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Category: Carpet Adhesive Removal

Edwardian Floor Covered in Bitumen Before and After Restoration in Leyton E10

Removing Bitumen from a Vinyl Covered Victorian Hallway in Leyton

February 21, 2020
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 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Tile Repair, Victorian Hallway

I was contacted by a client who recently bought a house in Leyton E10 and found an original Edwardian floor in the hallway under old […]

Victorian Tiled Floor Before After Restoration Bourneville

Original Minton Tiled Floor Restored in Bourneville

February 13, 2020
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Tile Repair, Victorian Hallway

This client had recently discovered a Victorian tiled floor hidden underneath hallway carpet at their property in the Birmingham suburb of Bournville. It didn’t look […]

Victorian Tiled hallway Floor Before After Restoration Weybridge College

Transformation of Victorian Tiled Hallway at Surrey College

February 11, 2020
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Cement Screed Removal, Victorian Hallway

I was asked by the facilities manager of St Georges College in Weybridge to survey a Victorian tiled floor for restoration. Having worked there for […]

Original Victorian hallway Floor Before After Renovation Harborne

Victorian Flooring Restoration Work in Harborne Birmingham – Part 2

January 23, 2020
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Tile Repair, Victorian Hallway

Here’s the 2nd part of the floor restoration work I did for a property developer last year in Harborne, this time detailing the renovation of […]

Parquet Covered Victorian Floor Before After Restoration Llansamlet

Parquet Covered Victorian Hallway Floor Restored in Swansea

December 22, 2019
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 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

This client in Llansamlet wanted to remove their existing parquet flooring as they were aware there was a Victorian tiled floor underneath. They were keen […]

Victorian Tiled Church Floor Before After Restoration Worcester

Victorian Church Floor Restoration Following Flooding in Worcester

November 12, 2019
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 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal

Earlier this year I was contacted by the church warden of St Clements Church in Worcester regarding the renovation of its Victorian floor tiles. The […]

Victorian Minton Tiled Floor Before After Restoration Kidderminster

Minton Tiled Floor Restoration in Kidderminster

June 24, 2019
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

I was recently contacted by the owner of this Minton Victorian tiled floor in Kidderminster. The tiles had been covered over with carpet which I […]

Victorian Hallway Tiles Before After Restoration Wellingborough

Classic Victorian Tiled Hallway Restoration in Wellingborough

May 24, 2019
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 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Efflorescence Issues, Victorian Hallway

I recently visited a property in Wellingborough to survey their Victorian Hallway floor and work out the best method and products to restore it. The […]

Edwardian Tiled Hallway Floor Renovated in Worcester

Renovating Edwardian Hallway Tiles in Worcester

April 18, 2019
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 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

This customer bought an Edwardian property in Worcester and discovered a stained yet beautiful tiled period floor when removing the hallway carpet. They were delighted […]

Damaged Victorian Hallway Fully Restored in Epsom

Rebuilding a Damaged Victorian Tiled Hallway in Epsom

April 4, 2019
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Tile Repair, Victorian Hallway

A customer from Epsom called me regarding the restoration of her Victorian tiled hallway which was previously covered in carpet and in a poor state […]

Victorian Tiled Hallway Floor Before After Restoration Kings Lynn

Removing Plaster, Paint and Glue from a Victorian Tiled Hallway in Kings Lynn

February 6, 2019
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 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Hallway

As is often the case in years past and for whatever reason many homeowners covered their decorative Victorian hallway tiles in a variety of products […]

Victorian Tiled Hallway Floor Before After Restoration Glasgow West End

Restoring a Carpet Covered Tiled Hallway at a Victorian Property in Glasgow’s West End

February 4, 2019
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Hallway

I thought you might be interested in these pictures of a tile restoration that we carried out in the hallway of a victorian property in […]

Black White Chequered Victorian Tiles Before After Restoration Oxford

Paint and Glue Removed from a Chequered Victorian Tiled Floor in Oxford

January 23, 2019
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 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Hallway

You may recognise this Chequered Victorian tiled floor from other restorations that I’ve detailed on my website. This in fact is the third house I’ve […]

Victorian Floor Before After Cleaning Nether Edge Sheffield

Removing Carpet Glue from an Old Victorian Tiled Hallway in Sheffield

January 8, 2019
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

Detailed below is the restoration of a beautiful Victorian tiled hallway that we completed for a ‘co-housing’ community who had purchased a large house in […]

Victorian Tiled Hallway Floor Before After Restoration Erdington

Old Tiled Hallway Restored at Victorian House in Erdington, Birmingham

December 10, 2018
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Tile Repair, Victorian Hallway

This customer from the Birmingham suburb of Erdington contacted me about an old tiled floor they had discovered in the hallway of their Victorian house […]

Old Victorian Floor Before After Restoration Sheffield

Restoration and Repair of Old Victorian Hallway Tiled Floor in Sheffield

November 30, 2018
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Cement Screed Removal, Tile Repair, Victorian Hallway

I received a request to take a look at renovating this old Victorian tiled hallway at a ground floor flat in Sheffield. The home owners […]

