A beautiful Minton floor in Newark, Nottinghamshire from the Victorian era. In this Victorian Floor Restoration we needed to remove loose and damaged tiles and manufacture new encaustic tiles in order to bring out the floors full potential.
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encaustic,
geometric,
newark,
nottingham,
victorian floor tiles
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.
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derbyshire,
encaustic,
geometric,
victorian floor tiles
Victorian Minton Floor Restoration Tewkesbury A wonderful Victorian tiled hallway full of beautiful encaustic tiles, great colours and an interesting border design. Unfortunately the floor was covered with a very old varnish applied over unclean tiles, the varnish had tarnished over time and in turn obscured the floors natural colours and prevented the thorough cleaning [...]
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encaustic,
geometric,
gloucestershire,
tewkesbury,
victorian floor tiles
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 [...]
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derby,
derbyshire,
encaustic,
geometric,
victorian floor tiles
There was an awful lot of oil staining on this Victorian floor restoration project in Blythe Bridge Staffordshire. The floor pattern made good use of some distinctive encaustic tiles along with a good use of colour that lent themselves very well to our colour enhancing sealers. Our first task was to strip away all the [...]
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encaustic,
staffordshire,
victorian floor tiles