UK Tile Doctor Blog

Buckinghamshire & Lincolnshire Tile Doctors

2011-08-22T12:13:00.000-07:00

Tile Doctor welcomes Colin Ford and Phill Bars to the Tile Doctor team. Colin will be covering Buckinghamshire and Phill the county of Lincolnshire. Both have attended the advanced training course at the Tile Doctor training centre and will be providing a much needed Tile and Stone cleaning and sealing service in their respective areas.

For more details please view the web pages below:

Colin Ford: Buckinghamshire Tile Doctor Web Page
Phill Bars: Lincolnshire Tile Doctor Web Page

Introducing Tile Doctor Colour Grow

2011-05-12T12:06:00.000-07:00

Introducing a first for Tile Doctor, a breathable impregnating Sealer which not only gives a durable Matt finish like our other impregnators but also lifts the colour out of the stone like you would expect from a Topical Sealer. Works well in Internal or External applications and on most types of unpolished Surfaces, available immediately in 500ml, 1 Litre and 5 Litre sizes.

For further information and ordering please refer to the following link:

http://www.tiledoctor.eu/Tile-Doctor-Colour-Grow-Sealer.asp

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Tile Doctor is a UK based company dedicated to the provision of the best possible products, training, advice and services to the Tile, Stone and Grout maintenance market.

Wiltshire & Oxfordshire Tile Doctors

2011-04-03T10:13:00.000-07:00

Tile Doctor welcomes Ian Pointer and Chris Lea-Brown to the Tile Doctor team. Ian will be covering the county of Wiltshire and Chris the county of Oxfordshire. Both have completed the advanced training course at the Tile Doctor training centre and will be providing a much needed Tile and Stone cleaning and sealing service in their respective areas.

For more details please view the web pages below:

Ian Pointer: Wiltshire Tile Doctor Web Page
Chris Lea-Brown: Oxfordshire Tile Doctor Web Page

Reduxa Demonstation Video

2011-01-14T03:54:00.000-08:00

Following on from our Reduxa product launch last week we have put together the training video below that demonstrates the use of Reduxa on a Crema Marfil Polished Marble floor.

For more information about Tile Doctor Reduxa please click on the link below:

www.tiledoctor.co.uk/TD-Reduxa-Stone-Stain-Cleaner.html

Middlesex & Derbyshire Tile Doctors

2011-01-09T14:13:00.000-08:00

Tile Doctor welcomes Jon Oldham and Steve Keary to the Tile Doctor team. Jon will be covering Middlesex and East Berkshire and Steve the county of Derbyshire. Both have attended the advanced training course at the Tile Doctor training centre and will be providing a much needed Tile and Stone cleaning and sealing service in their respective areas.

For more details please view the web pages below:

Jon Oldham: Middlesex Tile Doctor Web Page
Steve Keary: Derbyshire Tile Doctor Web Page

Tile Doctor Reduxa Product Launch

2010-12-31T03:15:00.000-08:00

Tile Doctor are proud to announce the launch of a new product called Reduxa for the removal of acid based stains from calcareous stones such as Marble, Limestone, Travertine etc…

We have been testing this product for the last 6 months and those who have been on the advanced training course recently will testify how good this product really is, the retail price is £15 (incl. vat) and is now available via the link below:

www.tiledoctor.co.uk/ProblemsShop.asp

At Tile Doctor were constantly striving to improve the performance of our product line focusing on solutions to common problems faced by our Tile Doctors in the field.

Tile Doctor is a UK based company that specialise in the maintenance of Tile, Stone and Grout through the provision of products, training courses and services.

Terracotta Floor Restoration

2010-10-10T14:28:00.000-07:00

Tile Doctors Russell Taylor (Lancaster) and Pierre De Wet (Cambridge) arrived back from cleaning and sealing a 120m2 Terracotta restaurant floor at a major hotel in Ethiopia last week.

The floor was in serious need of restoration due to oil and polish build-up; hotel and local contractors had been unable to help and as you will see from the video below it took a lot of hard work. The operation took 2 weeks to complete, required 24 litres of Pro-Clean and 58 litres of Seal and Go.

Sandringham Flower Show update

2010-08-15T07:56:00.000-07:00

Giles Landscapes were awarded a gold medal for their courtyard garden at the Sandringham flower show. I'm sure the restored Victorian tiles helped to show off the garden in it's full glory and were happy to have been able to help our with the denotation of Tile Doctor products.

