Tile Care Products and Advice by Tile Doctor
Professional Cleaning and Maintenance Products for Tile, Stone and Grout
Here we have a Slate tiled courtyard at a property in Roehampton SW15 that had been installed 20 years prior and clearly not received much love since. The main issue was the grouting which was cracked in places and water had been leaking into the basement below. I suspect the Slate had been previously cleaned […]
A homeowner from Ramsbottom who had used Tile Doctor before asked if we could quote for renovating their Limestone tiled floor. The floor was extensive and had been laid throughout their large Kitchen, Dining and Garden Room. The limestone tiles had been down around ten years and were now dull and due some maintenance which […]
This client from Ferndown had decided to replace the carpets in the Kitchen and in the process discovered a Quarry tiled floor underneath. The tiles were in reasonable condition so rather than covering them up again they decided to contact Tile Doctor about having them restored. I went over to inspect the floor and provide […]
This client from the Norwich suburb of Earlham got in touch earlier this year for help with their Travertine hallway floor. The travertine was the unfilled variety and overtime the pits which are a natural feature of travertine became magnets for dirt which the owner had struggled to remove. I’ve included a photograph above where […]
Last year I was asked to look at cleaning a modern Encaustic tiled floor at a property in Ampthill with a striking design. Many people are drawn to the luxury look of encaustic tiling which are often featured in high end magazines so I thought it would be worth sharing. It’s absolutely a beautiful type […]
The pictures below are of Red and Cream Octagonal Encaustic tiled hallway floor at a Victorian property in Milngavie North of Glasgow. The tiles were in good condition but being made of encaustic cement they are porous and need to be sealed to prevent dirt from becoming ingrained in the pores. Once dirt becomes ingrained […]
The Red and Black Quarry tiles in the hallway of this Edwardian house in Hitchin had been altered and enlarged over the years but now appeared dull, flat and in need of a serious deep clean and re-seal. I was told that sections of the hallway tiles had been lifted and relayed in the past […]
I was asked to quote for restoring a heavily marked and dirty Encaustic tiled Victorian floor at a village hall outside Hebburn. I was told there had been water damage and the tiles were in a very sorry state however these old floors can take a lot of punishment, and it never fails to surprise […]
The photographs below are from a property in a Victorian terrace in Uppermill with an original encaustic tiled hallway floor. The client had been renewing the flooring in the house and discovered the tiles under the hallway carpet. Realising the tiles were original from when the terrace was built it was decided to see if […]
This job is a terracotta tiled kitchen floor at a property in Brentford that was laid 27 years ago and then sealed using wax. Since then, it hasn’t been properly maintained the entire time they have been down and was looking dark and permanently dirty. Sometimes I can quote for renovating a floor from photos, […]
This report comes from the small town of Bordon when we were contacted by a homeowner with a Quarry tiled kitchen floor that was in quite a state. The Quarry tiles had previously been covered with square carpet tiles which had been stuck to the quarry tiles with adhesive. The carpet tiles were starting to […]
Recently I visited a farmhouse in Grappenhall to look at a kitchen floor that was laid with beautiful Green Limestone tiles. Grappenhall is a lovely Cheshire village which is better known as a period TV and film location. The owner of the property had sent in a request to have the floor cleaned and sealed. […]
The photographs below show the condition of a heavily soiled Terracotta tiled kitchen floor at a residential property in Balham, SW12, which I was recently commissioned to renovate. The client had several outstanding tasks related to the renovation of the property, but the kitchen floor was the most urgent due to its significant level of […]
The photographs below are of an original Encaustic Tiled hallway floor at a Victorian period house in Wanstead. As you can see from the photos this floor had clearly suffered years of neglect. Originally it was covered with a carpet and more recently had vinyl tiles stuck to it. Multiple sections of the floor had […]
Our client located in Edinburgh’s New Town area had a large, impressive entrance hallway with a well-used Grey Limestone floor. The tiles had seen many years of traffic and were dull and marked with events of family life. The request was to restore the floor back to how it looked when it was originally laid. […]
This client lived on a farm on the outskirts of Dorchester and had a rustic kitchen with very old flagstones. The flags had been down a very long time and were uneven and some were in a very bad state due to the top layer of stone flaking away. They had found it very difficult […]
Detailed below is the major restoration of an Encaustic Cement tiled floor at an Edwardian property in the West London suburb of Perivale. At some point in its history this beautiful and practical floor was covered up with cement screen and then carpeted. The current owner who was aware of the tiled floor underneath contacted […]
I was called by a lady from Whitley Bay who had a Limestone floor installed in her kitchen a few years back, since then it had become very dirty very quickly and looked very dirty. It was now proving very hard to keep clean and looked permanently grubby. I went over to survey the floor […]
A client from Standish near Wigan contacted Tile Doctor about the Flagstone flooring in the dining room and kitchen of their 320-year-old cottage. The floor was approximately 50m2 and after sending over several pictures of the floor via email we had a call to discuss the issues in detail. The floor clearly needed a deep […]
This client from Alloa has a small Victorian Tiled vestibule at the entrance to their property that needed attention. The lovely Victorian tiles had been stained with white paint during decorating by the previous owners. They had managed to clean most of the paint off themselves but this had stripped off the sealer in the […]
This client was restoring a period property in Fareham which had an original Flagstone floor in the Kitchen. They hoped to restore the stone and then install a lovely kitchen that would really do the house justice. Always happy to help I went over to the property to discuss the floor and quote for its […]
Tile Doctor was contacted by a client who had recently purchased a 1920’s property in Cardiff with a Encaustic Tiled floor that was in a bad state. The property was having major building works carried out to bring it back to its original condition and this included the tiled floor. The floor in general was […]
The Victorian tiled floor you can see below was discovered under a carpet at a property in Crosskeys on the outskirts, Newport. The owners understood it had been covered up for seventy years, yet remarkably it was still in good condition and they were keen to restore the floor as an original feature. Having removed […]
This customer from Walsall contacted Tile Doctor regarding their Victorian tiled hallway which was in a very poor state. I was sent some photographs which made it clear the floor was seriously neglected with loose tiles and all sorts of contaminates. To understand all the issues before quoting I made an appointment to pop over […]
The Terracotta tiles in the kitchen, living area and entrance vestibule of this property in the village of Currie, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, were reclaimed and had been installed by the owners several years earlier. The intention was to give the property to give a country cottage feel which was achieved and looked great […]
Details below of a Limestone tiled floor renovation we completed in Alloway recently. This floor had seen years of wear however I know from experience that with the right cleaning, honing, and sealing process it can be brought back to life! Before starting any work, I paid a visit to the property to give the […]
This is an original well-worn quarry tiled kitchen floor in Chiswick that we suspect was at least 100 years old. We were asked if we could bring the natural colour and rich lustre to the tiles and carry out some tile and grout remedial work to sharpen up the appearance. I paid a visit to […]
This Quarry tiled floor was installed in the kitchen of a property in Twickenham thirty-eight years prior. The tiles had never been professionally cleaned or sealed since installation and as you can see from the photograph both the tile and grout were in need of restoration. Having visited the property to inspect the floor I […]
I received a request to quote for the restoration of this Victorian tiled floor in the hallway of a property in Chepstow. As you can see from the photograph below was in a very poor condition. I visited the property to survey the floor and could see that although it had not been well maintained […]
This converted Victorian schoolhouse in Potter Heigham on the Norfolk Broads had a lovely old Red and Black Terracotta tiled floor which had been badly maintained over the years. The owner wanted to use the original tiled floor and so I was asked to pop by and quote for its renovation. The Terracotta floor was […]
