Victorian Tiling Restoration/cleaning - Professional Tile and Stone Restoration London

I have done many of these Victorian ,Georgian , Edwardian style tile restorations. Its been a pretty fiddly road to work out all the kinks and tricks with a few mistakes along the way. However I have the perfect formula on how to bring these old tile installations back to life! I specialized in the installation of new Victorian tiling as well so there are very few who can compete with my skill set in this department.

A stunning black and white Victorian hallway undertaken in Noerth West London. Completely restored with deep cleaning , sealing, repairs and waxing

Victorian tiled hallway in white octagon cleaned and restored Ealing. Hallway is large and the tiles went from dirty brown to light white. Before and after pics.

stunning Victorian tiled geometric hallway deep cleaned in Hertfordshire. Yorkstone front step to house with red,yellow, coffee, black and white geometric tiles

geometric hallway deep cleaned and sealed. An attractive tiled hallway with brown , red, blue , white and yellow tiles in a star like geometric pattern. These tiles were restored and color enhanced with a special enhancer to really bring out the color

Victorian red octagon pathway deep cleaned and color enhanced. Before and after pics of drab dull pathway tiles that look stunning rich and alive now after restoration

attractive shiny Victorian geometric tiles in a hallway. Tiles are yellow, coffee, red, black and white. They where deep cleaned and waxed .

very shiny Victorian tiles in large hallway in Cheshunt. Acrylic waxes where used to bring out this shine

Victorian ceramic storm porch wall tiles completely restored in these before and after pics. Tiles where broken , missing and loose but we had replacements made up and repaired it all.

colorful geometric minton tiled hallway repaired cleaned and waxed London. Before and after pics of badly damaged dirty Victorian tiles that look great after restoration work was done

a grand Victorian tiled pathway with York stone steps deep cleaned and sealed in West Hampstead. The pic shows dirty moldy tiles and stone before and then bright clean stone and tiles after mold removal and cleaning

traditional ceramic storm porch tiles restored

black and white checkerboard Victorian tiles deep cleaned and waxes with shiny acrylic tile wax near Enfield

Yellow and red pathway tiles cleaned professionally in Tring, Hertfordshire

Victorian hallway tiles restoration North West London. This hallway features a curved border with coffee, brown, yellow, red and blue tiles. It was repaired in patches then deep cleaned an, sealed and waxed.

Victorian geometric hallway restoration Chiswick. design features a half octagon tile in coffee color. There are blue , yellow and black Victorian tiles

colliford design blue black and white Victorian tiles on a pathway in Hemel Hampstead that I deep cleaned

Stunning Victorian encaustic hallway tiles cleaned in Harpenden

How do we clean these Victorian tiles?

There is actually quite allot involved in the cleaning of these tessellated style tiles and we are able to use a similar process for cleaning Victorian, quarry and terracotta tiles as they behave roughly the same. They are all porous and we find the colours and clays used in the original reproduction of these tiles was similar. ( Well at least this is how it appears to me when I work with them) .

To thoroughly deep clean these tiles there will usually be some form of steam involved as this really allows one to remove stubborn build-up and dirt. Steam also works very well with cleaning agents as it enhances their cleaning power. Sometimes the surfaces of the tiles need reconditioning where possible and then floor machinery is used to scour the surface of the tile and remove stubborn build-up etc. This does require allot of moisture which brings salts up through the tiles which interferes with the waxing process if not thoroughly dry before application so I personally try to avoid rotary floor machines on Victorian and quarry tiles if I can.

Then there will always be a heck of a lot of scrubbing and scraping with plain old hand detail brushes and blades. Once all is clean and refreshed I apply sealers and build up layers of an acrylic/ wax combination that both enriched the floor and protects it. The wax build up will give the floor a nice depth and sheen that really does bring these tiles back to life!

I have written a bit of a guide (link below) on the thinking behind restoring Victorian tiles and some of the challenges you would be faced with if you where to undertake the restoration work yourself https://tilerestoration.uk/victorian-tile-restoration-thought-process-guide/

Areas I cover with my Victorian tiling restoration service include

North London, West London, Hertfordshire, South Buckinhghamshire, Bedfordshire,

Chiswick, West Hampstead, Muswell Hill, Crouch End, Barnet, Ealing, Cricklewood, Harpenden, Berkhamstead, St Albans and more