Victorian tiled floor in Stamford Cambridgeshire, tiles manufactured by Minton Hollins. Requested to consult and repair this floor by Insurance loss adjusters after this floor was previously restored by a competitor using replica tiles that were both of a poor colour match and quality resulting in replacement. There was also some examples of poor tiling [...]
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A delightful Victorian floor in Peterborough that needed our restoration services to look its best. The Victorian floor tiles where originally manufactured by Craven Dunnill and as you can see the floor consists of a varied colour palette and a range of geometric patterns.
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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 [...]
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quarry tiles,
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This Victorian tiled hallway in Ely Cambridgeshire was full character locked beneath layers of dirt, glazed with old shellac varnish. Over the years dirt had become entrapped by different oil finishes that had been applied, the largest majority where removed by our eco friendly chemicals; some had soak too far into the tile body. After [...]
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A truly beautiful work of art. This original Minton floor in Chesterton Cambridgeshire dating from the 1850′s had a coating of old varnish applied over dirt creating a smoke screen effect that reduced the impact of these beautiful floors and in turn prevented the floor from breathing. The floor consisted of many highly detailed and [...]
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cambridgeshire,
encaustic,
victorian floor tiles