Renovating Old Slate Flagstones in Devon Fishermans Cottage
These lovely old Slate flagstones were reclaimed form an old waterworks in Exeter about twenty years ago and had been laid in an old fisherman […]
Deep Cleaning Slate Tile and Grout in a Devon Kitchen
Honiton is an old market town in East Devon with some interesting history. Most of the main buildings in the centre town are Georgian – […]
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” […]
Old Slate Floor Renovation in Northamptonshire
The problems with not maintaining a natural stone floor properly are manifold. The build-up of ingrained dirt and muck is not just unhygienic, it also […]
Amazing Transformation of a Slate Kitchen Floor
This is an interesting example of a Slate tiled floor that was the unfortunate recipient of a solvent-based topical coating which had become contaminated over […]
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 […]
Deep Cleaning a Neglected Kitchen Slate Tiled Floor
We always recommend regular maintenance for stone tiled floors, especially in areas of high traffic and high possibility of spillages, such as kitchens. Unfortunately, most […]
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 […]
Slate Floor Tiles Refurbished in Cambridgeshire
This wonderful Slate tiled floor at a property near the old village of Duxford had been installed throughout the ground floor kitchen, utility room, dining […]
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 […]
Dull and Tired Slate Floor Tile Renovation
This Slate tiled floor at this house in the Pontypool was laid over ten years ago in the kitchen/dining room. The floor had ground in […]
Dealing with Cilit Bang Damaged Slate Tiled Shower Cubicle
One problem we encounter a lot at Tile Doctor is damaged caused to natural stone tiles by unsuitable household cleaning products. This customer, who lives […]
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 […]
Deep Cleaning Soiled Slate Tiles
On rare occasions we encounter extremely dirty tiled floors which have clearly not been cleaned for months, or even years. As you can see from […]
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 […]
Getting the Best Our of Black Brazilian Slate Tiles
Tenuous link I know but I worked on this semi riven Black Brazilian Slate Tiles in the kitchen and dining room of a house in […]
Natural Slate Patio Stripped, Treated for Grout Haze and Sealed
Along with internal tiled floors at residential and commercial properties, we also specialise in the cleaning, restoration and sealing of all types of external tiled […]
Correcting Slate Tiled Floor Installation Issues
These pictures are off a brand new slate floor which the customer assumed would be much darker after she sealed it. Her builder had informed […]
Putting the Colour back Into a Dull Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor
This customer, who lives in Paisley, one of Scotland’s biggest towns – and one with a rich history in the textiles industry – had not […]
Tiling a Fireplace in Oyster Slate
The owner of this property in Wawne Village was keen to have their electric fireplace – which was built into the wall – spruced up […]
Post Installation Cleaning and Sealing of a Slate Floor
One of the worst examples of bad tiling practice is to leave a newly installed floor unsealed and therefore unprotected. This is exactly the problem […]
Refreshing the Appearance of a Slate Tiled Kitchen
This small rough Chinese Slate floor in the kitchen of a house in the village of Cheadle near Stockport in Greater Manchester had not had […]
Deep Cleaning and Sealing of a Chineese Slate Tiled Floor
This first photo shows a classic example of a poorly maintained floor, which had faded and lost its colour due to it not being maintained […]
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 […]
Using Stone Oil To Add Colour To Slate Floor Tiles
These Slate kitchen floor tiles at a property in Oxford were in good physical condition, but had become dull over time due to heavy usage, […]
Removing Grout Haze from Slate Shower Wall Tiles
A builder had made a real mess of this customer’s new Slate tiled wet room. When installing any new natural stone tiles, it is always […]
Putting the Lustre back on Slate Tiled Flooring
Slate tiles have been in use for centuries, often chosen for roofing and both interior and exterior flooring due to their hard-wearing nature. While the […]
Getting the Best From Slate Flooring
This slate floor was installed in the kitchen and adjacent dining area of this house in Shepperton, Middlesex and now as with all sealed floors […]
Removing Limescale from Slate Bathroom Tiles
Our client in Ravensden had a rough slate tiled floor fitted into her en-suite bathroom approximately six years ago. The tiles were never sealed and […]
Dirty Slate Kitchen Floor Deep Cleaned and Resealed
These photographs of a Slate tiled kitchen floor are from a house in Lochwinnoch in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. You can see that […]
Regular Maintenance of Slate Floors
Natural stone products such as Slate need to be sealed for it to look its best, the sealer brings out the best in the natural […]
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 […]
Removing Years of Dirt from Slate Kitchen Tiles
I recently visited a client living in the market town of Woodstock in Oxfordshire to rejuvenate a fantastic multi-coloured Slate floor that had been hidden […]
Slate Kitchen Floor Rejuvenated
This floor was installed in the house of a client in the town of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, I was asked if I could restore the Slate […]
Deep Cleaning Dirty Slate Tiles
This slate floor was installed in the kitchen of a house in the town of Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire. As the name suggests, Burton-on-Trent sits alongside […]
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 […]
Revamping Dirty Slate Tiles
The photographs below are from a property in the small village of Mayfield, located within the High Weald civil parish of Mayfield and Five Ashes […]
Cleaning Very Dirty Riven Slate Kitchen Tiles
I was recently contacted by a client who had just moved into a house in Crowborough, a town in East Sussex which by the way […]
Maitaining a Slate Fireplace Hearth
I thought you might find this post interesting as it’s a little unusual. I had arrived at a client’s house in Boars Hill near Oxford […]
Removing Old Coatings From Slate Tiles
These slate tiles had been laid in the kitchen of a farmhouse in the village of Little Hampden around twenty years ago and since that […]
Refreshing a Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor
Pictures below of a slate tiled kitchen floor that I recently maintained at a house in Burton on Trent. The problem was the usual one […]
Deep Cleaning, Sealing a Slate floor
This was a straight forward refresh of a Slate Tiled floor that had been installed in the kitchen of a house the village of Malmesbury. […]
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 […]
Deep Cleaning Slate Tiles in Glasgow
Slate is a hard-wearing product ideal for floors however it does need a sealer to bring out the best in it and sealers do wear […]
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 […]