Tile Care Products and Advice by Tile Doctor
Professional Cleaning and Maintenance Products for Tile, Stone and Grout
Pictured below is a Travertine floor I worked on recently in Bedford — and it’s a great example of something we see all the time with travertine floors that haven’t had the care they deserve. It’s difficult to spot from a distance but if you look at the photo closely you should be able to […]
This Oyster Slate tiled floor installed at a property in Grasmere had become dull and uneven in appearance due to ground-in dirt. The floor was subject to heavy foot traffic from a large family and over time the sealer had worn down allowing dirt into the pores of the stone and leaving it looking permanently […]
The Grout on this bathroom floor at a property in Isleworth was in quite a state and was bringing down the overall look of the bathroom. Ceramic tiles are impermeable so very easy to clean so although I would include giving them a thorough clean, I knew it was the grout that would be the […]
We were recently contacted by a homeowner in Southwark about their Porcelain floor tiles. The tiles themselves were in a good condition, but the grout lines had become heavily discoloured over time, making the floor look tired. The customer wanted the grout professionally cleaned to restore a brighter, fresher appearance. Porcelain tiles are extremely durable […]
Recently we were tasked by a well-known department store on Oxford Street to renovate the Porcelain Tile and Grout in the staff bathroom. The tiles were heavily soiled, and the grout lines were deeply ingrained with dirt and discolouration, making the space look untidy and unhygienic despite the reasonable condition of the tiles. Porcelain tiles […]
Earlier this year I was asked to visit a property in Billericay near Basildon to quote for renovating an extensive Travertine tiled floor. The Travertine floor has been laid 15 years prior in the large Kitchen, Utility and adjacent dining room and has not been maintained correctly leaving it vulnerable to ingrained dirt. Natural stone […]
This Textured Porcelain tiled floor was installed in a house in the Suffolk village of Great Barton near Bury St Edmunds. As you can see from the photograph the textured nature of the tile and the rough surface of the grout had trapped dirt leaving the floor looking constantly dirty and unhygienic. The client was […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
Detailed below is the restoration of a Slate Floor in a basement flat in the Barnsbury area of Islington. The customer had bought it as an investment and was in the process of renovating it when they discovered the original slate floor which is approximately 150 years old. Unfortunately, its age was showing and unsure […]
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 […]
These photographs are from a Limestone tiled floor in the Kitchen of a property in the village of Hauxton south of Cambridge. The client was fed up with it constantly looking dirty and decided something must be done. This is a common problem with Stone floors, being a natural material dirt becomes ingrained in the […]
The pictures below are of a Riven Slate Tiled floor in the Kitchen and adjacent Utility area at a property in Monmouth. The customer was very unhappy with the state of the Slate flooring and was at the point of taking the tiles up as they couldn’t keep it clean. I paid a visit to […]
Photographed below is a Terracotta tiled kitchen floor at a property in Frome that was installed six months prior and was already proving problematic. I was asked to pop over and discuss the floor as they had been struggling to keep the tiles clean. Apparently after installation the builders offered to seal the floor, however […]
The before and after photographs below show the results of a recent shower tile renovation project we carried out at a property in Windsor. The shower cubicle was tiled with small square Slate Mosaic tiles which, over time, had suffered from heavy staining. The grout had become discoloured with built-up soap residue, body oils, and […]
The client from Hawkshead had used Tile Doctor previously to renovate a Terracotta tiled floor. Now eleven years later the floor needed attention again and so I went over to the property to survey the tiles and get a good understanding of any issues and requirements. I went out to the client to assess the […]
Having seen some similar work of Ceramic tiled shower cubicle refresh I had completed I was asked by a homeowner in Weybridge to pop round to their house and do the same for them. A shower cubicle refresh is usually quite straight forward and can be completed in less than a day so I can […]
This client from Taunton had an expensive porcelain tiled floor installed in the hallway and WC, however after a month or two the tiles were literally turning brown and had become very difficult to keen clean. Unsure what the cause could be and having had little help from the supplier we were asked to come […]
The owner of this Kitchen in Chorley contacted Tile Doctor to see what could be done to improve the grout on her Ceramic tiled floor. The tiles where laid throughout the hallway, kitchen, utility and large diner and the grout which was once white was now badly soiled and made the whole floor look very […]
This client had recently purchased a property in the market town of Wiveliscombe and decided to replace the kitchen units which sat on a Slate tiled floor. The customer had looked at cleaning the slate themselves but simply couldn’t get is clean enough and so decided to work in a visit from Tile Doctor between […]
I thought I would share with you this example of a ceramic tiled bathroom I refurbished earlier this year at a property in Huddersfield. The shower and tiling had been installed two years earlier and unfortunately since then the grout and silicone sealant had become discoloured with dirt and mould. My customer had tried to […]
A homeowner from Appleby had been in touch about their recently laid Porcelain tiled floor of approximately 20m2 in size which ran through the kitchen and adjacent utility room. The tiles resembled Terracotta but being Porcelain meant they were much easier to clean and didn’t require a sealer. The Grout however was a different matter; […]
