Tile Cleaning and Tile Restoration. Always maintain your tiled floors, bathroom, kitchen etc and the tiling should last a lifetime.
- How do you remove this adhesive from floor tiles
- Hi there, We have red quarry tiles in our indoor entrance hall and my wife would like to paint them grey to complement a renovation we are doing. We have chosen Rustoleum washable matt floor tile paint but my question is should we be applying a primer first? (It says that priming is not necessary […]
- Porcelain Tiles installed a fews months back and since installation they’ve got dull haze lines on a lot of them near the edges. There is a lots and lots of hairline scratches which are apparent in certain light. The tiles are Wickes seattle cloud glazed porcelain and installed professionally. We have issues with the grout […]
- Hi folks, I have a problem I'm desperately hoping someone can help with. I laid a tumbled limestone floor in a kitchen 2 weeks ago and when I applied the LTP Mattstone sealer that the tile supplier recommended, it turned the tiles from light grey, to more of a brown colour which is exactly what […]
- In a couple of places on our terrace these white stains have appeared. Can this be easily cleaned without damaging the non slip porcelain tiles. The marks have the appearance of the type of calcium type build up from hard water. We have never put tap water on the terrace. Any advice gratefully received.. thanks […]
- Tanya TrainerNew Member Hey! My first post here, please be kind. I've just had my garden flagged with black limestone, it's been sealed with Sika black limestone sealant. Some of the flags are okay-ish but by the gate, they're heavily cement stained, and some of the grout has changed colour (from grey to white!) Here's […]
- Hi, I have had both polished and matt textured wood effect tiles laid in my house and am having Kerapoxy installed on both floors. The tiler installed the Kerapoxy on the polished floors last week and despite doing a great job of cleaning up after himself there was still a greasy/sticky grout haze left the […]
- Hi everyone, we recently had our Victorian hallway floor tiles cleaned with an acid wash but have since noticed white 'cloudy' patches appearing on a few of the tiles. Because the job overran before Christmas, the floor was not sealed which was obviously not ideal. How can we clean the white patches off before we […]
- Hi I have a bit of an issue. Had some tiles laid down, and the builder put Antinox Handy Protection Sheet over them, to protect the tiles while he was working Now when the protection sheets were removed it seems the lined print pattern of the mats has printed onto the porcelain tiles. I have […]
- Good morning all, I have been sold the wrong product to seal back limestone (Thompsons patio and block paving sealer – wet look). I took the chaps word for it and stupidly just started sealing! It was not until this year when I couldn’t work out why my patio looked so crap that I read […]
- Hi My tiler didn’t clean the grout haze from my new porcelain tiled floor. It’s not a glazed or polished porcelain. I have used lithofin cement residue remover on the whole floor but I didn’t saturate the grout joints with water first. I lightly sprayed the floor with water before applying the lithofin. Unfortunately, the […]
- Hi I am looking for some help and advice on the best way to rectify damage done to a limestone floor by strips of Roll n Stroll, workmen had been carrying out work at the property and put a strip of roll n stroll down the middle of the kitchen floor. This was left down […]
- Really need a professional to remove the stains left by adhesive on limestone fireplace any advice welcome. Desperate seeking resolution! What products should I use?
- Hello everyone, my first post here. I have recently had these tiles laid: Classico Fleur Silver Pattern Tiles – https://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/fleur-silver-tiles?web=1&wdLOR=cA29807BE-580F-4591-9014-1033D29BEF76 They are in my bathroom, on the floor of the wet room. They have always looked dirty with marks across the tile. Do you have any ideas what the marks might be and what might […]
- Hi, I have acquired Victorian mosaic floor tiles that I am wanting to reuse to tile my exterior front door area! How do I remove cement from the edges and do the tiles have to have all of the cement removed to be re laid effectively
- Hi I am a complete novice when it comes to tiling so I'd appreciate the forums advice on a project I am currently undertaking. Victorian Tile Restoration Guide for DIYers and Professionals I am in the process of renovating a property that has a run of Victorian tiles in the hallway. They have fallen into […]
- The grout is white and suffering from cooking stains so will be redoing. Was thinking of using epoxy but from research some people say it go's yellow after a time and if I want to replace it its a problem to get out. So looking again at normal grout but with a good sealer. But […]
- We have just laid an outdoor patio and path using black limestone (now wishing I’d perhaps looked in this forum first)! It hasn’t yet been sealed or grouted, but is already extremely dirty with cement residue etc etc. 1. Recommendations for a suitable cleaner (I know we can’t use anything acid based). 2. When to […]
- Hello, A tile got scratched while trying to move a heavy furniture. Now it bothers me everytime I look at the floor. Anyway to polish or remove it ? Image attached
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