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, Stockport
had just bought the house from auction and was keen to get the VictorianTiled Hallway restored. Reddish
is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
, Greater Manchester.
Victorian tiles areInspired by tiles from the 1800s, charming Victorian Floor Tiles inject a lot of character in your home with classic shapes and styles, with all the benefits of a practical and modern tile.This VictorianHallway Floor was in terrible state, as our customer found it when they removed the old carpet. After removing the carpet they couldn't get it cleaned as it was full of plaster, paint and carpet underlay adhesive. Also couple of tiles were missing and loose, so they decided to google
victorian tile cleaners and luckily found us. On arrival it was clear to us what needed doing to restore this beautiful victorian floor. After explaining the work process our customer was confident enough to book us in straight away.
For cleaning the VictorianFloor we used ourmulti-purpose stripper formulated with a long dwell-time to remove most coatings and sealers, epoxy grout haze, urethane coatings, synthetic finishes, adhesives and paints. This product also draws out ingrained stains and removes heavy grease build-up. First we used the product, steamer and hand scrubbing pad to clean up the hallway corners, as there was heavy adhesive buildup. When corners were finished, it was time to start with the bigger floor clean. We left the product to dwell in for about 15-20 minutes on the victorian tiles and then scrubbed with heavy duty strong scrubbing pad fitted to our rotary machine. After scrubbing we rinsed the scrubbed area and removed the soiled water with our wet vacuum.
After removing the old sealer and most of the mess on the victorian floor, we still had to go over the floor it with our acid cleaner, which is designed to clean up grout haze and plaster. Firstwe had to scrape off thicker parts of the plaster and then repeated the same cleaning and scrubbing process again with the acid cleaner.
Most of the cleaning done we moved to replace some of the tiles and fix the loose ones. Luckily they had the same victorian tiles all the way to bathroom as well, which they wanted to cover up anyway, so we managed to take the missing victorian tiles from there.
When the problem tiles were fixed, there was still some dirt ingrained in the tiles, so we had to go over the floor with the 200 grit diamond burnishing pad. The burnishing pad worked as a treat and left an amazing smooth finish. Due to burnishing the floor after cleaning we went over the Victorian Tiled Floor with our acid cleaner again to prevent any mineral salt deposits ( efflorescence) coming up when the floor dries.
Finally all repairs, stripping and cleaning done we left the floor to dry for 48 hours.
On the return, we checked the floor with our damp tester and removed any damp with our heavy duty heat gun. All prepared, we started sealing. For sealing the victorian tiles we used colour enhancing impregnating sealer which leaves a natural matt finish while bringing out the colours. This floor took 3 coats of the sealer. After every coat we left it to dwell in for about 15 minutes and then removed any not absorbed sealer with soft cotton cloths.
Customer was extremely happy with the work completed in her hallway, as the result was amazing.
She even left us a feedback:
I can't thank Tony and Henry enough, they were professional throughout and did a brilliant restoration job on my Victorian hallway. Will recommend them to everyone!
Find out more about Victorian Tiles Cleaning and Maintenance here: https://www.qualitytilecare.co.uk/victorian-tiles-cleaning
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