Susan Teare

Red oak finger block parquet flooring, finished using Bona Traffic HD satin waterbase finish
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Silverado Mink Birch Engineered Hardwood
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Wood floor and moulding installation, minor painting
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This Quarry tiled kitchen floor was in very good condition, with no cracked or broken tiles. However, my customer, who lives in the town of Tutbury, near Burton-on-Trent, was keen to boost the condition of the tiles further through professional maintenance, including a deep clean and a fresh seal to restore the sheen to the Quarry. NB, did you know it’s estimated that Tutbury has actually been inhabited for 3000 years, having once been the site of an Iron Age hill fort, this house of course was a lot more recent. To clean the tiles, I chose to use our tried and trusted alkaline cleaner, Tile Doctor Pro Clean. We use Pro Clean on most types of natural stone floor, including Quarry, Slate, and Victorian. I applied Pro Clean liberally across the floor and left it to dwell for a short period, giving it time to seep into the tile to get underneath and lift out any ingrained dirt. The cleaner was then agitated using a scrubbing pad fitted to a rotary machine to remove the dirt and other general muck. I then rinsed the floor with cold water and soaked up the resulting slurry with a wet-vac machine. Some areas of the floor proved to be quite stubborn to clean, so in these areas the cleaning process was repeated until satisfactory results were achieved. Finally, the floor was given another rinse and left to dry off overnight. The next day I returned to the property and checked that the floor was ready to seal by running several damp tests, with the results indicating that was no excess moisture remaining on the tiles. We carry out these tests before sealing because moisture can cloud the sealer and prevent it from properly protecting the tiles. My choice of sealer was Tile Doctor Seal & Go, a cost effective topical sealer that builds up a robust layer of protection on the surface of the floor and provides a durable sheen finish that, as you can see from the photographs, really lifts the appearance of the tiles. It’s a fact that any sealed tiled floor will need to be regularly maintained as sealers do wear off over time, especially in the high traffic areas, and this is when the floor starts to lose its appearance as dirt becomes trapped in the pores of the stone. The life of the sealer can be extended however by ensuring you only clean the floor with a PH Neutral cleaner. Trevor Preeece

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This is Paloverde displayed with a mortar joint. Our Chateau Collection consists of cut/sawn/chopped or hand selected stone that is placed in a tumbler which rotates the stones against each other. This tumbling process produces a variety of edges including smooth, softened and rounded edging finishes.

Character grade 6 inch quartersawn white oak flooring with a rich Early American stain and Bona Traffic HD Satin finish
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James Frame
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Used Resawn Shake Lifetime Architectural

A close up shows the detail: this appears to have been done by a skilled and detail-oriented masonry installer. But do you know who is most happy about not spending day after day on their hands and knees using traditional grout? The people who only had to use squeegees and brushes to complete this install!

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