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Victorian Floor Restoration Blythe Bridge Staffordshire

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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 [...]

Victorian Floor Restoration Kettering Northamptonshire

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Plenty of staining from carpet adhesives and rubber underlays are dotted across this wonderful Victorian encaustic tiled hallway in Kettering Northamptonshire. As usual the natural earth coloured tiles are the worst affected by staining from the solvent adhesives, the less porous harder whites, blues and greens have largely avoided the same level of staining. Around [...]

Victorian Floor Restoration Chesterton Cambridgeshire

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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 [...]

Victorian Floor Restoration Nuneaton Warwickshire

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These Victorian floor tiles were manufactured Godwin of Hereford and here we see how wonderful they look in the Victorian hallway in Nuneaton Warwickshire. Overall the floor was in a very nice condition with only a few loose tiles that needed re-fixing.

Victorian Floor Restoration Burton-Upon-Trent

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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.

Victorian Floor Restoration Barrow-In-Furness

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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 [...]

Victorian Floor Cleaning West Bridgford Nottingham

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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.

Victorian Floor Cleaning Shenstone Staffordshire

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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.

Victorian Minton Floor Restoration Ockbrook Derbyshire

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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.

Victorian Minton Floor Restoration Markeaton Derby

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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.

Victorian Minton Floor Restoration Derby

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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.

Victorian Floor Cleaning Alsager Staffordshire

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This is by far one of most beautiful Victorian floors we’ve seen, the use of colours, encaustic tiles and shapes is simply wonderful. The tiles are original Victorian Craven Dunnill tiles with very few loose or damaged tiles in the floor.

Minton Floor Cleaning Leeds

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A truly gorgeous Minton tiled hallway in Leeds. The Victorian encaustic border tiles are simply divine and really complement the use of strong blues throughout the floor design.

Victorian Floor Restoration West Bridgford Nottingham

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This Victorian tiled hallway in West Bridgford Nottingham comprises of E. Smith of Coalville tiles and is on the whole in pretty good condition; some lovely encaustic tiles are used within the floor design.

Minton Floor Cleaning Olney Buckinghamshire

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This wonderful Minton tiled hallway floor in Olney Buckinghamshire seemed to continue forever, around corners under stairs and into store rooms. We found the floor to be in very clean state as the owner has already done a fantastic job of restoring the floor

Victorian Tile Cleaning Clifton Bristol

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It was quite a bit of a trek travelling down to Clifton Bristol to work on this Victorian tiled hallway, but totally worth it. These beautiful are made by Godwin and still look absolutely stunning.

Minton Victorian Floor Cleaning Atherstone Warwickshire

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A Stunning Minton tiled floor in Atherstone Warwickshire that had been covered with carpet until exposed by the current owner. We found this Victorian-style floor to have a lot of cement and plaster splatters from careless tradesmen, plus a good dose of paint spray to boot.

Minton Floor Cleaning Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire

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This simply stunning Victorian tiled hallway in Stoke-on-Trent had a huge array of contaminants absorbed into the clay body, which had until we arrived resisted all cleaning products thrown at it; including brick acid!!

Minton Floor Restoration The Park Nottingham

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The moment I saw this floor I knew it held bags of potential to be a truly stunning piece and possibly a couple of surprises. The floor has pretty much all you could want a restorer; beautifully rich colours, encaustic borders, a gorgeous feature panel and intricate patterns to tie it all together.

Victorian Tile Floor Cleaning The Park Nottingham

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A truly beautiful example of Victorian floor tiling in The Park, Nottingham. These Victorian tiles circa 1880 by Minton Hollins & Co are not only beautifully ornate but also incorporate a wonderful colour palette with rich browns, baby blue and a scattering of purple.