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Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor Renovation Trellech Wye Valley

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

January 13, 2025
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 |  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 […]

Limescale Stained Slate Shower Floor Renovated Penn

Cleaning Thick Limescale from Slate Shower Tiles in Penn Buckinghamshire

December 12, 2023
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 |  Black Slate, Cleaning Slate Floors, Removing Sealers from Slate, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tiled Shower Cubicles

This is a great example of what we can achieve with very stained Slate Tiles so well worth sharing. The customer was from Penn 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 […]

Abused Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor Renovation Molesey

Removing Paint and Plaster from Slate Tiles in Molesey Middlesex

January 17, 2023
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Deep Cleaning Grout, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

This Slate tiled kitchen floor in the town of Molesey had been abused by builders doing a renovation on the kitchen and had not covered […]

Slate Shower Floor Tiles Before After Limescale Cleaning in High Wycombe

Removing Encrusted Limescale on a Slate Shower Tray in Buckinghamshire

July 13, 2021
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 |  Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tiled Shower Cubicles

I received this enquiry from a client in High Wycombe who needed the Slate tiled shower floor cleaning. I visited site to view the problem […]

Slate Tiled Floor Before After Renovation Walton on Thames

Renovating a Varnished Slate Kitchen Floor in Walton on Thames

February 19, 2020
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Removing Sealers from Slate, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

Our client had previously employed another company to tackle this large Slate floor in Walton on Thames but they hadn’t managed to remove the old […]

Riven Green Slate Floor Before After Cleaning Sealing Oldham

Riven Green Slate Kitchen Floor Cleaned and sealed in Oldham

January 21, 2020
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Deep Cleaning Grout, Sealing Slate Tiles

The pictures below are of a Dark Green Riven Slate floor that was installed around twenty years ago in the kitchen of a property in […]

Slate Floor After Sealing Moseley

Stripping Multiple Coats of Sealer off a Slate Tiled Floor in Birmingham

March 20, 2019
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Removing Sealers from Slate, Slate Kitchen Flooring

A client contacted me regarding their slate tiled floor which had only been down a few years and was now looking dull and uninviting. The […]

Slate Tiled Bathroom EnSuite Stevenage After Cleaning

Slate Shower Tiles Stained with Limescale Renovated in Stevenage, Hertfordshire

November 1, 2018
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Slate Tiled Shower Cubicles

Our client contacted Tile Doctor as they were having problems cleaning their Slate tiled ensuite bathroom. We visited the property in nearby Stevenage, a London […]

Badly Marked Slate Shower Tray in Clapham After Restoration

Restoring the Appearance of a Slate Shower Base

March 8, 2017
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tiled Shower Cubicles

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 […]

Slate Kitchen floor After Cleaining Sunbury-on-Thames

Deep Cleaning a Neglected Kitchen Slate Tiled Floor

February 10, 2017
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

African Slate Floor After Cleaning and Sealed in Mickleton

Restoring Old Slate Hallway Tiles

January 24, 2017
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 Duxford After Cleaning and sealing

Slate Floor Tiles Refurbished in Cambridgeshire

January 9, 2017
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Slate Floor After Cleaning Pontypool

Dull and Tired Slate Floor Tile Renovation

November 10, 2016
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Slate Shower After Burnishing Churt

Dealing with Cilit Bang Damaged Slate Tiled Shower Cubicle

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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tiled Shower Cubicles

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 […]

Slate Floor Tiles After Grout Colouring in Linwood

Rejuvenating a Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor

November 9, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Riven slate floor After Sealing at Boston Farmhouse

Restoring the Appearance of Polished Slate Tiles in Boston

November 6, 2016
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles

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 […]

Slate Floor After Cleaning Sealing Gateside

Deep Cleaning Soiled Slate Tiles

October 26, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Chinese Rough Slate After Cleaning Dorchester

Restoring the appearance of Chinese Slate floor in Dorset

September 30, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles

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 […]