Victorian Tiled Porch Before After Cleaning Liverpool

Servants Entrance Porch Tiles Deep Cleaned in Liverpool

November 26, 2018
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Porch

Cressington Parks is a 19th Century gated private estate built for wealthy merchants who needed easy access to the city of Liverpool. Cressington has been […]

Screed and Bitumen Covered Victorian Tiled Floor Caversham

Bitumen Covered Victorian Tiled Hallway Restored in Caversham, Berkshire

July 26, 2018
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

Details below of a floor I recently worked on where my client had removed the linoleum that covered the hallway floor and discovered an original […]

Edwardian Tiled Hallway Floor Restored in Muswell Hill London

Classic Edwardian Tiled Hallway Floor Restored in Muswell Hill, London

June 20, 2018
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Tile Repair, Victorian Hallway

It must seem to he reader of this site that the only we get in North London relates to Victorian and Edwardian tiled floors. They […]

Old Victorian Tiled Hallway Renovated in Tooting

Old Victorian Tiled Hallway Discovered Under Carpet Renovated in Tooting

May 30, 2018
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

We were asked by the customer in Tooting, if we could restore this Victorian tiled hallway floor that they had found underneath a carpet while […]

Tessellated Victorian Hallway Restoration in Bounds Green North London

Victorian Tessellated Tiled Hallway Restored in Bounds Green

May 18, 2018
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 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

Bounds Green in North London has more than its fair share of Victorian terraced houses packed with desirable original features. When the owners of this […]

Laminate Covered Victorian Tiled Hallway Restoration in Stafford

Restoring Victorian Tiles Discovered under Laminate in Stafford

April 10, 2018
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

The photographs below are of a Victorian Tiled Hallway I recently restored in Stafford. This lovely floor was discovered underneath laminate flooring I can only […]

Victorian Basket Weave Tiled Hallway Deep Cleaned and Sealed in Torver

Old Victorian Hallway Renovated at Torver Near Coniston Water

March 15, 2018
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Hallway

We were recently asked to restore an old tiled floor that had been laid in a Basket Weave Pattern in the hallway of a property […]

Victorian Tiled Hallway Before and After Restoration Streatham

Carpet Stained Victorian Hallway Restoration in Streatham, South London

February 26, 2018
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Cement Screed Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Hallway

If you like in an older property in the UK and never looked under the carpets you might want to take a minute and have […]

Restoring Neglected Victorian Hallway Tiles in Norwich

Classic but Neglected Victorian Tiled Hallway Restored in Norwich Norfolk

January 26, 2018
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

There are thousands of Victorian tiled hallways in and around Norwich and I often get called to work on them, however this was a particularly […]

Old Victorian Tiled Hallway Fully Restored in Brixton

Full Restoration and Repair of a Victorian Tiled Hallway Floor in Brixton

January 9, 2018
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Tile Repair, Victorian Hallway

I was asked to look at an old Victorian Tiled Hallway floor at a house in Brixton, South London. This classic floor had been discovered […]

Victorian Tiled Hallway Before and After Restoration in Leatherhead

Renovating Victorian Hallway Tiles in Surrey

December 22, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Hallway

This customer who owned a lovely period residence in Leatherhead had pulled up an old hallway carpet to discover this gem of Victorian Tiled floor. […]

120 Year Old Victorian Hallway Tiles Refreshed in Sandwell

Old Victorian Hallway Restored in the Black Country

December 19, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Cement Screed Removal, Paint Removal

Sandwell forms part of an area in the West Midlands which is popularly referred to as the ‘Black Country’. This area industrialised rapidly during the […]

Victorian Tiled Hallway Floor Renovated for a Property Investor in Burnley

Investing in Property with a Period Victorian Floor Restoration in Lancashire

November 10, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Efflorescence Issues, Victorian Hallway

A property investor contacted Tile Doctor to see if we could help renovate a property that was to be sold in few weeks’ time. To […]

Victorian Tiled Hallway Hidden Under Carpet Fully Restored in Woodford Green

Victorian Tiled Hallway Restoration in North London

November 6, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Cement Screed Removal, Loose Tiles, Tile Repair, Victorian Hallway

This lovely Victorian Tiled Hallway was discovered by a couple during the renovation of their home in Woodford Green which is a suburb of Woodford […]

Beautiful Black and White Victorian Tiled Hallway Renovation in Monmouth

Restoring an Old Victorian Hallway Floor in Monmouth

October 23, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

This beautiful black & white Victorian tiled hallway was recently discovered hidden under carpet at a house near Monmouth. As well as the years of […]

Victorian Tiled Hallway Floor Before and After Cleaning in Chippenham

Restoring an Edwardian Tiled Hallway Hidden Under Carpet

October 16, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Hallway

Edwardian-style tiled floors are very much of a likeness with Victorian-style tiled floors, both typically being made of encaustic cement and styled in painted in […]

Brown and Cream Victorian Tiled Hallway Refreshed with a Deep Clean and Seal in Buxton

Brown and Cream Victorian Tiled Hallway Refreshed in Derbyshire

October 9, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

When we encounter original Victorian tiles we can be assured of one thing – and that is that they are very likely be at least […]

