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Victorian Minton Floor Restoration – Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Birmingham
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Hi.
I have a lovely tiled hall made up of red tiles, small blue tiles geometrically placed, with a black border tile. About 3 or 4 of the black border tiles are broken and I’d like them replaced. For this few tiles would it be a costly a job, or should I just live with the cracks? Also, I’ve heard you can clean and polish these floors. Mine looks dull and has the odd paint mark here and there.
Hi Sarah,
It doesn’t necessarily need to be an expensive job, but some tiles are more expensive than others; colours/sizes/patterns etc. We personally like a few cracks and they do add character.
These floors certainly clean and polish up, please take a look at our portfolio page to see examples.
Before i go further with my enquiry do you travel to Bromley in Kent. BR1 3NH.
The problem i am finding is that i cannot find this side who clean Minton Tiles? Do you know of any company that do this in my area as i have been doing searching for ages.
If not what type of cleaning product would i use that would not ruin
my tiles if i had to do them myself?
Many Thanks
Mario
Hi Mario,
As we’re based in Nottingham the travel costs would more than likely make us uncompetitive, but we could travel that far with these costs added in. Have you tried the following companies? http://www.londonmosaicrestoration.co.uk/services.php or http://www.mosaicrestoration.co.uk/index.php
My floor has dark patches and sploges scattered all over it, I’ve tried to get them out myself and even borrowed a floor machine but didn’t do any good. Can you help?
Hi Steve,
Without seeing the patches in a photo it is very hard to determine what the contaminant may be, but it does sound like oil staining. Oil is one of the more tricky stains to remove, but it can be removed in the greatest majority of cases. Please send through your details and we’ll see how we can help.
Do you have long waiting times before you can start a restoration?
Hi Simon,
If it is cleaning and sealing work we can fit that in really quite quickly, usually 2 – 3 weeks wait. Restoration work currently at 12 weeks lead, depending on what is required.
Handmade tiles do take a while to manufacture.
Hi Maria,
The pattern will come from underlay with particles being drawn into the porous tiles, this can be removed and so can the greatest majority of paint. We firmly believe these Victorian tiled floors are a work of art, so definitely worth restoring.
Our floor has been covered with carpet for many years. We recently found the victorian tiling but it is covered with paint and like a patten effect, no damaged tiles. Is it worth restoring this floor?
Hi Mark,
Yes the tiles can certainly be replaced, matches will never be 100% even if you get a reclaimed tile from the same period. With our handmade Victorian tile replacements we can get them pretty much spot on, they are naturally more expensive than mass produced Victorian tiles.
Hello. My floor is in really nice condition except for a couple of cracked tiles where gripper rods have been hammered in. Can this damaged tiles be replaced?
Hi Paul,
Sounds like the polish was applied over a floor that was not completely clean, so preventing the polish from adhering to the tiles correctly.
The only way to remedy this is to remove the offending polish and re-apply. Feel free to pass you details on for a quotation.
I have a Minton hallway and had it restored by someone else a few months ago. Now some of the varnish they applied for the shine has started to flake away.
Can anything be done about this? What went wrong?