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Victorian Minton Floor Cleaning Derby

Victorian Floor Restoration — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:51:33 +0000

A large Victorian tiled hallway in Derby. The floor was covered with the mess from all the previous trades such plasterers and decorators who had splattered the floor with plaster, Pva glue and paint. On top of this the floor was stained with old linseed oil and wax which the porous tiles a dull and dirty appearance

The first task was to remove the thick splatters of paint and plaster before thoroughly cleaning the floor with our specialised equipment which you find no where else.

The finish we applied to the Victorian Minton tiles was a breathable satin finish which helps protect the floor from staining and further abrasion.

Services used in this restoration
Victorian Tile Cleaning

Contaminants found on this floor
Varnish
Carpet Adhesive
Paint
Linseed Oil

Victorian Minton Church Floor Restoration Sudbury Derbyshire

Victorian Floor Restoration — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:14:35 +0000

A beautiful Victorian Minton Church Floor in Sudbury Derbyshire. There was some floor heaving on the main Nave walkway caused by heating pipes running beneath the floor. This had caused the old lime substrate to expand and push itself away from the support structures.

We removed the affected tiles and the substrate below, reinstated a more flexible strengthened and heat tolerant substrate before relaying the original tiles with reclaimed originals where necessary.

The marble altar had become loose and unsafe, the surface has also become dull and lost a lot of its sparkle. Again we strengthened the substrate before relaying the original tiles and diamond polished the marble and protected the area with a hard wearing sealer.

The chancel floor was treated to a real deep cleaning with our ECO friendly chemicals and sealed with our breathable sealer and polish combination.

If you have a beautiful Victorian floor like this, protect your investment and help return your work of art to its former glory. Our Victorian floor restoration service has been developed over years of experience, fine tuning our chemicals and machinery to produce the very finest restoration results. Click here to get a quotation today.

Services used in this restoration
Victorian Tile Cleaning
Victorian Floor Restoration
Replacement Victorian Tiles

Contaminants found on this floor
Varnish
Carpet Adhesive
Paint
Linseed Oil

Victorian Minton Floor Restoration Derby

Victorian Floor Restoration — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:34:06 +0000

This Victorian Minton tiled floor in Derby had seen a lot of traffic and substrate movement over the years, the majority of which had been caused by rising moisture from the areas surround the cellar.

As you can see from the original photos the floor runs in various directions, the pattern has shifted as a result of the substrate movement. The damaged floor areas consist largely of damaged unsalvageable tiles and the floor had an overall dirty appearance.

Using a combination of reclaimed original tiles and handmade replicas we removed the old substrate and relaid the tiles using the best overall flow, naturally some compromises needed to be made.

If you have a beautiful Victorian floor like this, protect your investment and help return your work of art to its former glory. Our Victorian floor restoration service has been developed over years of experience, fine tuning our chemicals and machinery to produce the very finest restoration results. Click here to get a quotation today.

Services used in this restoration
Victorian Tile Cleaning
Victorian Floor Restoration
Replacement Victorian Tiles

Contaminants found on this floor
Varnish
Carpet Adhesive
Paint
Linseed Oil

Victorian Floor Restoration Alvaston Derby

Victorian Floor Restoration — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:26:45 +0000

This Victorian floor in Alvaston Derby was covered with a smoke screen of old wood varnish was literally draining every ounce of life from the tiles. The problem with varnish is that is designed for covering timber and has a hard time lasting on tiles, usually flaking away in patches. The ingredients stain the lighter coloured tiles and make for a patchy appearance.

Firstly we stripped away the surface varnish before tackling the ingrained dirt. We chose a hard wearing satin gloss finish which not only enhances the Victorian floor tiles but also adds significant protection.

If you have a beautiful Victorian floor like this, protect your investment and help return your work of art to its former glory. Our Victorian floor restoration service has been developed over years of experience, fine tuning our chemicals and machinery to produce the very finest restoration results. Click here to get a quotation today.

Services used in this restoration
Victorian Tile Cleaning
Victorian Floor Restoration
Replacement Victorian Tiles

Contaminants found on this floor
Varnish
Paint
Linseed Oil

Victorian Floor Restoration Chesterfield

Victorian Floor Restoration — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:57:26 +0000

Here we have two Victorian floors in Chesterfield that we have restored, a quarry tiled kitchen area and a geometric Victorian hallway with tiles by Campbell Tile & Brick.

Firstly the Victorian geometric floor required a lot of work, there were literally hundreds of loose tiles that needed reaffixing, this would have been a much simpler process if the floor hadn’t seen so much movement over the years, as a result the floor was very uneven; very hard to match the different floor levels.

The quarry tiled kitchen floor required a really deep clean to remove a very heavy build up of old sealers that had trapped dirt between the layers, the sealer created a smoke screen effect over the floor.

