Multi-Coloured Slate Kitchen Floor Repaired and Restored in Penarth South Wales
Tile Doctor was contacted by a homeowner in Penarth to see if anything could be done to salvage this multi-coloured Slate floor which had been […]
Water Damaged Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor Renovated in Manchester
A lovely lady from Manchester contacted us early in the new year about her beautiful Indian Slate floor that had been laid in her Kitchen […]
Indian Slate Floor Tile and Grout Overhauled in Harrogate
A couple of weeks before last Christmas I visited a property in Harrogate to renovate an Indian Slate tiled kitchen floor. The end of the […]
Faded Black Slate Kitchen Flooring Given New Life in Tooting South London
The photos below are of a Black Slate Kitchen floor at a property in Tooting SW17, which as you can see had lost all its […]
Old Caithness Black Slate Floor Resurfaced and Sealed in Gressingham
The photos above detail the restoration of Black Caithness Slate pavers at an old cottage in the village of Gressingham on the outskirts of Lancaster. […]
Tired 200 Year Old Black Slate Floor Restored at Ullswater Miners Cottage
I thought I would share the details of this Black Slate floor renovation we recently completed in Glenridding in Ullswater. Slate is a popular choice […]
Old Black Slate Floor Milled Flat and Cleaned in Grange over Sands, South Cumbria
The customer from Grange Over Sands had taken up a musty smelling carpet that had been in place for many years over a Black Slate […]
200 Year Old Slate Floor in Bideford Cottage Given New Lease of Life
Whilst surveying this 200+ year old floor at a cottage in Bideford the owners told me that they were quite set on pulling up their […]
Renovating a 150 Year Old Green Slate Kitchen Floor in Leyland, Lancashire
This is an old Riven Green Slate floor in the kitchen of a property in Leyland that dates to when the house was built around […]
Restoring an old Black Slate Hallway floor in Grange over Sands
I recently completed the renovation of a Black Slate Floor at a property in Grange over Sands. The Slate floor was in the hallway which […]
Stripping Sealers off a Stunning Indian Slate Tiled Kichen Floor in Reading
Details below of a very heavily soiled Indian Slate floor at a property in the small village of Bradfield near Reading. The floor had been […]
Multi-Coloured Slate Floor Cleaned and Sealed in Middlesex
Except for general cleaning this multi-coloured slate floor had not been professionally cleaned since installation eleven years prior. Any sealer that had once been applied […]
Removing Varnish from Flood Damaged Slate Tiles in Calderdale
I was contacted by the owners of a cottage in the small village of Cragg Vale who had unfortunately suffered a flood in their kitchen […]
Re-grouting a large Slate Tiled floor in Oxted, East-Surrey
This was a very large natural slate floor installed throughout much of the ground floor at a property in East Surrey town of Oxted. The […]
Renovating Riven Chinese Slate Tiles in a Water Damaged Kitchen, Shipdham
Slow leaking underfloor pipes are guaranteed to wreck the look of an expensive tiled floor and this is exactly what had happened at our client’s […]
Restoring Neglected Multi-Coloured Slate Kitchen Floor Near Barnsley
The owner of this house in Silkstone, which is a village situated in the foothills of the Pennines a few miles West of Barnsley, had […]
Reclaimed Slate Floor Renovation near Norwich
When the old Rowntree Mackintosh sweet factory at Chapelfield in Norwich was closed down and eventually demolished, our client acquired a quantity of the beautiful […]
Slate Tiled Hallway Repaired and Restored following Central Heating Installation in Lancashire
Rough Slate is notorious for homeowners to maintain as dirt can quickly become trapped in the rough surfaces. The example on this page is that […]
Renovating a Dull and Scratched Slate Floor in an East Sussex Conservatory
This Slate tiled floor had been installed in the conservatory of a property in Eastbourne, which I’m sure your aware is a large and well-known […]
Ruined Slate Tiled Floor Fully Restored in Bexhill
The photos below show what can only be described as a botched installation of a black Slate tiled living room floor by a non-expert builder. […]
Builds Clean for New Slate Floor at Farnham Barn Conversion
Converting a barn into a property can be an exciting project, but it certainly doesn’t come without a range of challenges. If done correctly, they […]
Semi-Riven Multicoloured Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor Cleaned and Sealed
Slate tiles do look incredible but like any natural stone you really need to maintain the sealer if you want them to stay that way. […]
Grey Brazilian Slate Tiles Renovated in Bedfordshire
Brazilian Slate is amongst some of the highest quality available in the world and the grey variant is particularly striking when used for large areas […]
Old Slate Floor Restored in Cumbrian Cottage
Stone and Tiled floors will degrade over time so much that they can appear to be simply beyond being restoration. It goes without saying that […]
