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Tyneside-Tile-Doctor

Welcome to my Work History archive where you will find detailed examples of Tile, Grout and Stone Cleaning and renovation work carried out within Tyneside.

I have organised the posts by the most populous locations throughout Tyneside, if I haven’t listed your location do get in touch, Tile Doctor covers the whole country so if I can’t cover it there’s a good chance one of my colleagues can.

Local towns and villages I cover include: Abbey Grange, Albany, Annitsford, Arthurs Hill, Ashbrooke, Ayton, Backworth, Barlow, Barmoor, Barmston, Barnes, Battlefield, Bells Close, Benwell, Bill Quay, Birtley, Black Callerton, Blackfell, Blakelaw, Blaydon, Blucher, Boldon, Brenkley, Brunswick Village, Brunton Bridge, Burradon, Byker, Callerton Lane End, Camperdown, Carr Hill, Castletown, Chapel Grange, Chartershaugh, Chopwell, Church Green, Clara Vale, Claxheugh, Cleadon, Coalburns, Cochrane Park, Colliery Row, Columbia, Concord, Cowgate, Cox Green, Coxlodge, Cradlewell, Cragston Park, Crawcrook, Crookhill, Cullercoats, Darras Hall, Deckham, Denton Burn, Deptford, Dinnington, Dissington, Donwell, Doxford Park, Dudley, Dunston, Earsdon, East Denton, East Holywell, East Rainton, Elswick, Etal Park, Fairways, Farringdon, Fatfield, Fawdon, Felling, Fence Houses, Fenham, Ford Estate, Forest Hall, Four Lane Ends, Fulwell, Gateshead, Glebe, Gosforth, Grangetown, Greenside, Grindon, Harraton, Harton, Hastings Hill, Haydon Grange, Hazlerigg, Heaton, Hebburn, Heddon-on-the-Wall, Hendon, Herrington, Hetton-le-Hole, High Callerton, High Heaton, High Newport, High Spen, Highfield, Hillheads, Holywell, Houghton-le-Spring, Jarrow, Jesmond, Kenton, Kenton Bank Foot, Kenton Bar, Kibblesworth, Killingworth, Lambton, Lamesley, Leadgate, Lemington, Lintzford, Little Benton, Longbenton, Low Fell, Marden, Marley Hill, Marsden, Millfield, Monkseaton, Monkton, Monkwearmouth, Moorside, Murton Village, New Herrington, New Horton Grange, New Silksworth, New York, Newbottle, Newburn, Newcastle Great Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nookside, North Brunton, North Kenton, North Shields, North Walbottle, Nuns Moor, Old Benwell, Old Hartley, Oxclose, Pallion, Palmersville, Paradise, Parklands, Pelaw, Pennywell, Penshaw, Philadelphia, Ponteland, Preston, Prestwick Village, Red House Farm, Redhouse, Regent Farm, Rickleton, Roker, Rowlands Gill, Ryhope, Ryton, Saltmeadows, Sandyford, Scotswood, Seaburn, Seaton Burn, Seaton Sluice, Seghill, Sheriff Hill, Shieldfield, Shiney Row, Shiremoor, Silksworth, Slatyford, South Denton, South Gosforth, South Hylton, South Shields, South West Denton, Southwick, Spital Tongues, Springwell, Springwell Village, St. Anthony’s, St. John’s, Street Gate, Sulgrave, Sunderland, Sunniside, Swalwell, Team Valley, Teams, Thorney Close, Throckley, Tudor Grange, Tunstall, Tynemouth, Urpeth, Usworth, Walbottle, Walker, Walkergate, Walkerville, Wallsend, Washington, Washington Village, West Denton, West Holywell, West Jesmond, West Moor, Westerhope, Westoe, Whickham, Whitburn, Whitley Bay, Whorlton, Wideopen, Willington, Willington Quay, Windy Nook, Winlaton, Wrekenton

Textured Porcelain Kitchen Tiles Before After Grout Removal Jesmond

Removing Grout Smears from Textured Porcelain Tiles in Jesmond

This request came from a client who lives in the Newcastle district of Jesmond who was unhappy with the appearance of their Textured Porcelain floor tiles. The problem was that the Porcelain Tiles were grouted in whilst the underfloor heating was switched on. This resulted in the grout drying out quicker than expected and the tiler struggled to get the excess grout off the tiles. To rectify the problem, the tiler tried to get the dried grout off with acid, but it didn’t work, and the floor was left looking dark and dull. Unable to rectify the problem the client was left with a disappointing pale floor and had searched around the internet for a solution.

Grout Stained Textured Porcelain Tiled Floor Before Cleaning Jesmond

Normally grout smears like these (aka Grout Haze) can be removed with an acidic product and Tile Doctor sell Grout Clean-up specially for this purpose. However, some grouts contain acid resistant polymers which need to broken down first. Fortunately, we have a solution for everything tile related and the system we use does not affect the main grout lines only the excess grout. I called in to do a site visit and having surveyed the problem I was confident it could resolved, I gave them a price for the work and agreed a date to return to do the job.

Grout Stained Textured Porcelain Tiled Floor Before Cleaning Jesmond

Cleaning a Textured Porcelain Tiled Kitchen Floor

My first task was to spray the tiles with Tile Doctor Remove and Go, this was left to soak into the tile for around ten minutes before being scrubbed in. Remove and Go is a coatings remover that is safe to use on tile and grout; normally we use it to remove old sealers but in this case I applied it to break down the polymers. To work the product into the tile I use a buffing machine fitted with a black scrubbing pad, the mechanical advantage this gives makes the job a lot quicker. Then the slurry generated is rinsed off with water and removed with a wet vacuum. The floor was then left to dry for 30 minutes.

We were then able to remove the excess grout which was done by applying Tile Doctor Grout Clean-Up which I mentioned earlier. The process was the same, i.e. using the buffing machine and a wet vacuum to scrub the floor and extract the soil. The floor was rinsed with water to remove any trace of the products used and dried as much as possible using the wet vacuum. The underfloor heating really helped at this point to dry out the floor.

Sealing a Textured Porcelain Tiled Kitchen Floor

Once the floor was fully dry including the grout lines a single thin coat of Tile Doctor Colour Grow sealer was applied. The tiles were textured porcelain, so the dirt gets trapped into the textured surface if it is not sealed. We usually find one coat of Tile Doctor Colour Grow is more than enough for this, anything that hadn’t soaked in after three to five minutes was then polished off with clean dry cloths.

Grout Stained Textured Porcelain Tiled Floor After Cleaning Jesmond

The client was very happy with the floor and pleased that the excess grout had been cleaned up and the floor looked as it should. Before leaving I recommended the use a pH Neutral tile cleaner for general cleaning such as Tile Doctor Neutral Tile Cleaner. There is no point sealing the tiles only to have it stripped off later with the use of a bleach based cleaner.

Grout Stained Textured Porcelain Tiled Floor After Cleaning Jesmond

 

Professional Restoration of a Textured Porcelain Tiled Kitchen in Tyneside

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