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Terracotta Tiled_Floor After Cleaning Knutsford

Stripping Off an Old Terracotta Sealer in Knutsford

May 16, 2018
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 |  Grout Cleaning, Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

We were asked if we could restore the appearance of a large Terracotta tiled floor in a kitchen/dinner that had not been cleaned for many […]

Terracotta Tiled Floor After Clean and Seal in Bishop Stortford

Renovating a Terracotta Tiled Kitchen Floor in Essex

May 11, 2018
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 |  Grout Cleaning, Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

We had a request to visit a beautiful Barn conversion on the Essex side of the market town of Bishop Stortford, the lady of the […]

Mexican Terracotta After Cleaning Sealing Elswick

Deep Cleaning 20 Year Old Mexican Terracotta Tiles near Preston

May 7, 2018
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 |  Deep Cleaning Terracotta Tile, Grout Cleaning, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

Mexican Terracotta is quite a difficult tile to deal with, mainly due to the fact it is very porous clay and partly fired, unlike a […]

Carpet Covered Terracotta Tiled Floor After Restortion in Appleton

Carpet Covered Terracotta Tile and Grout Restoration near Warrington

April 11, 2018
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 |  Grout Cleaning, Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

I was contacted by a home owner in Appleton near Warrington who had a Terracotta tiled floor in their dining Room. The floor had previously […]

Mexican Terracotta Tiles During Stripping Redditch

Renovating Mexican Terracotta Tiles in a new Redditch Kitchen

April 9, 2018
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

A customer in Redditch had recently had a new kitchen fitted and prior to that had tried to seal the Mexican Terracotta tiled floor themselves, […]

Terracotta Tiles After Cleaning Buckingham Farm Cottage

Terracotta Kitchen Tiles Cleaned at Buckinghamshire Farm Cottage

March 16, 2018
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

I was recently contacted about the restoration of a fantastic example of a Terracotta tiled floor in the kitchen of a farm cottage just south […]

Terracotta Floor Tiles After Renovation St Andrews Church Eaton Norfolk

Renovating a Terracotta Tiled Church Floor in Norfolk

January 19, 2018
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 |  Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

St Andrews church serves a large congregation in Eaton Village which is located just outside the city of Norwich on the south side. A sizeable […]

Terracotta Floor After Cleaning Brighton

Terracotta Conservatory and Kitchen Floors Renovated in Brighton

January 11, 2018
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Conservatory Floors, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

This couple, who live in the seaside resort of Brighton, had purchased their house four months before Christmas and wanted to have the fantastic Terracotta […]

Terracotta Floor Files After Cleaning Amersham Council Offices

Renovating a Stained Terracotta Tiled Floor in North-Buckinghamshire

January 8, 2018
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 |  Deep Cleaning Terracotta Tile, Grout Cleaning, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

A local cleaning contractor called us in to work on the Terracotta tiled floors at a council building in Amersham. The Terracotta had not been […]

Mexican Terracotta Floor After Cleaning York

Mexican Terracotta Tile and Grout Renovation in York

December 4, 2017
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 |  Grout Cleaning, Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

A few months back I posted a story about cleaning Catalan Terracotta tiles where I mentioned that Terracotta tiles are made all over the world. […]

Terracotta Kitchen Floor Tiles in Bristol After Cleaning and Sealing

Stripping Off Old Varnish from Terracotta Kitchen Tiles in Gloucestershire

November 7, 2017
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

Terracotta tiles are always a popular choice for Kitchens but being made from clay they are porous and need to be sealed to prevent dirt […]

Spanish Terracotta Floor Tiles After Cleaning and Sealing Alderley Edge

Sealing Porous Spanish Terracotta Tiles in Alderley Edge

October 27, 2017
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 |  Grout Cleaning, Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

According to the Mirror Newspaper Alderley Edge with its restaurants and bars is a playground for footballers; well I certainly didn’t bump into any on […]

Terracotta Floor Tiles After Cleaning Kingston on Thames

Restoring the Appearance of a Terracotta Tiled Kitchen Floor in Kingston-on-Thames

September 27, 2017
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

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 […]

Catalan Terracotta Window Sill Sherburn in Elmet After Cleaning

Restoring Crusty Old Catalan Terracotta Window Sills near Leeds

September 19, 2017
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

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 […]

Terracotta Lodge Floor Tile After Cleaning in Welwyn Garden City

Restoring the Appearance of a Terracotta floor in Hertfordshire Kitchen

September 8, 2017
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 |  Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

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 […]

Terracotta Tiles Damaged by Bleach after cleaning and sealing Crewkerne

Bleach Damaged Sealer Replaced on a Terracotta Tiled Floor in Somerset

June 28, 2017
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 |  Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 Tiled Floor in Lympstone After Cleaning

Revamping a Terracotta Tiled Floor on the Devon Coast

June 26, 2017
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 |  Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Terracotta Tiles After Cleaning Iselham Conservatory

Stains removed from Terracotta Conservatory Floor in Cambridgeshire

June 12, 2017
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Conservatory Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Mexican Terracotta TtiledFloor After Sealing Shrewsbury

Restoring a Mexican Terracotta Floor in Shrewsbury

April 17, 2017
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

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 […]

Catalan Terracotta After Cleaning Halifax Farmhouse

Deep Cleaning Catalan Terracotta with Taco Inserts

April 12, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Deep Cleaning Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Old Terracotta Kitchen Floor After Cleaning Runcorn

Deep Cleaning a Terracotta Tiled Porch

March 13, 2017
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 |  Deep Cleaning Terracotta Tile, Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Old Terracotta Floor After Cleaning in Shenley Brook End

Maintaining the Appearance of Polished Terracotta in North-Buckinghamshire

February 15, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Terracotta Kitchen Floor Ormskirk After Cleaning and Sealing

Expansion Cracks Repaired in Mexican Terracotta Floors

February 6, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Terracotta Floor After Cleaning Minehead Somerset

Putting new life into a Terracotta Tiled Kitchen in Somerset

December 27, 2016
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Herringbone Design Terracotta floor During Cogenhoe

Dealing With Grout Smears On New Terracotta Floor Tiles

November 27, 2016
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 |  Grout Cleaning, Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Terracotta Tiled Floor After Clean and Seal in Great Gransden

Refreshing the appearance of Terracotta Tiles in Cambridgeshire

August 4, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Spanish Terracotta Hallway After Cleaning and Sealing Halifax

Maintaining Spanish Terracotta Tiles in Yorkshire

August 2, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Terracotta Floor Deep Clean after grout scrubbing in Twickenham

Restorating the Appearance of a Terracotta Tiled floor

July 22, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

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 […]

Grout Haze Removed from new Terracotta Tiles at Malvern Village

Commissioning a new Terracotta Tiled Floor in Warwickshire

July 10, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Black Terracotta in Pendle After Cleaning and Sealing

Terracotta Hallway Tiles Restored in Cheshire

July 1, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

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 […]

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