Brazilian Black Slate After Cleaning Sealing Thornton Cleveleys

Getting the Best Our of Black Brazilian Slate Tiles

September 7, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Black Slate, Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Patio Slate Tiles with Grout Haze Removed and Sealed in Brackley

Natural Slate Patio Stripped, Treated for Grout Haze and Sealed

August 28, 2016
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Removing Sealers from Slate, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Patio Renovation

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 […]

Grout Haze Removed From Slate Tiles Woburn Sands

Correcting Slate Tiled Floor Installation Issues

August 19, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles

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 […]

Slate Floor Treated with stone oil in Paisley

Putting the Colour back Into a Dull Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor

August 17, 2016
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 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

This customer, who lives in Paisley, one of Scotland’s biggest towns – and one with a rich history in the textiles industry – had not […]

Slate Floor After Clean and seal grout recolour in Lymm Cheshire

Post Installation Cleaning and Sealing of a Slate Floor

August 1, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Slate Floor After Cleaning in Twickenham

Restoring the Appearance of Slate Flooring in Middlesex

May 26, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Slate Floor Tiles after refresh Oxford

Using Stone Oil To Add Colour To Slate Floor Tiles

May 23, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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, […]

Slate Tiled Floor After Restoration Sevenoaks

Removing Grout Haze from Slate Shower Wall Tiles

May 6, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Tiled Shower Cubicles

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 […]

Slate Floor After Cleaning In Hampton

Putting the Lustre back on Slate Tiled Flooring

April 14, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen 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 […]

Slate Floor After Cleaning In Shepperton

Getting the Best From Slate Flooring

April 9, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen 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 […]

Limescale Treated on Slate Bathroom Tiles Ravenden After

Removing Limescale from Slate Bathroom Tiles

March 23, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate 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 […]

Slate Floor After Cleaning and Sealing in Lochwinnoch

Dirty Slate Kitchen Floor Deep Cleaned and Resealed

March 16, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Slate Tiled Floor After Sealing 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 […]

Slate Tiled Floor After Cleaning Henley-on-Thames

Restoring a Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor

January 17, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Multi Coloured Slate After Cleaning Woodstock

Removing Years of Dirt from Slate Kitchen Tiles

December 7, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 Floor After Cleaning and Sealing in Trowbridge

Slate Kitchen Floor Rejuvenated

November 20, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Slate Tiled Floor After Cleaning Burton on Trent

Deep Cleaning Dirty Slate Tiles

November 12, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Slate Tiled Floor Bedford After Cleaning and sealing

Restoring the Appearance of a Slate Tiled Floor

October 5, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles

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 […]

Slate floor after cleaning in Mayfield

Revamping Dirty Slate Tiles

September 3, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing 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 […]

Slate floor after cleaning Crowborough

Cleaning Very Dirty Riven Slate Kitchen Tiles

August 31, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Riven Slate, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

stained slate fireplace hearth Boars Hill After

Maitaining a Slate Fireplace Hearth

June 24, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles

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 […]

Slate Tiled Kitchen Farmhouse Floor After Sealing in Little Hampden

Removing Old Coatings From Slate Tiles

May 31, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Slate Tiles in Burton on Trent After Cleaning

Refreshing a Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor

May 30, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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 […]

Slate Floor Malmesbury After Sealing

Deep Cleaning, Sealing a Slate floor

May 15, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

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. […]

Varnished Brazilian Slate Tiles Finished

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 […]

Flagstone Floor Cookham After Cleaning

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 […]

Slate Tiled Floor Chelwood Gate After Sealing

Maintaining Slate Floor Tiles

October 28, 2014
 |  1 Comment
 |  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 […]

Shell Slate at Lytchett Minster After Cleaning

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 […]

Slate floor after sealing 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 stairs in Glasgow after

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 […]

Slate Tiles Towcester After Sealing

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 […]

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