Showing posts with label church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label church. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Quarry Tiles From the 1850s Rejuvenated at a Church in Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury, the town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, is famous for the Tewkesbury Abbey, a Norman abbey church dating back to the 7th century so it has a lot of history and some very old buildings. Although not one of the oldest buildings in the town I was recently called to a small church in Tewksbury to restore the Quarry tiled entrance way dating back to the 1850s. The tiles had become very heavily ingrained with pigeon droppings, paint, cement, and general dirt over the years - and Read more...

Monday, March 27, 2017

Restoring Quarry Tiled Steps at a Gloucestershire Church

Tewkesbury, the town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, is famous for the Tewkesbury Abbey, a Norman abbey church dating back to the 7th century so it has a lot of history and some very old buildings. Although not one of the oldest buildings in the town I was recently called to a small church Read more...

Restoring old Church Steps in Gloucestershire

Tewkesbury, the town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, is famous for the Tewkesbury Abbey, a Norman abbey church dating back to the 7th century so it has a lot of history and some very old buildings. Although not one of the oldest buildings in the town I was recently called to a small church Read more...

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Renovating an Old Quarry Tiled Church Floor in Greenock

The photographs below are from the Lyle Kirk Church of Scotland in Greenock where we asked to clean the Quarry tiles in the main entrance of the church. As you can imagine the floor is very busy and is constantly in use from parishioners and had now become very unappealing from ingrained dirt Read more...

Monday, February 20, 2017

Terrazzo Tiled Church Floor Restored in Redhill

Every so often I will get the chance to undertake tiled flooring restoration work in public buildings, and late last year I was asked to clean and seal a Terrazzo floor at a church in Redhill. The floor wasn't in great condition; not only was it suffering from a significant amount of dirt due to Read more...

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Terrazzo and Quarry Tiles Restored at a Fire Damaged Church in Bath

Back in June, I had the absolute pleasure of undertaking a large scale tiled floor restoration at St. Mary's Church in Bath. An architect who does a lot of commissions in Bath and the surrounding areas got in touch with me as they needed to restore the very weathered and worn Church flooring, which dates back to 1840. The Church itself had suffered a lot from fire damage and the Terrazzo flooring had lost any shine due to both exposure to the smoke and, of course, a lot of wear and tear Read more...

Refurbishing a Victorian Quarry Tiled Floor at Church in Frankton

These beautiful Quarry tiled floors belong to a 13th century church in the heart of the old village of Frankton. I did some research on the internet and discovered that the church had gone through a major restoration in 1872 so it's most probable the tiles date back to that time. Cleaning Read more...

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Restoring the Appearance of Terrazzo Floor Tiles

Every so often I will get the chance to undertake tiled flooring restoration work in public buildings, and late last year I was asked to clean and seal a Terrazzo floor at a church in Redhill. The floor wasn't in great condition; not only was it suffering from a significant amount of dirt due to a lack of proper maintenance, but it was also marked by several cracks. Overall, the appearance of the floor was very displeasing and the church was keen to have me in to complete some repairs, along Read more...

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Restoring the Tiled Floors at St' Mary's in Bath Following a Fire

Back in June, I had the absolute pleasure of undertaking a large scale tiled floor restoration at St. Mary's Church in Bath. An architect who does a lot of commissions in Bath and the surrounding areas got in touch with me as they needed to restore the very weathered and worn Church flooring, Read more...

Friday, February 19, 2016

Restoring the Appearance of Terrazzo Floor Tiles

Every so often I will get the chance to undertake tiled flooring restoration work in public buildings, and late last year I was asked to clean and seal a Terrazzo floor at a church in Redhill. The floor wasn't in great condition; not only was it suffering from a significant amount of dirt due to a lack of proper maintenance, but it was also marked by several cracks. Overall, the appearance of the floor was very displeasing and the church was keen to have me in to complete some repairs, along Read more...

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Terrazzo Tiled Flooring Restored at a Church in Redhill

Every so often I will get the chance to undertake tiled flooring restoration work in public buildings, and late last year I was asked to clean and seal a Terrazzo floor at a church in Redhill. The floor wasn't in great condition; not only was it suffering from a significant amount of dirt due to a lack of proper maintenance, but it was also marked by several cracks. Overall, the appearance of the floor was very displeasing and the church was keen to have me in to complete some repairs, along Read more...

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Restoring Chruch Floor Tiles

These beautiful Quarry tiled floors belong to a 13th century church in the heart of the old village of Frankton. I did some research on the internet and discovered that the church had gone through a major restoration in 1872 so it's most probable the tiles date back to that time. Cleaning Read more...

Victorian Quarry Tiled Church Floor Refurbished in Frankton

These beautiful Quarry tiled floors belong to a 13th century church in the heart of the old village of Frankton. I did some research on the internet and discovered that the church had gone through a major restoration in 1872 so it's most probable the tiles date back to that time. Cleaning Victorian Tiles There were multiple quarry tiled floors that were all in need of a deep clean and seal; however there was concern that cleaning the tiles using conventional cleaning methods requiring a lot Read more...

Friday, December 4, 2015

Church Floor Cleaned and Sealed

Victorian Tile Floor Cleaning Pictures below from St Gregory's Church located in the village of Offchurch Warwickshire. The Victorian floor was laid in the 1800's, there were signs of damage from acid based cleaning and high foot traffic in the central areas, no doubt from years of use from the parishioners. Victorian Church Floor before Tile Cleaning Tile Cleaning We used Pro-Clean (diluted 1 to 5 with water) applied with a mop to the floor area then using a floor buffing machine fitted Read more...

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Restoring an Old Quarry Tiled Church Floor in Greenock

The photographs below are from the Lyle Kirk Church of Scotland in Greenock where we asked to clean the Quarry tiles in the main entrance of the church. As you can imagine the floor is very busy and is constantly in use from parishioners and had now become very unappealing from ingrained dirt and was proving impossible to clean effectively. Cleaning Old Quarry Tiles With such an old floor we had to take a lot of care and so using a buffer machine to speed up the process was out of the Read more...