Restoring the Appearance of a Terracotta Tiled Kitchen Floor in Kingston-on-Thames
It’s very surprising how often I hear from home owners who are considering completely replacing tiled floors that can be easily be salvaged. While some […]
It’s very surprising how often I hear from home owners who are considering completely replacing tiled floors that can be easily be salvaged. While some […]
At Tile Doctor, we have completed a wide variety of restoration jobs, from very large floors in hotels and restaurants to smaller floors in kitchens […]
The pictures below were taken at a beautiful Hertfordshire Lodge located on the outskirts of Welwyn Garden City where the traditional Terracotta Kitchen floor had […]
This is an unusual job we did in the old town of Crewkerne which is on the southern edge of Somerset near Dorset. We were […]
Terracotta, terra cotta or terra-cotta meaning baked earth is a clay based tile which can be glazed or unglazed and were traditionally hand-made. Because of […]
Isleham is a small village in the Fens area of Cambridgeshire which, as the name suggests, is a natural marshland. The town itself is home […]
Mexico is known to produce some of the best quality Terracotta tiles, with the Saltillo region in the north-east of the country being particularly famous […]
Terracotta tiles are made all over the world and not surprisingly are very popular around the Mediterranean which is where these Catalan Terracotta Tiles were […]
This post comes from a job I did for a customer in who lives in the town of Runcorn on the south bank of the […]
This old Terracotta floor in Shenley Brook End near Milton Keynes was already dirty with very little sealer intact when our customer moved into the […]
Cracks can appear in tiles for several different reasons, but in all cases, they spoil the overall appearance of the floor. I was contacted just […]
Anyone with familiar with tile cleaning and maintenance will know that Terracotta is one of the most difficult of tiles to seal. This is due […]
This newly installed Herringbone-style Terracotta tiled floor in a refurbished kitchen was heavily covered with patches of grout haze. The customer, who lives in the […]
Due to its naturally high porosity, Terracotta is more susceptible to ingrained dirt than other types of stone tile. Typically, this downside is simple to […]
Terracotta is an interesting type of stone manufactured using a variety of techniques dependant on the country of origin which leads to a number of […]
In our experience there is a general lack of good maintenance advice given when new tiled floors are installed which results in floors that looked […]
Newly built properties are not without their problems and often take a while to resolve all the snagging which occasionally extends to resolving problems with […]
These Terracotta tiles, located at a property in the town of Pendle, Lancashire had the unique circumstances of being covered by a thick layer of […]
Terracotta may be one of the most aesthetically pleasing types of tiled floor, but as many of our customers will tell you can be particularly […]
Having an effective sealer in place is essential for ensuring the long term condition of tiled floors in fact a lack of sealer can make […]
This Terracotta tiled kitchen in the village of Willingale near Maldon, in the Epping Forest District of Essex had lost its finish and looked slightly […]
The old town of Halstead, Essex, meaning ‘safe place’ or ‘place of refuge’ in Old English, was the site of this job. Similarly, historic is […]
The new owner of this house in the very old and quaint English village of Penn, Buckinghamshire wanted to refresh the look of the Terracotta […]
As part of our service we advise customers on best practice for maintaining the appearance of the floor and I’m happy to report this client […]
Cranleigh is the self-proclaimed largest village in England, sitting about 8 miles southeast of Guildford in Surrey. One of its villagers contacted me recently to […]
Sealers really do bring out the best in Terracotta tiles, however the catch is they will wear off over time and if you want to […]
Here’s an interesting job I completed recently in the town of Lymington which is a lovely costal town within the New Forest and on the […]
This Terracotta tiled floor was installed in the conservatory of a house in the old market town of Garstang, Lancashire, famous for being the world’s […]
Not too long ago, I visited a house in the town of Fulwood in Preston, Lancashire. My client had a Terracotta tiled floor which had […]
Not too long ago, I was contacted by a client in the town of Wickford, which is a fairly small, quiet town in the south […]