If you have a beautiful Victorian floor like this, protect your investment and help return your work of art to its former glory. Our Victorian floor restoration service has been developed over years of experience, fine tuning our chemicals and machinery to produce the very finest restoration results. Click here to get a quotation today.

Services used in this restoration
Victorian Tile Cleaning
Victorian Floor Restoration
Replacement Victorian Tiles

Contaminants found on this floor
Varnish
Carpet Adhesive
Paint
Linseed Oil

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Victorian Floor Restoration Burton-Upon-Trent

Victorian Floor Restoration — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:20:41 +0000

A very well maintained Victorian encaustic tiled hallway in Burton-Upon-Trent which needed just a few minor repairs along with a deep clean and seal. Over the years the floor had been treated with many different sealers and finishes from famous brands including LTP, HG and Johnson’s and none had produced a satisfaction result.

On closer inspection of the floor it looked as though at one time the Victorian encaustic tiles had been covered by vinyl tiles and the bitumen based adhesive had soaked into some of the more porous tiles.

Using our new vicTex cleaning pads and neutral cleaning products we stripped away the paint, stains and surface contamination before sealing the floor with a breathable satin finish.

If you have a beautiful Victorian floor like this, protect your investment and help return your work of art to its former glory. Our Victorian floor restoration service has been developed over years of experience, fine tuning our chemicals and machinery to produce the very finest restoration results. Click here to get a quotation today.

Victorian Minton Floor Restoration Ockbrook Derbyshire

Victorian Floor Restoration — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:55:22 +0000

This beautiful Victorian hall floor in Ockbrook Derbyshire was full of damp caused by a fitted carpet and underlay preventing any rising moisture from escaping. As a result this trapped moisture has left lots of water marks and various deeply ingrained stains that could not be removed.

Many of the tiles have also been stained with different oils and paint splatters. The floor consists of a mixture of tiles from Victorian tile manufacturers Joseph Hamblet of West Bromwich and The Campbell Tile & Brick company of Stoke.

If you have a beautiful Victorian floor like this, protect your investment and help return your work of art to its former glory. Our Victorian floor restoration service has been developed over years of experience, fine tuning our chemicals and machinery to produce the very finest restoration results. Click here to get a quotation today.

Services
Victorian Tile Cleaning
Victorian Floor Restoration
Replacement Victorian Tiles

Contaminants
Carpet Adhesive
Paint
Linseed Oil

Victorian Minton Floor Restoration Markeaton Derby

Victorian Floor Restoration — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:03:50 +0000

A simply stunning Victorian Minton tiled floor in Derby, full of vivid colours and encaustic tiles, this really is a wonderful Victorian hallway floor. These are the kind of floors we like, nice small mosaic pieces intricately placed to stunning patterns.

There were quite a few loose tiles as the hallway is above a cellar, this loosening of the tiles is possibly caused a slight flex in the timber as you walk along the length of the hallway. The tiles themselves where in very good condition with a few splatters of paint, a couple of oil stains. But the main discolouring was from an old sealer than we stripped away.

Services
Victorian Tile Cleaning
Victorian Floor Restoration
Replacement Victorian Tiles

Contaminants
Varnish
Paint
Linseed Oil

Victorian Minton Floor Restoration Derby

Victorian Floor Restoration — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:40:27 +0000

This stunning Victorian floor in Derby by Minton Hollins of Stoke is a beautiful example of Victorian craftsmanship and considering the age of the floor, all is in good order.

At some stage the floor was covered with vinyl tiles as there is evidence of where the adhesive has etched the tile surface, there are also the odd blemish and bleaching from the use of methyl chloride based stripping products. Unfortunately we were unable to remove all traces of these but where able to reduce their appearance with careful cleaning and colour enhancement of the tiles.

Every effort has been used to remove as much staining as physically possible using our deep cleaning products and new cleaning equipment, following this we fully seal the tile body to protect the floors from further staining.

Services
Victorian Floor Restoration
Replacement Victorian Tiles

Contaminants
Carpet Adhesive
Paint
Linseed Oil

Quarry Tile Floor Cleaning Mayfield Ashbourne

Victorian Floor Restoration — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:41:55 +0000

Here we have a really old quarry tile floor in Mayfield Derbyshire. The floor was initially under linoleum with a cement based levelling compound applied over the quarry tiles.

Unfortunately this combination of cement and linoleum prevented the porous tiles from breathing and trapped a large amount of moisture inside of the tiles. When we removed the cement we found the tiles be soaked; almost sweating out their trapped moisture. This naturally prevented us from completely drying off the floor, so we needed return a few weeks later.

On returning we found the floor to be dry with just the odd patch of efflorescence to treat. The finished look is of a colour enhancing breathable sealer which has a matt look.

Services
Victorian Tile Cleaning
Victorian Floor Restoration

Contaminants
Paint
Linseed Oil