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Terracotta Floor Renovation Brentwood

Removing Sticky Linseed Oil Sealer from Terracotta Kitchen Floor Tiles in Brentwood Essex

July 17, 2024
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 |  Deep Cleaning Terracotta Tile, Grout Cleaning, Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors

This is a Terracotta tiled floor at a property in Brentwood that had been recently installed. Unfortunately, the tilers decided to seal the terracotta with […]

Mexican Terracotta Floor Penwortham After Cleaning

Bleached Wax Stripped from Mexican Terracotta in Penwortham, Lancashire

August 8, 2018
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 |  Grout Cleaning, Removing Wax From Terracotta, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

My client from Penwortham, on the outskirts of Preston on the south bank of the River Ribble contacted me about their Mexican Terracotta kitchen floor […]

Terracotta Tiled Kitchen Floor After Cleaning and Sealing Moretonhampstead

Renovating Dirty Terracotta Kitchen Tiles in Moretonhampstead, Devon

June 26, 2018
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 |  Deep Cleaning Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

Earlier this year I was called to the Dartmoor town of Moretonhampstead in order to take a look at a large Terracotta tiled kitchen/dining room […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Terracotta Kitchen Floor Ormskirk After Cleaning and Sealing

Expansion Cracks Repaired in Mexican Terracotta Floors

February 6, 2017
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 |  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 […]

Spanish Terracotta Hallway After Cleaning and Sealing Halifax

Maintaining Spanish Terracotta Tiles in Yorkshire

August 2, 2016
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 |  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 […]

Grout Haze Removed from new Terracotta Tiles at Malvern Village

Commissioning a new Terracotta Tiled Floor in Warwickshire

July 10, 2016
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 |  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 […]

Terracotta Kitchen Floor Forest of Dean After

Restoring the Appearance of Terracotta Kitchen Tiles in Monmouthshire

June 28, 2016
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

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 […]

Terracotta Floor After Cleaning and Sealing in Matlock

Deep Cleaning And Sealing Stained Terracotta Tiles in Derbyshire

June 19, 2016
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 |  Deep Cleaning Terracotta Tile, Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Terracotta Tiled Kitchen Cleaned and Sealed in Willingale

Refreshing the Appearance of Terracotta Kitchen Tiles

May 16, 2016
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Terracotta Tile After Cleaning in Penn Bucks

Transforming a Terracotta Tiled Kitchen Floor

April 21, 2016
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Terracotta Kitchen Floor After Cleaning and Sealing Wickford

Dealing With Sealers On Terracotta Tiles

February 2, 2016
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

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 […]

Terracotta tiles after cleaning in Wadhurst

Terracotta Floor Refresh to Assist Property Sale

September 6, 2015
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

This client in the East Sussex town of Wadhurst, was selling her country cottage and wanting to achieve the best price decided to have the […]

Terracotta Kitchen Tiles After Cleaning and sealing in Henfield

Putting life back into Terracotta tiles

July 25, 2015
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

This customer in Henfield was contemplating digging up her Terracotta kitchen floor and replacing it, the tiles were ingrained with dirt which had proved impossible […]

Terracotta Kitchen Tiled Winchmore Hill After

Deep Cleaning Terracotta Kitchen Tiles

June 21, 2015
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 |  Deep Cleaning Terracotta Tile, Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

This was a rather dirty Terracotta kitchen floor located at a house in Winchmore Hill in Buckinghamshire, not to be confused with the Winchmore Hill […]

Terracotta tiles after cleaning in Brackley

Removing ingrained dirt from Terracotta Kitchen tiles

April 15, 2015
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

Photographs below of a Terracotta tiled kitchen floor installed in the kitchen of a residence in the market town of Brackley, Buckinghamshire. The tiles had […]

Terracotta Tiled Floor in Great Bourton After Cleaning

Removing Efflorescence from Terracotta Tile

March 9, 2014
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 |  Dealing with Efflorescence, Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

At first glance and this Terracotta tiled floor at a house in the village of Great Bourton looks in good condition, but on closer inspection […]

Patchy Terracotta Tiles After Cleaning and Resealing

Resolving Sealer Problems on Terracotta Tiles

December 18, 2013
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

I was asked to look at a Terracotta tiled kitchen floor that had just be fitted at a house in Kidlington, it seems the tiles […]

Fareham Terracotta Floor Finished

Restoration of Terracotta Floor in a Kitchen Area

July 15, 2013
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

This Terracotta tiled floor was installed in the kitchen of a house in Fareham. The floor was in need of a deep clean especially in […]

Terracotta Tiles After Sealing

Deep Cleaning Terracotta Tiles

June 25, 2013
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 |  Deep Cleaning Terracotta Tile, Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

This customers Terracotta tiled floor was installed in the kitchen of a house in Great Missenden and had become ingrained with dirt and soiling over […]

Saltillo Terracotta Floor After Sealing

Saltillo Terracotta Floor Transformed in Essex

June 13, 2013
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 |  Sealing Terracotta Tile, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance

Pictures below of a job we did cleaning and re-sealing a 25m2 Saltillo Terracotta tiled floor installed in the kitchen of a house on a […]

Terracotta Tile in Cringleford after

Quarry Tiles Restored in Cheshire

May 17, 2013
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 |  Terracotta Conservatory Floors, Terracotta Kitchen Floors, Terracotta Tile Maintenance, Terracotta Tile Restoration

This terracotta floor was in a 1950’s style property in the village of Cringleford near Norwich. In total there was 13m2 of tile laid in […]

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