Tiles

For us to resolve the surface cracks and remove the dirt from the floor we used a set of diamond encrusted burnishing pads which incidentally are a very environmentally friendly system which only requires water. The pads come is a setup of four and you start with the coarse pad which fitted to a buffing machine running on slow speed, the coarse pad removes old sealers and then you move onto the medium, fine and very fine pads until the Limestone is cleaned and polished again. The floor was washed down with clean water at this point to remove the soil generated by the burnishing process and left to dry overnight assisted by a turbo dryer.

Limestone Tile Sealing

The following day the floor had dried and we applied two coats of Tile Doctor Color Grow sealer to the tiles, the sealer fills the pores of the stone making it water and resistant and will protect it from stains in the years to come, this particular sealer also lifts the natural colors in the stone.

The client was delighted with the results as she had nearly given up on having a nice looking floor, see feedback below which was left on our automated feedback system.

“I am very pleased with the work which was completed yesterday. From my first enquiry to the completed work was excellent,” - Mrs V Pedder, Tetney