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Category: Slate Tile Maintenance

Oyster Slate Floor Renovation Grasmere

Renovating a Riven Oyster Slate Tiled Floor in Grasmere Cumbria

May 19, 2026
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 |  Multi-Coloured Slate, Removing Sealers from Slate, Riven Slate, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

This Oyster Slate tiled floor installed at a property in Grasmere had become dull and uneven in appearance due to ground-in dirt. The floor was […]

Riven Slate Kitchen Floor Renovation Monmouth

Renovating an Ingrained Riven Slate Kitchen Floor in Monmouth

January 11, 2026
 |  1 Comment
 |  Removing Sealers from Slate, Riven Slate, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

The pictures below are of a Riven Slate Tiled floor in the Kitchen and adjacent Utility area at a property in Monmouth. The customer was […]

Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor Renovation Trellech Wye Valley

Dirty Kitchen Slate Tiled Floor Deep Cleaned and Sealed Trellech Wye Valley

January 13, 2025
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Deep Cleaning Grout, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

Late last year I visited a property in the village of Trellech, situated in the Wye Valley to look at renovating a Slate tiled kitchen […]

Green Riven Slate Floor Cleaning and Sealing Chepstow

Dull Riven Green Slate Floor Stripped and Sealed in Chepstow Monmouthshire

March 24, 2024
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Deep Cleaning Grout, Removing Sealers from Slate, Riven Slate, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

This client in

Limsescale Stained Slate Shower Renovation Bayswater W2

Limescale Stained Slate Shower Tiles Renovated in London

July 4, 2023
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 |  Removing Sealers from Slate, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance, Slate Tiled Shower Cubicles

My client had rented their property in Bayswater out while they were working abroad for a year or so; on their return they discovered the […]

Multicoloured Slate Floor After Cleaning Caistor Lincolnshire

Dull Multi-Coloured Slate Floor Renovated in Lincolnshire

July 2, 2023
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Deep Cleaning Grout, Multi-Coloured Slate, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

I was contacted by a couple from the Lincolnshire market town of Caistor who had a beautiful multi-coloured Slate floor installed in their Kitchen, Hallway […]

Slate Bathroom Tile Renovation Bermondsey

White Staining Removed from a Green Slate Tiled Bathroom in Bermondsey SE16

February 9, 2022
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Removing Sealers from Slate, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance, Slate Tiled Shower Cubicles

This customer from Bermondsey SE16, was having a new shower tray fitted after discovering a leak. He wanted to know if his Green Slate tiles […]

Faded Slate Patio Before After Renovation Twickenham

Renovating Dull Slate Patio Tiles in a Twickenham Garden

May 10, 2021
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Patio Renovation, Slate Tile Maintenance

Our client in Twickenham, Middlesex was about put their house on the market and was concerned about the condition of their Slate patio which was […]

Slate Wall Tiled Bathroom Restoration Maida Vale

Removing Limescale from Slate Bathroom Tiles in Maida Vale London

February 6, 2021
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 |  Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance, Slate Tiled Shower Cubicles

The photographs below are from a bathroom in Maida Vale W9 which had a lovely Slate tiled wall over a bath with shower. Unfortunately, the […]

Chinese Slate Kitchen Floor Renovation Harrogate

Deep Cleaning and Sealing a Chinese Slate Floor in Harrogate

January 5, 2021
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Multi-Coloured Slate, Removing Sealers from Slate, Riven Slate, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

The pictures above are of a 12 metre squared Chinese slate floor in the kitchen of a property in Harrogate which had been laid ten […]

Slate Tiled Floor Before After Maintenance Epsom

Italian Slate Kitchen Slate Renovated in Epsom

October 10, 2020
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Deep Cleaning Grout, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

I thought you might be interested to know that I have numerous clients that I visit every year to maintain the finish on their floor. […]

Slate Tiled Floor Stripped Cleaned and Resealed in Edinburgh

Regular Maintenance of Slate Floors

March 4, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Deep Cleaning Grout, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Cleaning Multi-Coloured Slate Tiled in a Barnard Gate Kitchen

Refreshing A Very Dirty Slate Tiled Floor

March 26, 2015
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Multi-Coloured Slate, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Riven Slate Tiled Floor Restored in Old Barn Conversion in Ince

Deep Cleaning Old Slate Tiles

March 5, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Riven Slate, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Varnished Brazilian Slate tiled floor refinished in Barrow-in-Furness

Restoring the Appearance of Brazillian Slate Tiles

February 4, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Revitalising a Slate and Flagstone floor in Cookham

Putting the life back into Slate Floors

November 18, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Slate Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Dark Slate tiles cleaned and Grout Coloured in Glasgow

Deep Cleaning Slate Tiles in Glasgow

November 8, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Deep Cleaning Grout, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

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 […]

70m2 Slate tiles cleaned and Sealed in Chelwood Gate

Maintaining Slate Floor Tiles

October 28, 2014
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Large Slate Tiled Floor Cleaned and Sealed in Hemingford Grey

Restoring Slate Tiles In A Listed Building

October 27, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Old Slate Tiled Floor Renovated in Hastings