Removing Sticky Coatings from Slate Floor Tiles
A recent customer of mine had a Slate tiled conservatory that had not been used in a long time since it had become covered in […]
Transforming Multi-Coloured Slate Floors in Hertfordshire
Slate is a very popular choice for floor tiles due to it being hard wearing with a relatively low porosity making it more stain resistant. […]
Restoring Bleach Damaged Slate Pool Tiles In in Northamptonshire
This very nice house in a village near Oundle in Northamptonshire features something we don’t see too often in residential property – an indoor swimming […]
Restoring the Appearance of a Beautiful Slate Kitchen Floor in Essex
The single most important thing you need to do after having a new natural stone floor installed is to seal the tiles. The sealant acts […]
Restoring Discoloured Slate Shower Tiles in Oxfordshire
This house in Wantage was on the market to be sold but many potential buyers had been put off by the poor condition of the […]
Riven Slate Patio Left Covered in Grout Smears By Northans Builder Restored
This customer, who lives in Wollaston, a small village in Northamptonshire, called me to look at the unfortunate condition of her Riven Slate tiled patio. […]
Slate Kitchen Floor Restored at Wye Valley Cottage
Ross-on-Wye, an area located in South Hertfordshire and close to the Monmouthshire border in Wales, is known as the “birthplace of the British tourist industry” […]
Restoring Green Westmorland Slate Tiles in Yorkshire
It’s not too common that you find two very different natural stone tiled floors in the same property. However, this is exactly what I discovered […]
Restoring the Appearance of a Slate Shower Base
When used to clean natural stone, supermarket products can often cause more harm than good as this recent customer of mine discovered this the hard […]
Restoring Old Slate Hallway Tiles
African Slate has a striking realism to it and its natural mix of light and dark shades is difficult to compare to anything else. This […]
Restoring Very Old and Stained State Flagstones
Every so often we come across exceptionally old tiles that are in desperate need of restoration. These Slate flagstones at a property in Banbury, Oxfordshire […]
Rejuvenating a Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor
Kitchen tiles are never the easiest to keep clean. Food and drink spillages are likely to happen on a daily basis, especially if you live […]
Restoring the Appearance of Polished Slate Tiles in Boston
While fantastic to look at, Riven Slate tiles can be particularly difficult to keep clean. The natural unevenness of the stone causes dirt to become […]
Restoring the appearance of Chinese Slate floor in Dorset
The photographs below are of rough Chinese Slate floor tiles installed at a house in Dorchester; they had not been deep cleaned in a long […]
Restoring the Appearance of Slate Flooring in Middlesex
Slate is a popular choice for tiled kitchen floors and when properly maintained looks fantastic, however like all natural stone products without an effective cleaning […]
Restoring a Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor
These photographs below are of a Slate Tiled Kitchen floor taken at a customer’s house in Henley-on-Thames which, as its name suggests, sits alongside the […]
Restoring the Appearance of a Slate Tiled Floor
Every now and again, I get called to work on tiled floors which have were laid some time ago and not properly maintained in a […]
Refreshing A Very Dirty Slate Tiled Floor
This Multi-Coloured Slate tiled floor in the kitchen of a property in Barnard Gate near Witney was in good solid condition with no damage but […]
Deep Cleaning Old Slate Tiles
A customer in Telford recently bought this barn conversion in the village of Ince, Cheshire. The building had Riven Slate floor tiles installed on the […]
Restoring the Appearance of Brazillian Slate Tiles
This beautiful Brazilian Slate tiled floor was installed in the kitchen of a house in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria; the slate has been previously sealed with a […]
Putting the life back into Slate Floors
Details below of a tired Slate and Flag Stone floor installed in a house in Cookham, Berkshire; the client was actually the son of an […]
Maintaining Slate Floor Tiles
This customer from Chelwood Gate which is a small village south of East Grinstead contacted me asking for the Slate tiles in their kitchen, utility […]
Restoring Slate Tiles In A Listed Building
This is a 25m2 Slate tiled floor installed in a grade 2 listed coach house in the village of Hemingford Grey on the banks of […]
Restoring Slate Floor Tiles
This Slate Tiled floor belongs to a client who had recently bought an old Oast House in Hastings. They were in the process of restoring […]
Dealing with Very Dirty Slate kitchen tiles
This Shell Slate tiled floor was installed in the kitchen of a house in Lytchett Minster and had not been sealed after its installation over […]
Maintaining Slate Kitchen Tiles
Another example of a tired Slate Tiled floor that was in need of a clean and seal, this time in the industrial town of Corby […]