Grout Haze removed from Travertine Tiles in Henley-on-Thames

The photograph below taken at a house in Henley-on-Thames shows a Travertine tiled floor covered with grout haze smears across the surface of the tile. The tiler should of dealt with this after laying the floor however removing grout smears from natural stone is tricky as normally you would use acid but Travertine is very sensitive to acid so I suspect the tiler decided against it in-case the tiles were ruined. Refurbishing Travertine Tiles The first step was to give the floor a general Read more...

Travertine Tiled En-Suite Maintained in Horsham

The pictures below are from a Travertine tiled en-suite bathroom at a house in the town of Horsham. A black mould had become ingrained in the pores of the shower tiles and the owner wanted it cleaned up before she rented the property out. The client had tried various well known supermarket products to remove the mould and grime from the tile, grout and sealing strip but without success so we got a call. Cleaning Travertine Shower Tile After explaining the cleaning process to the owner I set Read more...

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Travertine Tile Cleaning in East Grinstead

Pictures below of a Travertine tiled floor in East Grinstead which had been laid some years earlier and over time had become dull as it lost its polished appearance with wear. The customer had tried cleaning but could not get the floor looking the way they it used to. Cleaning Travertine Tile To Read more...

Deep Cleaning a Limestone and Travertine Floor Tiles

The owner of this house in Nunton near Salisbury got in touch to take a look at the grout lines on their Travertine and Limestone tiled floors which were becoming increasingly dirty and the tiles has started to take on dirt also. We offer a free no obligation survey so I went along to take a Read more...

Cleaning a Travertine Tiled Shower Cubicle

This Travertine wet room in Glasgow was in a sorry looking state, the tiles had become very dull and there was evidence of mould especially around the silicone. Cleaning a Travertine Wet Room The first job was to cut out all the mouldy silicone around the bottom of the shower cubicle; which had Read more...

Removing Mould from Travertine Bathroom Tiles

This mouldy filled Travertine tiled bathroom was located in a house in Glasgow and as you can see from the photograph below was completely covered in mould right round the whole bathroom, there was also some staining from the dyes in soap etc. Cleaning a mouldy Travertine tiled bathroom Firstly Read more...

Travertine Floor Lobby Restoration

This Travertine tiled floor was installed in the high traffic lobby area of a house in Horsham, the tiles were in reasonable condition but had become dull over the years and were now in need of a refresh Cleaning Travertine Tile I swept the floor and gave it a quick wash with Tile Doctor Read more...

Travertine Tiled Floor Polished in Stratford upon Avon

Following on from a referral I agreed to travel down to Stratford upon Avon and deep clean this Travertine tiled floor which had not been professionally cleaned for over eight years and was now looking rather dull as you can see in the photograph below, additionally the holes in the travertine had not been filled and was allowing dirt to get trapped into the tile. Cleaning, Filling and Polishing Travertine Tiles The first job was to wash the floor down with Pro-Clean to give it a general Read more...

Maintaining Travertine Floor Tiles

This Travertine tiled floor had been laid in a house in the picturesque village of Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell in south Oxfordshire and the owner had decided it was time to have it properly cleaned and re-sealed. Cleaning Travertine Floor Tiles The floor was given a wash with Tile Doctor Neutral Read more...

Travertine Floor Tile Polishing in Hampshire

I do like a beautiful Travertine Tiled floor however they do need regular maintenance to keep them looking good. This travertine floor installed in the kitchen of a house in Fareham was no different as the tiles were looking dull and the grout was tarnishing. Cleaning Travertine Kitchen Tiles Read more...

Travertine Tiled Floor Cleaned, Filled, Polished and Sealed in Stratford Upon Avon

Following on from a referral I agreed to travel down to Stratford upon Avon and deep clean this Travertine tiled floor which had not been professionally cleaned for over eight years and was now looking rather dull as you can see in the photograph below, additionally the holes in the travertine Read more...

Cleaning Tumbled Travertine Kitchen Tiles

This Tumbled Travertine kitchen floor in Twickenham, Middlesex was in need of a deep clean including stripping out the old sealer and re-sealing to ensure easy maintenance in the future. The floor had not been professionally cleaned and re-sealed for over 10 years and being in a high traffic Read more...

Deep Cleaning Travertine Tiles

Another Tumbled Travertine kitchen floor, this time in Teddington and much dirtier than the previous post. The grout was badly stained and dirt had built up in the pores of the tile causing it to go black and very un-appealing. Normally a sealer would stop this from happening and I suspect these Read more...

Deep Cleaning Dirty Travertine Kitchen Tiles

This Travertine tiled kitchen floor in Ottershaw, Surrey, was in need of a deep clean, strip out the old sealer and re-seal to ensure easy maintenance in the future. Being a high traffic area the tiles had accumulated a high amount of soil over the years. There was also marking from breakfast Read more...

Restoring the look of Travertine tiles

I was recently asked to pop over to a large house on the Wynyard estate near Wolviston where a customer with a beautiful Travertine Tiled Kitchen floor needed some help to put the shine back on their tiles. It seems their cleaner had been using the wrong cleaning product on the tiles and it Read more...

Travertine Tile Polishing in Hampshire

Travertine floor tiles look amazing when they have just been installed but after a few years the polish wears down, dirt starts to become ingrained in the stone and they start to lose their appearance. They do need regular maintenance and potentially re-polishing and these tiles installed in Read more...

Burnishing Polished Travertine Tile

The photographs below are from a house in Lymington where the Travertine Tiled floor had become dull and were now in need of a re-polish. It's a fact that depending on the amount of foot traffic they receive all polished stone floors will lose their shine over time and require a re-polish. Read more...

Reparing Damage to Travertine Tiles

The photographs below probably don't do this job justice but in summary recent high winds had dislodged tiles from the roof adjacent this conservatory at a house in Oldham causing them to smash through the glass roof and damage the Travertine Tiles on the floor below. Cleaning, Filling and Read more...

Cleaning, Filling and Burnishing Travertine Tiles in Sandbanks

Occasionally I get a call to pop down to Sandbanks on the Dorset Coast which is well known for containing the most expensive property in the UK outside of London. This particular residence had a Travertine tiled hallway which was badly in need of renovation, it had become very soiled and dirt Read more...

Reviving Dull Travertine Tiles

I recently carried out a clean and diamond polish of a Travertine tiled floor in Surbiton for a customer who had been fed up with the floor since she and her husband had moved in 2 years ago. The floor was the last job on their list of things to be done and they wanted to make sure that it was Read more...