Original Victorian Tiled Floor Before and After Renovation in Cheltenham

Repairing and Restoring an Original Victorian Tiled Hallway in Cheltenham

October 3, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Loose Tiles, Tile Repair, Victorian Hallway

Cheltenham in the county of in Gloucestershire is a recognised area of outstanding beauty, and is known for its various festivals which take place throughout […]

Bitumen Stained Victorian Geometric Hallway Rejuvenated in Barrow-in-Furness

Challenging Bitumen Stained Victorian Floor Restored in Lancashire

September 14, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

This old Victorian tiled Hallway floor, laid in a geometric pattern, at a house in Barrow in Furness was a challenging project. The tiles were […]

Original Victorian Tiles Restored to Top Condition in Brighton

Old Victorian Hallway Covered in Carpet Glue Fully Restored in Brighton

September 11, 2017
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 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

The 19th century was a pivotal period for the Brighton and Hove area of East Sussex. Many of the major attractions were built during the […]

Original Victorian Tiled Hallway Thought Beyond Repair Rejuvenated in Cardiff

Renovating a Victorian Tiled Hallway in South Wales

August 29, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Hallway

Many property owners who are lucky enough to have an original Victorian tiled floor in their homes face the same conundrum: can an old and […]

Original Victorian Tiles Restored at BandB in Bude

Victorian Tiled Hallway Discovered at a Bude Bed and Breakfast

July 31, 2017
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 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

Bude is a lovely coastal resort in North Cornwall and is home to several B&Bs for visitors to the area. It became popular during the […]

Paint Spotted Victorian Tiled Hallway Deep Cleaned in Leeds

Removing Carpet Imprint from Victorian Floor Tiles in Yorkshire

July 13, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

Details below of a Victorian Tiled Hallway Floor that I deep cleaned and sealed at a house in Leeds. It has previously been covered in […]

Original Herringbone Pattern Edwardian Tiles Restored in Colyton

Renovating Old Edwardian Hallway Tiles in Devon

July 6, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Hallway

Colyton is a small village in the Coly Valley, which itself is part of Devon’s Area of Outstanding Beauty. As you can imagine, it was […]

Restoring Neglected Geometric Victorian Hallway Tiles in Barnstaple

Restoring Geometric Victorian Hallway Tiles Hidden under Carpet in North Devon

July 2, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

Barnstaple in North Devon is known to be one of, if not the oldest boroughs in the whole of the United Kingdom. The area certainly […]

Victorian Tiled Hallway Deep Cleaned at The Embankment in Bedford

Sealing Victorian Hallway Tiles with No DPC in Bedford

April 10, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

The following photos show a lovely traditional Victorian hallway floor in a period property close to the Great Ouse river in the city of Bedford, […]

100-Year Old Victorian Tiled Hallway Restored back to Life in Knaresborough

Removing Chewing Gum from old Victorian Hallway in Knaresborough

April 5, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Hallway

The photographs below are of a Victorian Tiled Hallway at a house in the historic market and spa town of Knaresborough. The tiles were actually […]

Old Victorian Tiled Floor Brought Back to Life in Bedford

Removing Carpet Glue From An Old Victorian Tiled Hallway

January 17, 2017
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

This customer from Bedford, the county town of one of England’s smallest counties Bedfordshire, called me out because they have bought a house and, upon […]

Black and White Victorian Hallway Deep Cleaned in Newquay

Deep Cleaning Victorian Tiles in Cornwall

December 6, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

This Victorian tiled hallway at a house in the coastal town of Newquay actually dates back to the 1920 as opposed to the Victorian era, […]

Deep Cleaning and Sealing to Restore Original Victorian Tiles in Maesteg

Restoring Victorian Floor Tiles Hidden under Carpet

October 28, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Cement Screed Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Hallway

The owners of this property in Maesteg, a town in the Llynfi Valley not too far from Port Talbot, had decided after many years to […]

Victorian Tiled Hallway Restoration in Bridlington

Restoring a Victorian Hallway Floor in Bridlington

September 22, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Hallway

It’s fairly common for owners of older properties – especially houses those that are over 100 years old or more – to find original Victorian […]

Original Victorian Tiled Hallway Restored in Coundon

Restoring and Repairing a Victorian Hallway Hidden Under Carpet for 15 years

September 8, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Loose Tiles, Tile Repair, Victorian Hallway

It’s a wonder why any property owner would want to cover an original Victorian tiled floor but I guess it was the fashion at the […]

Recently Uncovered Victorian Tiles Completely Transformed in Lymm

Victorian Hallway Tiles Restored in Cheshire

June 30, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Paint Removal, Victorian Hallway

This set of photographs are from a house in the Warrington suburb of Stockton Heath where my client had discovered a Victorian Tiled floor under […]

Fantastic 1920s Victorian Tiled Floor Unearthed and Restored in Derby

Restoring Victorian Tiled Lobby in Derby

June 10, 2016
 |  1 Comment
 |  Carpet Adhesive Removal, Victorian Porch

Victorian tiled floors are timeless – despite first coming into popular use in UK houses during the 19th century, they’ve remained stylish in the eyes […]

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