Tile Care Products and Advice by Tile Doctor
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We recently visited a property in Islington to quote for renovating a beautiful Victorian tiled hallway floor. The client appreciated the character of the Victorian tiles but was concerned about the dirt that had accumulated over time. The tiles were original and the request was to restore the floor’s appearance and make it easier for […]
Pictured below is a large Victorian tiled floor in the lobby area of a residential apartment block in Richmond. Building work had been carried out at the property and the contractors had covered the floor using a used a sticky floor protector. Unfortunately, that left a sticky residue on top of the tiles and were […]
I think you will be impressed with the renovation of this Ceramic Tiled Bathroom that I completed last year in Barnsley. It’s a great example of how to refresh the appearance of a bathroom without going through the expense of replacing the tiling. The bathroom was in desperate need of some TLC. The grout was […]
A homeowner near Aldridge contacted Tile Doctor regarding their Quarry tiled hallway and Minton tiled vestibule. On inspection it became clear that the Quarry tiles had many imperfections and grout in dirt due to being covered in carpet for many years. This had also let to the appearance of white efflorescence salts on the surface […]
The owner of this property in Broxburn got in touch looking for a repair to cracked Travertine floor tiles in their bathroom. The property was being put up for sale and the broken tiles would detract from what was otherwise an attractive bathroom. Apparently, there was some movement in the floor and this overtime had […]
We were contacted by a client from Chester who had a traditional Red and Black Quarry tiled floor in need of attention. They had bought the old property to refurbish and wanted to keep as many of the original features as possible. Realising the floor was most likely original they asked if we could clean […]
We were recently contacted by a landlord with a rental apartment in the centre of Glasgow who needed professional help refreshing the bathroom tile and grout. Tile and grout cleaning is a very common request at the end of a tenancy, as landlords want their properties looking their best before putting them back on the […]
A client in Bedale had a Black Slate Patio installed the previous year and was never happy with its appearance. The paving was quite extensive and included the main patio, areas around the property and its perimeter. The client understood the stone was Limestone however it was clear to us it was Slate, either way […]
This client from Finchley Noth London was the owner of a house that had been converted into two flats and had a classic Terrazzo hallway floor at the entrance. The floor had absorbed a lot of dirt over the years since it was last cleaned and was now filthy and proving difficult to keep clean. […]
We were recently called out to look at a Slate tiled bathroom floor in Wimbledon that was heavily stained with years of limescale deposits. What should have been a rich, textured natural stone floor was instead covered in a thick white staining. This was particularly bad around the bathtub edges, corners, and was embedded deep […]
We were asked to help this homeowner in Leigh-on-Sea refurbish their original Edwardian Quarry tiled floor following a spot of decorating. The floor had been well maintained, and some parts of the floor were still being protected by an old sealer. I visited the property to carry out a survey and confirmed that the sealer […]
This property in Cardiff had a Travertine tiled floor installed throughout the ground floor and as you can see from the photos was overdue a professional clean and seal. Looking for help they contacted Tile Doctor for advice and I offered to pop over and survey the floor for them and provide a quote for […]
I recently visited a client in Tynemouth who needed some assistance with their rustic Terracotta tiled kitchen floor. It had been awhile since it was last professionally cleaned and sealed and was now due some maintenance. I paid a visit to the property to survey the floor and the inspection confirmed that the sealer had […]
I was asked to visit a property in Surbiton to resolve a sealer issue with a Multicoloured Slate tiled floor that was laid in the Kitchen and adjacent dining area. The floor had been sealed professionally two years earlier and was showing signs of wear so the client decided to top up the sealer with […]
A previous customer got in touch late last year looking for help with a Quarry tiled floor he had bought at an old farmhouse in Ainsdale. Sandwiched between Southport and Formby the village is very close to the west coast which can bring its own issues. The floor was tiled with a classic combination of […]
If you have a Limestone Tiled floor like the one below at a property in the village of Levens then the following article should be of interest. Natural stone floors like Limestone are porous in nature and need to be sealed to prevent dirt from becoming ingrained. In this case the tiles were last sealed […]
It’s difficult to recognise, but the photo below from a property in Leatherhead, is of a recently tiled Terracotta brick patio laid in a herringbone pattern. While the tiles had been laid well the grout hadn’t been removed from the surface of the tile, in fact I don’t think any of the grout had been […]
This Brick tiled floor was in an old timber framed house just outside the village of Needham Market. The customer had been flooded from Storm Babet in 2023 which impacted over 750 properties in Suffolk. It was now April 2025 and it had taken the house that long to dry out. The brick floor was […]
I seem to get a lot of requests for cleaning Limestone tiled floors lately such as this example from a property in the Chesterton suburb of Cambridge. The Limestone tiles had been installed in the kitchen and adjacent dining room and it had been some time since it was last maintained. The sealer on the […]
The grout in this shower cubicle at a property in Clapham was failing and was no longer doing its job. The joints had deteriorated over the years, leaving gaps that allowed water to seep through. Once moisture was able to penetrate, mould began to develop, and the shower quickly lost its clean and fresh appearance. […]
We were called to a beautiful property in Notting Hill to restore and refresh the grout in a tiled area that had lost its vibrancy over the years. The grout lines had become discoloured and dirty, making the tiles look tired and worn. The homeowners wanted to bring back the fresh, clean look of their […]
A homeowner in Darlaston near Walsall got in touch regarding their White Limestone floor, which was being easily marked from foot traffic. Dark marks were being left on the floor which they couldn’t remove. This was concerning as the floor had only been laid a few months earlier and it had been cleaned and sealed […]
Recently I worked on the renovation of a Slate tiled floor at a property in the small village of Knightwick in the Malvern Hills. The owner had asked me to restore its appearance as it had lost its original charm and now looked flat in appearance. This is not an unusual issue with natural stone […]
We received an enquiry from the rural village of Alvanley near Helsby asking if we could remove scratches and etching from a Marble tiled hallway floor. Natural materials like Marble are very hard wearing but can become scratched especially in busy areas like hallways. The good news however is those scratches can be removed and […]
I was contacted by the new owners of a townhouse in the southside of Edinburgh who needed help restoring an old Flagstone floor. They had uncovered the flagstones beneath parquet flooring during renovations and the thick adhesive was proving problematic. The clients were keen to restore the floor as a feature of their oval-shaped reception […]
The owner of an old Farmhouse in the rural Saddleworth got in touch late last year to see what could be done with the Flagstone flooring that ran through the hallway and front room. I paid a visit to the property to survey the floor and could see the flagstones were very dark with all […]
This impressive kitchen floor at a property in Newport comprised on unfilled Limestone tiles and hadn’t been professionally cleaned for twenty years. Having decided it was high time to do something about it I was asked to quote for giving the floor a deep clean and then reseal to bring the Limestone back to its […]
Recently I was asked to clean a Victorian Quarry tiled floor at St’ Peter and St’ Pauls Church in Black Notley on the outskirts of Braintree. Originally of Norman origins the Nave floor was probably laid in 1879 when the church was renovated by the Victorians. Naturally these floors see a lot of wear from […]
We were asked to look at a multicoloured slate tiled kitchen floor at a property in Ilminster which had been installed 22 years prior and was now proving impossible to keep clean. This is a common issue with stone floors and usually tells me that the sealer had failed resulting in dirt becoming ingrained in […]
The original tiled hallway floor at this Victorian house in Plumstead, London SE18 was in a sorry state. There had been some tile repairs done in the past, but no effort had been made to match the tiles or pattern. The only saving was that despite lots of broken and loose tiles the underlying base […]
