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Brazilian Slate Floor Renovated in Harrogate

August 2, 2020
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Multi-Coloured Slate, Removing Sealers from Slate, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

Pictured below is a Slate tiled kitchen floor that had been installed in the kitchen of a property in Harrogate around […]

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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 […]

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Incorrectly Sealed Copper Slate Floor Resealed in Heysham

July 2, 2018
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Deep Cleaning Grout, Sealing Slate Tiles

This customer in the coastal village of Heysham had recently had these beautiful Copper Slate Tiles laid by a builder who […]

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Maintaing Slate Tiled Flooring at a Public House in Leamington Spa

August 7, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles

The Drawing Board is a Gastropub and bar in Leamington Spa with a fantastic homely aesthetic. Leamington Spa itself is a […]

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Amazing Transformation of a Slate Kitchen Floor

April 20, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

This is an interesting example of a Slate tiled floor that was the unfortunate recipient of a solvent-based topical coating which […]

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Restoring the Appearance of a Slate Shower Base

March 8, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  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 […]

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Deep Cleaning a Neglected Kitchen Slate Tiled Floor

February 10, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  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 […]

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Restoring Old Slate Hallway Tiles

January 24, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  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 […]

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Slate Floor Tiles Refurbished in Cambridgeshire

January 9, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  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 […]

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Restoring Very Old and Stained State Flagstones

December 15, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Restoring Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles

Every so often we come across exceptionally old tiles that are in desperate need of restoration. These Slate flagstones at a […]

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Dull and Tired Slate Floor Tile Renovation

November 10, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  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 […]

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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. […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Natural Slate Patio Stripped, Treated for Grout Haze and Sealed

August 28, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  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 […]

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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. […]

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Putting the Colour back Into a Dull Slate Tiled Kitchen Floor

August 17, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  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 […]

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Tiling a Fireplace in Oyster Slate

August 8, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles

The owner of this property in Wawne Village was keen to have their electric fireplace – which was built into the […]

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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 […]

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Refreshing the Appearance of a Slate Tiled Kitchen

July 28, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles, Slate Kitchen Flooring

This small rough Chinese Slate floor in the kitchen of a house in the village of Cheadle near Stockport in Greater […]

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Deep Cleaning and Sealing of a Chineese Slate Tiled Floor

June 21, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Cleaning Slate Floors, Sealing Slate Tiles

This first photo shows a classic example of a poorly maintained floor, which had faded and lost its colour due to […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Refreshing A Very Dirty Slate Tiled Floor

March 26, 2015
 |  1 Comment
 |  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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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