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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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.
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A quaint little Victorian hallway in Barton-Under-Needwood Staffordshire which was in need of cleaning. This Victorian floor had seen a lot of traffic and many different coverings over the last 100+ years. At one stage the tiles had vinyl tiles applied to them, later on carpet and laminate which is shame as the floor holds [...]
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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.
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This herringbone floor in Alsager Staffordshire had a few signs of the surface polish and sealer below degrading due to damp. The oleo-resinous seal was very old, discoloured and in the majority of areas broken down.
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