Tile Care Products and Advice by Tile Doctor
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Here we have a Limestone tiled shower cubicle with fifteen years of chemical damage and general grime at a rental property in the Hounslow borough of Isleworth. It had never been professionally cleaned since installation and previous tenants had used Viakal limescale remover. Limescale removers like Viakal are acidic with a low pH and will […]
The photos below are of a Limestone tiled kitchen floor with an inset of coloured stone at a 200-year-old cottage in Burley in Wharfedale near Ilkley. The stone floor was overdue a deep clean and seal and some of the inset flagstones were damaged and uneven. Looking for a solution, the owner had tried other […]
We received a request from a prestigious private members’ club in Mayfair to restore a Marble bar top, which was dull and had been left extensively stained with use. Once a stunning centrepiece, the surface had lost its natural sheen and elegance and no longer reflected the grand nature of the establishment. The club wanted […]
Having decided to remove the vestibule carpet at this property at this Victorian property in Bearwood the owner was pleased to discover an original Victorian tiled floor. Unfortunately, the floor was not whole and approximately 25% of the tiles were missing and replaced with cement leveller. I have seen this sort of thing before, and […]
A new homeowner from the Royal Burgh of Inverkeithing, Fife not far from the Forth crossings made contact regarding their Travertine tiled floor. The installation was quite large and covered the entire ground floor of the 200-year-old property including the Kitchen. Having worked on similar Travertine floors I was confident we could resolve the issue […]
Cleaning a Terrazzo Tiled Cinema Hallway Late last year I was asked to renovate 1000m2 of Terrazzo tiles in the public spaces of a Cinema in Twickenham . It sounded like a dream job however the complication was the work could only be done out of hours, and I would need to start at 5am […]
The photographs below are of a very impressive and beautiful Marble tiled floor at a substantial property in Brentwood. The client had two big dogs, and it had been a while since the floor was last professionally maintained. The owner called me in to give the marble a deep clean, seal and re-grout in some […]
Details below of the restoration of a Limestone floor at a beautiful 1930’s property in Southall. The limestone looked like it had suffered from movement in the foundations as there were many cracks in the tiles throughout the kitchen. Additionally, the grout lines had become darkened with dirt over time and the pitting in the […]
This client from Tetbury in the Cotswolds, contacted Tile Doctor to enquire if there was something that could be done to improve their twenty-year-old travertine floor. They emailed over some photos so I could get a good idea of the problems and their main concern which was mainly the dull appearance and dirt that was […]
This premium Marble Tiled floor was installed at a property in Chigwell around fifteen years ago and had only ever been mopped clean, never polished. The floor had long since lost its sparkle and the owner wanted to know if anything could be done to bring back the deep shine it once had. Polished stone […]
This work was conducted earlier in the year when I was contacted by a previous client from Putney who needed help renovating their Limestone tiled patio. I usually work on indoor stone floors so I didn’t anticipate any issues apart from having to contend with the weather. I went over to survey the patio and […]
I recently visited a property in the New Town area of Edinburgh recently to look at a Limestone bathroom floor that had been badly scratched when the client moved some furniture. A sideboard unit had been dragged across the bathroom floor, and it had scratched almost the full length of the tiled floor. At first, […]
This project is a great example of how to restore the appearance of high-quality stone flooring — in this case, a Travertine tiled kitchen floor in Newbury. Tile Doctor has developed a specialist burnishing system that uses diamond floor pads to achieve outstanding results. We have found that liquid cleaning products alone are not as […]
A homeowner from the Syke area of Rochdale contacted us with some pictures of their Flagstone kitchen floor. Unhappy with the appearance of the flagstone and having seen some of the work we had done previously he was keen to see if they could be restored, especially as many of the flags had flaked over […]
Travertine is a beautiful and characterful natural stone however like all natural stone it does need maintaining and this Kitchen floor in Dursley was no exception. The tiles were installed twenty years ago, and it had been some time since it was last cleaned and sealed. The sealer had now worn off and dirt had […]
Earlier this year we were contacted by a property management company regarding the restoration of a terrazzo floor in the communal entrance hallway of a block of flats they managed in Penarth. The floor had several cracks and after reviewing some similar work published on my website, they were confident we could achieve a good […]
We recently undertook a truly remarkable transformation of a tired and weathered Marble floor at a home in Bourne in South Lincolnshire. Once the pride of the property, the surface had dulled over the years—its natural sheen muted by time, foot traffic, and improper maintenance products. There were no physical issues with the Marble tiles, […]
I was asked to renovate a beautiful dark Marble tiled floor in the wet room of a property in Twickenham. My clients had the tiles installed ten years ago and had never had it professionally cleaned in that time, over the years they had maintained the stone poorly using general floor cleaning products. Unfortunately, cleaning […]
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 […]
Here we have a travertine floor that was installed in the kitchen of a property in East Finchley around 17 years prior. Over the years some of the grout had become loose and the sealer had worn off allowing dirt to get into the pits of the tiles. The stone and grout were now getting […]
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 […]
Recently, I had the opportunity to restore a 100-year-old Marble tiled porch at a property in the harbour town of Girvan. The Marble floor was in excellent physical condition for its age but constant use had left it dull and marked in places. It now needed some TLC to bring back its original elegance. Deep […]
