Monday, July 27, 2015

Restoration of Limestone Floor Tiles At A House In London

We were summoned during some major house repairs to restore the Limestone Floor tiles installed in the kitchen and utility room. This involved a good deep clean, burnishing and then sealing to restore the natural colour and appearance of the stone.

The floor was pre-cleaned with a dilution of Tile Doctor Pro-Clean and NanoTech Ultra-Clean follwed by a slow speed machine fitted with polypropylene brush, the remaining solution was sucked with a wet vacuum then rinsed with water and dried.

Some of the floor tiles in the hallway were broken so the next job was to replace them; this involves chopping out the tile and cleaning up the exposed area so new tiles can be installed and grouted.


The Limestone Tiled floor was then Burnished using the four stage Twister Burnishing pad set which strips topical sealers, ingrained dirt before finally polishing the floor into a high shine.

Once the final finish had been achieved the floor was sealed with two coats of Tile Doctor Colour Grow sealer which brings out the colour of the tile and provides a protective impregnating seal. The last step was to run a buffing machine over the floor to get that final finish.

Before parting, we advised the client to clean the floor using a neutral frequent use cleaning product such as Tile Doctor Neutral Cleaner, other products can be acidic and can actually dissolve holes in the tile over time. The customer was very pleased with the work we did and left the following comment:

Very professional, high quality job. Rob and his team were a pleasure to deal with and worked hard to meet our time constraints. The floor is unrecognisable from what it was before!
Mr. B. Chapman, London, NW8