As part of my Victorian tile restoration service which I do all over North London, West London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, I actively undertake many porch or front step Victorian and Quarry tiled restoration jobs.
Restoring your original Victorian or quarry porch tiles goes quite along way for relatively low cost. This is because even a small porch area with original Victorian or Quarry tiles can make such a big difference to the appeal of the house when they are restored, eye catching and alive again. People seem to really appreciate these antique tiles when they actually see them!
Quarry porch step tiles restoration
There are many of these old original quarry tiled porches and front door steps all over London and surrounding counties. They are often very dirty with decades of ingrained contamination. However they are quite durable and we can usually make them look very good again through specialist deep cleaning and durable colour enhancing sealers.
What’s involved in A quarry or Victorian porch tile restoration?
Deep cleaning: Original porch tiles are sometimes a bit stained. White tiles I find a bit harder to clean as whites show the staining much more than colourful tiles. Although small I can spend a good few hours with all types of detergents, cleaning processes and hand held equipment to clean them as well as they can be cleaned. If they still are not at an acceptable level we have the option in most cases to use abrasives , and then lastly we can also replace the odd badly stained tiles with new reproduction Victorian ones.
Repairs: After the cleaning part we do repairs to the tiles when they are damage or missing etc. These can be with salvaged old Victorian or quarry tiles or in most cases I just use the new reproduction Victorian tiles in the appropriately matched colours.
I order bigger new tiles and just make up the exact sizes of the damaged or missing shapes on site. It always goes wrong when you try order them in the correct shapes and sizes from the supplier.
Deep sealing your Victorian and quarry porch or front step tiles
Finally sealing needs to be carried out to anything that has been deep cleaned. Sealing both protects and makes these porch tiles look fantastic. I explain the sealing and maintenance to my customers so that they can keep it all good going forward and wont need full restoration again.