As you can see the show was well attended, had a royal visit and some rather well known faces came and looked around the garden including Dame Judy Dench and food critic Matthew Fort.

Sandringham Flower Show 2010

2010-06-26T05:45:00.000-07:00

Tiles are often used externally and are just as much in need of restoration as those used internally. Recently we were contacted by Giles Landscapes who have been invited to design and create the largest show garden in the Royal Marquee at the Royal Sandringham Flower Show in July of this year. There using Victorian quarry tiles for paving and we were more than happy to help them with advice and products to help clean, seal and protect the tiles. With 25,000 visitors attending the show including HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall their going to need it.

The show is on Wednesday the 28th of July 2010 with TV Gardening Presenter Chris Beardshaw judging the gardens, if your planning to go along make sure you visit the Royal Marquee and look out for the Victorian floor.

2010-05-03T07:23:00.000-07:00

Often at Tile Doctor were asked to handle the tricky jobs no one else in interested in, take this example below for the replacement of 2 Travertine stone tiles which had been installed on a heater floor.

The work completed by the Tile Doctor Lancashire involved the careful removal of the existing tiles and installation of replacements.

Gloucester and Worcestershire Tile Doctors

2010-04-02T04:26:00.000-07:00

Tile Doctor welcomes father and son team Roger and Chris Underhill to Tile Doctor. Roger will be covering the county of Worcestershire and Chris Gloucestershire. Both have attended the advanced training course at the Tile Doctor training centre and will be providing a much needed Tile and Stone cleaning and sealing service in their respective areas.

For more details please view the web pages below:

Roger Underhill: Worcestershire Tile Doctor Web Page
Chris Underhill: Gloucester Tile Doctor Web Page

Kent and Edinburgh Tile Doctors

2010-03-25T09:34:00.000-07:00

Chic Stenhouse from Edinburgh and Jason Gates of Kent complete the Tile Doctor advanced training course at the training centre in Carnforth, Lancaster.

Top Row: Chic Stenhouse, Russell Taylor, Jason Gates
Bottom Row: Roy Willan, Jeremy Taylor

For more details see below:
Chic Stenhouse: Edinburgh & Fife Tile Doctor Web Page
Jason Gates: Kent Tile Doctor Web Page

Roy Cycles Lands End to John'o'Groats for Charity

2010-03-08T12:37:00.000-08:00

Roy Willan from the Tile Doctor office will be raising money for Cancer Care this September by cycling from Lands End to John'o'Groats.

Good Luck Roy, and help yourself to Bubble Wrap for the saddle.

If anyone wants to donate to Roy's cause please Click Here.

Tile Doctor Worcestershire

2010-02-27T05:27:00.000-08:00

Tile Doctor is pleased to announce Roger Underhill has completed the advanced training course at the Tile Doctor training center to become the latest member of the Tile Doctor Network covering the county of Worcestershire. John's has actually been providing cleaning services for over 20 years specialising in Carpets and Upholstery so the addition of hard floors to his portfolio makes perfect sense. For more information about John and the work he has been doing visit his Tile Doctor micro site at the following URL Worcestershire.TileDoctor.co.uk

Tile Doctor Tyneside

2010-02-13T09:12:00.000-08:00

Tile Doctor is pleased to announce John Carden of Ponteland as the latest member of the Tile Doctor Network covering most of the North East of England. For more information about John and the work he has been doing visit his Tile Doctor micro site at the following URL tyneside.tiledoctor.co.uk

Tile Doctor Radio Advert

2010-01-10T07:03:00.001-08:00

Tile Doctor Lancaster is currently advertising on Bay Radio, turn your speakers up to listen to the advert.

Happy New Year

2010-01-10T06:46:00.000-08:00

The Tile Doctor training course is going well, with over 20 courses run in 2009 and Tile Doctors now in operation from Edinburgh down to Portsmouth.

Tile Doctor Training Course Announced

2009-06-14T04:16:00.000-07:00

Apologies for not updating this blog with the latest news for a while but we have been busy putting a lot of effort into our latest venture the UK Tile Doctor training course.

Anyone is welcome but the 2 days of training course we have put together is specifically aimed at cleaning companies wishing to add Tile, Stone and Grout maintenance to their portfolio of services.

