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Quarry Tile Restoration Middleton Warwickshire

A very old quarry tile floor in a cottage in Middleton Warwickshire, that had been seen by many of our competitors who failed to impress or show any degree of expert knowledge, hence we were chosen for the project.

Tagged as: quarry tiles, victorian floor tiles, warwickshire

Quarry Tile Restoration Duloe Cambridgeshire

Trapped beneath a carpet and underlay for many years these Victorian quarries tiles had experienced a large amount of rising damp that had failed to escape due to the carpet. The salt deposits which would normally have been brushed away, had as a result hardened and pitted the tile surface. Naturally it would prove impossible [...]

Tagged as: cambridgeshire, quarry tiles, victorian floor tiles

Quarry Tile Floor Restoration Leeds

Here we have three Victorian quarry tiled floors in Leeds that were found beneath cork tiles a few years back. As you can see from the before photos there are a multitude of stains from oils, grease, wax and some water stains from a dogs water bowl. From the colour of the floor it looks [...]

Tagged as: leeds, quarry tiles, victorian floor tiles

Victorian Floor Restoration Wellingborough

This Victorian floor in Wellingborough Northamptonshire had seen plenty of traffic over the years with many of the tiles showing signs of wear and dishing. Evidence of previous restoration attempts by the previous owners were also visible, with bleached spots and splashes from high ph cleaning products.

Tagged as: geometric, northamptonshire, victorian floor tiles, wellingborough

Victorian Floor Cleaning Haconby Lincolnshire

Here we have a very unique Victorian tiled hallway floor in the small village of Haconby Lincolnshire. The geometric floor covered by carpet for many years had absorbed a lot of carpet underlay along with staining from oil and wax coatings.

Tagged as: geometric, lincolnshire, victorian floor tiles

Victorian Floor Restoration Barrow-In-Furness

A superb Victorian tiled floor within the lovely Glen Garth Hotel,Barrow-In-Furness. The geometric and encaustic floor by Craven Dunnill is simply stunning with a wealth subtle shades, designs and shapes. Found by the current owners beneath carpet, save for a few missing tiles the floor in still in very good condition and definitely a feature [...]

Tagged as: cumbria, encaustic, geometric, victorian floor tiles

Victorian Floor Restoration Stourbridge

Stourbridge West Midlands, tiles by Craven Dunnill. Covered with a concoction of different floor finishes that had worn, become flaky creating an impression of dirty surface. These coatings would need to be removed if the tiles were to be thoroughly cleaned.

Tagged as: geometric, stourbridge, victorian floor tiles, west midlands

Victorian Floor Cleaning West Bridgford Nottingham

A wonderful example of Victorian geometric tiled flooring by Minton Hollins in West Bridgford Nottingham. Overall the floor was in superb condition; very flat and straight. With only a few missing tiles to replace, this project was focussed on deep cleaning and restoring the colours of natural clay colours.

Tagged as: encaustic, geometric, victorian floor tiles, west bridgford nottingham

Victorian Minton Floor Cleaning Melton Mowbray

A superb example of Victorian tiled flooring in Melton Mowbray Leicestershire consisting completely of 1.5″ tiles from Minton Hollins. The floor had a few loose sections but otherwise fully intact with the odd raised area where the substrate had swollen from moisture absorption. The floor looked as though the mopping water had actively trapped excess [...]

Tagged as: geometric, leicester, victorian floor tiles

Victorian Minton Floor Cleaning Leicester

A well aged Victorian floor in Leicester laid throughout the hallway area. The floor was sealed with a light oil, this had attracted a great deal of dirt over the years. There was also quite a deal of paint splattered around the edges of the floor.

Tagged as: geometric, leicester, victorian floor tiles

Victorian Floor Cleaning Shenstone Staffordshire

A wonderful example of Victorian tiled hallway flooring in Shenstone Staffordshire. This Victorian flooring was originally manufactured by Malkin Edge and laid around 1870. Overall the original areas of the floor were in very good condition with a few newer additions that have been added during the buildings renovation process.

Tagged as: encaustic, geometric, staffordshire, victorian floor tiles

Victorian Minton Floor Cleaning Hinckley Leicestershire

Here we have a Victorian floor in Hinckley Leicestershire that has recently been cleaned and restored by a ‘Restoration Specialist’ from the Leicestershire area. As you can see their results are far from professional or worthy of the specialist tag, mind they seem to be professionals at everything from carpets to wood flooring; is that [...]

Tagged as: geometric, leicester, victorian floor tiles

Victorian Minton Floor Cleaning Longford Coventry

This little Victorian Minton tiled hallway in Longford Coventry had multitude of different contaminants to deal with, including paint, carpet adhesive, old oil stains and did I mention paint?

Tagged as: coventry, geometric, victorian floor tiles

Edwardian Terrazzo Cleaning Leicester

A great little Edwardian terrazzo floor in Leicester which needed just a little TLC to bring the floor back to life. The floor has seen quite a lot of wear over the years and being quite a soft flooring, dirt had become ingrained.

Tagged as: leicester, terrazzo

Victorian Floor Cleaning Barton-Under-Needwood

A quaint little Victorian hallway in Barton-Under-Needwood Staffordshire which was in need of cleaning. This Victorian floor had seen a lot of traffic and many different coverings over the last 100+ years. At one stage the tiles had vinyl tiles applied to them, later on carpet and laminate which is shame as the floor holds [...]

Tagged as: staffordshire, victorian floor tiles

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Quarry Tile Restoration Middleton Warwickshire

Quarry Tile Restoration Duloe Cambridgeshire

Quarry Tile Floor Restoration Leeds

Victorian Floor Restoration Wellingborough

Victorian Floor Cleaning Haconby Lincolnshire

Victorian Floor Restoration Barrow-In-Furness

Victorian Floor Restoration Stourbridge

Victorian Floor Cleaning West Bridgford Nottingham

Victorian Minton Floor Cleaning Melton Mowbray

Victorian Minton Floor Cleaning Leicester

Victorian Floor Cleaning Shenstone Staffordshire

Victorian Minton Floor Cleaning Hinckley Leicestershire

Victorian Minton Floor Cleaning Longford Coventry

Edwardian Terrazzo Cleaning Leicester

Victorian Floor Cleaning Barton-Under-Needwood

Victorian Floor Restoration Stourbridge

Victorian Floor Cleaning Alsager Staffordshire

Victorian Floor Cleaning Erdington Birmingham

Quarry Tile Floor Cleaning Mayfield Ashbourne

Edwardian Floor Cleaning Hednesford Cannock

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