Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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
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Monday, April 3, 2017
Maintaining Sandstone Flagstones
These Sandstone flagstones were in the hallway of a house in the 16th century village of Stretton under Fosse, Warwickshire. The flagstone floor was in good condition however it had never been sealed so every time it was cleaned the cleaning product soaked into the floor and was less effective also the customer wanted to reveal the natural colours in the Sandstone and needed some of the grout repairing. Cleaning Sandstone Flagstones The first job was to clean and flush the flagstone so we
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Terracotta Deep Clean and Seal
This Terracotta tiled kitchen floor in Twickenham had accumulated a high amount of soil over the years. Spots and spills from kitchen activity had also proved impossible to remove by the owner which was due to the sealer breaking down; the floor was now in need of a deep clean, stripping off the
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Dirty Victorian Hallway Floor Deep Cleaned
This post details the work we did at a house in the Lancashire town of Ribchester where the floor had been covered with a carpet for many years and the owner now wanted the floor restoring. As you see from the photographs, these Victorian tiles were in an extremely dirty condition and in dire
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150 Year Old Quarry Tile Restoration in Northants School
Shown below are some photographs for a job we did recently restoring 150 year old Quarry Tiles at a School near Peterborough in Northamptonshire. The school had a lot of problems with this floor over the years and had called in another cleaning company several months prior but found that within weeks the sealant they had applied had started to bubble and peal off. The floor was suffering from ongoing dampness problems in some areas, which isn't unusual for a floor in an old building as damp
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Restoring Slate Floor Tiles
This Slate Tiled floor belongs to a client who had recently bought an old Oast House in Hastings. They were in the process of restoring it and when lifting up the floor discovered an original slate floor underneath it. As the photos show it was in a very poor state and they were unsure whether
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Holes in Travertine Cleaned, Filled and Sealed
This Travertine tiled floor installed in the kitchen of a house in Holmes Chapel was proving impossible to clean and this was compounded by the fact that black dirt had become trapped in the natural holes in the Travertine. Cleaning Travertine Floor Tiles The floor was given a wash with Tile
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