If you want to know more and find comments from people who have actually been on the course check out our dedicated training web site www.TileDoctor.info

Russell Taylor is a Director of Tile Doctor Ltd, UK Tile, Stone and Grout cleaning and sealing specialists, for more information about Tile Doctor and its range of Tile, Stone and Grout products visit www.tiledoctor.co.uk

Victorian Floor Restoration

2008-07-22T12:42:00.000-07:00

PROJECT: Reveal, clean and seal an original Victorian floor which had been covered with Linoleum and Carpet for over 50 years.

You can see from the pictures that the floor had been covered first with an old plastic vinyl which had been glued down and then later hidden under a carpet. The customer had tried removing the vinyl themselves to reveal the floor but gave up after eight hours and called in Tile Doctor.

Removing the Vinyl was arduous work and care was required not to damage the floor underneath; we managed however using a combination of elbow grease, various small tools and a floor steamer. On top of that that we had to contend with the rubber backing which had been stuck down with a strong adhesive. An adhesive removing product we sell called Remove & Go was then applied to the whole floor, covered with a blanket system and then left overnight to let the chemicals to do their work.

The next day we removed the remaining rubber and got to work cleaning the old Victorian floor that had now been exposed. Some more elbow grease and a few bottles of Tile Doctor Pro-Clean which is a very reliable cleaning agent soon lifted the ingrained dirt and removed a lot of the stubborn marks from the floor. The floor was then neutralised with copious amounts of cold water and allowed to dry.

Final step was to seal the floor using 4 coats of Tile Doctor Seal and Go which not only restored the original colour it also protects the floor for many years to come.

The customer was delighted with the results and we felt really satisfied to have been able to restore such a beautiful floor back to its original condition.

Russell Taylor is a Director of Tile Doctor Ltd, UK Tile, Stone and Grout cleaning and sealing specialists, for more information about Tile Doctor and its range of Tile, Stone and Grout products visit http://www.tiledoctor.co.uk/

Polished Marble and Football

2008-07-19T05:08:00.000-07:00

Received a phone call from a young lady called Kim early May this year, to come out and quote for the Polished Marble floor so we agreed an appointment and a few weeks later I went along to price the job. I was working out the quote and who should enter the room but David Bentley; as I am a keen football fan I recognised him but couldn't put a name to the face, he obliged me with this and we struck up a conversation and no not about football but more to the job in hand.

The Polished Marble hadn’t been put down that long and unfortunately the tiler had applied an inappropriate sealer, as such the polished had been obscured and the Marble looked very blotchy. I did a test on the floor with some Tile Doctor Pro-Clean applied with a burnishing pad and was instantly rewarded with an improvement, needless to say I got the job and returned a few weeks later to start work.

It was a big job, the whole of the Kitchen floor, entrance hall, dining room, utility and downstairs W.C. approx 100m2. It took about 4 days to complete including the grout which needed a thorough clean due to staining from some sort of colourant that hadn't settled, the grout alone took quite some time to sort out.

The marble was of a good quality and highly polished (once the old sealer was removed), a water test which showed no noticeable absorbency and as such no further sealer was required. Any sealer applied at this point would only have been removed at a later when the tiles required re-burnishing anyway. I find their is a lot of discrepancy in the stone market as to whether or not polished Marble needs to be sealed or not; at Tile Doctor we have a couple of steps to see if this is the case.

Water Test Once tiles are cleaned and fully burnished, apply a table spoon of water onto the tiles and let stand for 5 minutes, after which time, clean off with a dry cloth and see if any water marks have been left.

If there are water marks apply 1 coat of Tile Docotr Ultra-Seal to the Polished Marble making sure all of the excess sealer is cleaned off after no more than 5 minutes.

If the water test has left no markings and the Marble is of a highly polished nature and of low porosity a sealer will not be required; if one is applied it will only sit on its surface and make the tiles look dull and this was the case for David Bentley’s floor.

You can see from the pictures the combination of burnishing with Tile Doctor Pro-Clean followed by a water test did the trick. Needless to say David was more than happy with the end results and even posed for me. He was such a nice chap I even thought about supporting his team, but once a Middlesbrough fan always a Middlesbrough fan, unfortunately for me.

Russell Taylor is a Director of Tile Doctor Ltd, UK Tile, Stone and Grout cleaning and sealing specialists, for more information about Tile Doctor and its range of Tile, Stone and Grout products visit http://www.tiledoctor.co.uk/