Renovating a Paint Stained Slate Floor in Hampton, Middlesex
It’s surprising how often I get asked to look at tiled floors stained with paint and other chemicals because of careless decorating work. Such was […]
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 […]
Getting the Best from Slate Patio Pavers in Berkshire
Details below of a job I completed earlier in the summer in the Berkshire town of Thatcham which is just east of Newbury. The customer […]
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. […]
Putting new life into a Welsh Slate Kitchen floor in Derbyshire
This post comes from a lovely house in Ticknall, Derbyshire where the owner had installed a Welsh Slate Tiled Floor in their Kitchen ten years […]
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 […]
Renovating a Slate Tiled Shower Cubicle in Oxfordshire
Just Southwest of Bicester, Kidlington is one of the largest villages in England with a population of nearly 14,000. There are a lot of amenities, […]
Dealing with Scratched Slate Floor Tiles in a Surrey Kitchen
This property owner in Weybridge recently had a new fridge delivered by a well-known electrical retailer that has an unusual policy of not protecting its […]
Maintaing Slate Tiled Flooring at a Public House in Leamington Spa
The Drawing Board is a Gastropub and bar in Leamington Spa with a fantastic homely aesthetic. Leamington Spa itself is a spa town in Warwickshire, […]
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 […]
Slate Tiled Floor Renovation after Building Work in North Bucks Kitchen
Sealing is a fundamental part of any stone floor installation. If your builder or tiler hasn’t sealed your floor, he’s done something wrong – and […]
Renovating Slate Hallway Floor Tiles in Gloucester
This Slate tiled floor in the hallway of a property in Gloucester had been laid 28 years ago, but during this time had received no […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
End of Tennancy Kitchen Floor Cleaning in Berkshire
If you’ve ever rented out a property for a long period of time, you’ll likely to have been concerned, at one point or another, about […]
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 […]