Restoring an Acid Damanged Wet Room Floor in London

All carbonate materials, including those used in building and construction, are sensitive to acid deposition. A common example of this is the reaction that occurs when you combine bicarbonate of soda and vinegar. Another example of a material affected by this is Limestone, which is often used as Read more...

Acid-Damaged Limestone Tiles Restored to New in Wapping

All carbonate materials, including those used in building and construction, are sensitive to acid deposition. A common example of this is the reaction that occurs when you combine bicarbonate of soda and vinegar. Another example of a material affected by this is Limestone, which is often used as tiled flooring. When exposed to acidic products, the damage caused to Limestone tiles is both material and aesthetic, and many property owners who suffer this kind of damage assume that they are Read more...

Maitaining a slate wet room

This bathroom in Richmond, Surrey was tiled in Slate on the walls and floor to create a wet room effect. Overtime the old sealer had perished allowing soiling and shower products to stain tile and grout there was also evidence of heavy Limescale deposits. Cleaning the Slate Tiled Floor We Read more...

Removing Grout Haze from Slate Shower Wall Tiles

A builder had made a real mess of this customer's new Slate tiled wet room. When installing any new natural stone tiles, it is always recommended to apply the sealer before grouting, since - as was the case here - the porosity of the stone can cause the grout to stick with to the stone, leaving Read more...

Slate Tiled Wet Room floor in Ealing

This was a slate floor in a wet room in a house in Ealing W5. The black semi-riven slate had originally been sealed by the tiler on installation but had never looked how the customer wanted it to. Cleaning Semi-Riven Slate Tiles To strip off what was left of the old sealer we used Tile Doctor Remove and Go leaving it to soak into the floor for a while before working it in with a rotary machine fitted with a black buffing pad. The solution was then removed using a wet and dry Vacuum and the Read more...

Removing Grout Haze from Slate Shower Wall Tiles

A builder had made a real mess of this customer's new Slate tiled wet room. When installing any new natural stone tiles, it is always recommended to apply the sealer before grouting, since - as was the case here - the porosity of the stone can cause the grout to stick with to the stone, leaving Read more...

Slate Tiled Wet Room Treated for Grout Haze and Restored in Sevenoaks

A builder had made a real mess of this customer's new Slate tiled wet room. When installing any new natural stone tiles, it is always recommended to apply the sealer before grouting, since - as was the case here - the porosity of the stone can cause the grout to stick with to the stone, leaving a terrible blotchy and uneven appearance. What's more, once stuck to the stone, the grout is essentially impossible for the tiler to remove. In this wet room, light grey grout had been left smeared Read more...

Maitaining a slate wet room

This bathroom in Richmond, Surrey was tiled in Slate on the walls and floor to create a wet room effect. Overtime the old sealer had perished allowing soiling and shower products to stain tile and grout there was also evidence of heavy Limescale deposits. Cleaning the Slate Tiled Floor We Read more...

Cleaning a Slate Wet Room in Richmond

This bathroom in Richmond, Surrey was tiled in Slate on the walls and floor to create a wet room effect. Overtime the old sealer had perished allowing soiling and shower products to stain tile and grout there was also evidence of heavy Limescale deposits. Cleaning the Slate Tiled Floor We decided to give the tile and grout a deep cleaning using a strong mixture of Tile Doctor Pro-Clean combined 50/50 with Nanotech Ultra Clean to make it more effective. To get the cleaning solution to stick Read more...

Basalt and Glass Mosaic tiles in a wet room London N6

This property in London N6 had been rented out previously by the owners and they were now renovating it before moving back in, this work included a wet room which had glass mosaic floor tiles and a dark Basalt tile laid on the wall. The main problem had been a general lack of maintenance over the years which led to a major unsightly build-up of lime scale throughout the wet room. We agreed to do the work but had to explain to the client how difficult the work would be and set their Read more...

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Slate Tiled Wet Room floor in Ealing

This was a slate floor in a wet room in a house in Ealing W5. The black semi-riven slate had originally been sealed by the tiler on installation but had never looked how the customer wanted it to. Cleaning Semi-Riven Slate Tiles To strip off what was left of the old sealer we used Tile Doctor Remove and Go leaving it to soak into the floor for a while before working it in with a rotary machine fitted with a black buffing pad. The solution was then removed using a wet and dry Vacuum and the Read more...