Restoring Slate Floor Tiles

October 16, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Cleaning and Sealing Shell Slate Kitchen Tiles in Lytchett Minster

Dealing with Very Dirty Slate kitchen tiles

August 30, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Kitchen Slate Tiles in Corby

Maintaining Slate Kitchen Tiles

August 20, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Slate Tiled Staircase Cleaned and Sealed in Glasgow

Maintaining A Slate Staircase

August 19, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

These photographs were taken some time ago however I thought they might be interesting as Glasgow has an interesting mix of architecture and occasionally we […]

Cleaning and Sealing Kitchen Slate Tiles in Towcester

Cleaning and Sealing Slate tiles in a Kitchen

July 9, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

These photographs of a Slate tiled floor were taken in the Kitchen of a house in Towcester where the slate was looking rather dull and […]

Cleaning and Sealing Slate Tiles in Ulveston

Deep Cleaning Slate tiles in Cumbria

May 25, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

This property in Ulveston had previously been used as a guest house and was now being refurbished and turned back into a home. The kitchen […]

Slate Tiles Cleaned and Sealed in a Glasgow Kitchen

Removing Grout Haze from Slate Kitchen Tiles

April 27, 2014
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

These Slate tiles were installed in the kitchen of a house in Glasgow and as you can see from the photograph below they were looking […]

Slate tiled floor cleaned and re-sealed in Glasgow

Maintaining Slate Tiles in Glasgow

April 17, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

The photographs below are from the Kitchen of a house in Glasgow with a Slate tiled floor fitted. The sealer on the slate has started […]

Brazilian Slate tiled cellar floor in Urmston Manchester

Restoring Slate Tiles in Historic Stratford

April 15, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

This beautiful Brazilian Slate tiled floor was installed in the cellar of a house in Urmston, Manchester; the slate has never been sealed as so […]

Cleaning Black Slate with White Marble Inserts in Southport

Deteriorated Slate Tiled Floor Rejuvinated in Southport

April 2, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Black Slate, Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Riven Slate, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

An unusual but attractive combination of semi riven black Slate with white Marble inserts had been installed in the hallway of this residence in the […]

Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor Cleaned and Sealed in Harston

Beautiful Slate Kitchen Cleaned and Sealed

March 4, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

These photographs are from that lovely old period property in the village of Harston near Cambridge, you may recall an earlier post where I worked […]

Cleaning Old Slate Flagstones Tiles in Banbury

Combining Sealers for Maximum Effect

February 2, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

These photographs from the hallway of a house in Banbury where old thick slate tiled floor had been laid and the customer was unable to […]

Chinese Slate Strip and Seal in Hale Barns Kitchen

Removing Sealers from Chinese Slate Tiles

January 29, 2014
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Removing Sealers from Slate, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

I was asked to strip and re-seal these interesting Chinese Slate tiles that were installed in the kitchen floor of a property in Hale Barns, […]

Cleaning and Sealing Black Welsh Slate Floor in Whilton

Maintaining Black Welsh Slate

January 26, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  Black Slate, Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

The photographs below are taken from a job in the village of Whilton near Daventry where we were asked to clean and seal a black […]

Cleaning and Sealing Slate Tiles in Windermere

Slate Tile Maintenance in Windemere

December 9, 2013
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

The customer from Windermere called me in to take a look at their Slate tiled kitchen floor which was looking very dirty with ingrained stains […]

Riven Slate Tiled Kitchen floor cleaned and sealed in Tring Bucks

Cleaning Riven Slate Tiles

September 4, 2013
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Riven Slate, Slate Tile Maintenance

These Riven Slate tiles at house in Tring Buckinghamshire had been laid five years earlier and the original sealant had worn off especially around the […]

Cleaning Slate Tiles in a Southampton Kitchen

Restoring a Slate Kitchen Floor

August 27, 2013
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

This beautiful slate floor installed in the Kitchen of a house in Southampton had tons of character but unfortunately years of use had left it […]

Resolving limescale problems on black slate tiles in Hove

Dealing with Limescale on Slate

August 20, 2013
 |  1 Comment
 |  Black Slate, Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tile Maintenance

Recently we were asked to resolve an unusual problem with Limescale deposits on Black Slate floor tiles installed in a WC at a house in […]

Cleaning and Sealing Chinese Slate Floor in Kingsthorpe

Maintaining Chinese Slate tiles

August 12, 2013
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

On this page you will find a good selection of photographs taken during the cleaning and sealing of a Chinese Slate tiled floor in the […]

Slate tile maintained in Bridgenorth

Cleaning Slate Tiles in Staffordshire

July 24, 2013
 |  1 Comment
 |  Black Slate, Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

This slate tiled floor was installed in the Kitchen of a house in the town of Bridgenorth which is in the Severn Valley Staffordshire. The […]

Slate tiled floor cleaned and sealed in Burton-on-Trent

Slate Tile Cleaning in Staffordshire

July 22, 2013
 |  1 Comment
 |  Black Slate, Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring, Slate Tile Maintenance

This slate tiled floor was installed in a Kitchen in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire. The owner of the house felt it was time to get […]

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