Bridgnorth Tile Cleaning

Bridgnorth Tile Cleaning

Welcome to my Work History archive where you will find examples of the cleaning and renovation of tiles carried out in Bridgnorth.

Cracked Travertine Tiles After Repair in Worfield

Cracked Travertine Tiles Repaired in Worfield

This customer from the village of Worfield has a Travertine tiled floor in their kitchen/dining room which had a crack across four of the tiles. The dining room forms an extension to the original old building and as you can the crack had occurred along the front of the patio doorway. Potentially this could indicate an issue with the foundation as there was a definite difference in the height of the tiles on either side of the crack.

Cracked Travertine Tiles Before Repair in Worfield

Repairing Cracked Travertine Tile

To repair the crack I cleaned the area, dried it and then filled the crack with a colour matching resin. When the resin was set I started to grind the tiles to bring them back to the same level and then finished by polishing.

Cracked Travertine Tiles After Repair in Worfield
Naturally I mentioned our cleaning and sealing service but as it turns out the customer had only recently cleaned and sealed the floor themselves and so I was only needed for the repair which I think you will agree has turned out rather well, certainly the customer was happy as they left the following feedback on my profile.

“Jozsef has done a brilliant job, would certainly recommend him .”

Travertine Tiled Floor Burnished and Sealed in Shropshire

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Terracotta Tiled Floor Cleaning Alveley After

Quarry and Terracotta Tiled Floors Restored in Alveley

These photographs were taken at a recently purchased cottage in Alveley, Bridgenorth and the new owner was keen to refurbish the floors. The quarry tiles in the lounge had grout haze and general dirt on also the grout needed replacing in several places.
The remaining areas were covered with Terracotta tiles which they had thought were quarry tiles. On first impression I thought they were a patterned ceramic tile as the tiles a slight sheen on them and the “pattern” looked uniform however on closer inspection I realised that they were definitely not ceramic so I did a test clean on a small area and it turned out that the apparent pattern was in actual fact from a build up dirt all over the tile; the owners were shocked at the discovery.

Terracotta Tiled Floor Cleaning Alveley TestPatch

Cleaning Quarry and Terracotta Tiles

I cleaned both floors with a dilution of Tile Doctor Remove and Go which was left to soak into the tiles for a while before being scrubbed in using a rotary machine fitted with a black pad and the dirty water was removed using a wet vacuum.

Quarry Tiled Floor Cleaning Alveley Before Terracotta Tiled Floor Cleaning Alveley Before

The Terracotta tiles needed extra attention so I scrubbed them once again with a brush paying special attention to the tiny holes in the surface of the tile which had become ingrained with dirt. Once I was happy both floors were given a final rinse to remove any cleaning products and I finished the day repairing the grout line in the lounge.

Terracotta Tiled Floor Cleaning Alveley During Terracotta Tiled Floor Cleaning Alveley During

Sealing a Quarry Floor Sealing

I left the floor for a week so it could dry out thoroughly and when I returned to seal the floor, the damp meter indicated that the floor was dry enough to take the sealer. At the same time I did a final inspection of the floors and spot cleaned those areas where it was needed using a heat gun to dry the tiles afterwards. The customer had dogs and had specified a matt finish so I sealed the Quarry and Terracotta tiles several coats of Tile Doctor Colour Grow which is an impregnating sealer that occupies the pores in the tile and also enhances the colour of the tile.

Quarry Tiled Floor Cleaning Alveley During Terracotta Tiled Floor Cleaning Alveley After

Needless to say the customer was really pleased with the result.

Deep Cleaning Quarry and Terracotta tiles in Shropshire

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