Victorian Floor Restoration

Victorian Floor Restoration Budby Nottinghamshire

Here we have a Victorian floor in a famous period property in Budby Nottinghamshire which was in serious need of restoration. Having been trapped beneath carpet for the many years the tiles had become ingrained with dirt, the carpet adhesive had welded itself to the tiles and plenty of paints had soaked into the tile body.

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Quarry Tile Restoration Middleton Warwickshire

A very old quarry tile floor in a cottage in Middleton Warwickshire, that had been seen by many of our competitors who failed to impress or show any degree of expert knowledge, hence we were chosen for the project.

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Quarry Tile Restoration Duloe Cambridgeshire

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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Victorian Floor Restoration Ely Cambridgeshire

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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Victorian Floor Restoration Chesterfield

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 [...]

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Victorian Floor Restoration Solihull West Midlands

A Victorian hallway tiled in a basket weave pattern of Minton Hollins tiles in Solihull West Midlands, overall the floor was in a nice solid condition with the odd character crack here and there. We reaffixed any loose tiles that were found before the cleaning process was started. As you may see from the ‘before’ [...]

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Victorian Floor Restoration Blythe Bridge Staffordshire

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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Victorian Floor Restoration Kettering Northamptonshire

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 [...]

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Victorian Floor Restoration Chesterton Cambridgeshire

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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Victorian Floor Restoration Nuneaton Warwickshire

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.

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Victorian Marble Floor Restoration Leeds

A wonderful Victorian marble entrance hall in Leeds that had seen over a 100 years of traffic. The floor had many deep scratches and gouges that had filled with dirt from footfall. Minor scratches from walking dust and grit into the soft Victorian marble tiles had effectively removed the gloss from the surface.

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Quarry Tile Floor Restoration Leeds

Here we have three Victorian quarry tiled floors in Leeds that were found beneath cork tiles a few years back. As you can see from the before photos there are a multitude of stains from oils, grease, wax and some water stains from a dogs water bowl. From the colour of the floor it looks [...]

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Victorian Floor Restoration Wellingborough

This Victorian floor in Wellingborough Northamptonshire had seen plenty of traffic over the years with many of the tiles showing signs of wear and dishing. Evidence of previous restoration attempts by the previous owners were also visible, with bleached spots and splashes from high ph cleaning products.

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Victorian Floor Restoration Burton-Upon-Trent

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.

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Victorian Floor Cleaning Haconby Lincolnshire

Here we have a very unique Victorian tiled hallway floor in the small village of Haconby Lincolnshire. The geometric floor covered by carpet for many years had absorbed a lot of carpet underlay along with staining from oil and wax coatings.

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Victorian Floor Restoration Barrow-In-Furness

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 [...]

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Victorian Floor Restoration Stourbridge

Stourbridge West Midlands, tiles by Craven Dunnill. Covered with a concoction of different floor finishes that had worn, become flaky creating an impression of dirty surface. These coatings would need to be removed if the tiles were to be thoroughly cleaned.

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Victorian Floor Cleaning West Bridgford Nottingham

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.

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Victorian Minton Floor Cleaning Melton Mowbray

A superb example of Victorian tiled flooring in Melton Mowbray Leicestershire consisting completely of 1.5″ tiles from Minton Hollins. The floor had a few loose sections but otherwise fully intact with the odd raised area where the substrate had swollen from moisture absorption. The floor looked as though the mopping water had actively trapped excess [...]

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Victorian Minton Floor Cleaning Leicester

A well aged Victorian floor in Leicester laid throughout the hallway area. The floor was sealed with a light oil, this had attracted a great deal of dirt over the years. There was also quite a deal of paint splattered around the edges of the floor.