13/11/09 16:37
With tiles by Colin Minton-Campbell, this Victorian geometric floor had seen quite a deal of traffic in the last 100 or so years, with the main thoroughfare showing more wear than the borders. But save for a few loose tiles the floor was nice and intact.
Restoration details hereTags: encaustic, geometric, victorian, lady bay, west bridgford, nottingham
30/10/09 19:40
This Victorian floor in Mapperley Nottingham had quite a few loose tiles that needed to be re-fix before we could deep clean the floor. Due to being prone to damp, we sealed the floor with a colour enhancing breathable sealer once we had cleaned the floor.
Restoration details hereTags: nottingham, geometric, victorian
28/10/09 15:01
This stunning Victorian encaustic tiled hallway in Beeston Nottingham makes great use of large encaustic tiles, rich earth colours accented with blue and white stars that make for a beautiful floor. The floor was overall in very good condition with the odd characterful crack.
Restoration details hereTags: beeston, nottingham, encaustic, victorian, geometric
25/10/09 14:47
This Victorian floor in Mapperley Park Nottingham needs to be restored in stages due to the amount of damp that had been trapped beneath the old polish.
Restoration details hereTags: mapperley park, nottingham, geometric, victorian
11/09/09 18:46
As soon as we saw this floor we knew it had real potential. Would you believe this wonderful had been hidden beneath an old carpet; the work of madmen surely. As the floor only needed a few minor repairs, we went straight into the thorough deep clean tackling the years of staining that had accumulated.
Restoration details hereTags: geometric, edwardian, mansfield woodhouse, nottingham
06/09/09 16:58
An original Minton-Hollins Victorian tiled hallway in Sherwood Nottingham. After fixing a few loose tiles, we gave the floor a thorough deep cleaning and applied our premium sealer. Once dried we applied plenty of our satin finish to really draw out those lovely red tiles.
Restoration details hereTags: sherwood, nottingham, victorian, geometric
29/08/09 13:35
We loved the design of this Victorian floor in Ruddington Nottingham which was full of beautiful and rather unique encaustic tiles and the brown/white windmills really set this floor apart. Overall the floor was in very good condition with just the right amount of character and wear for its age.
Restoration details hereTags: ruddington, nottingham, victorian, encaustic
13/08/09 17:21
A fabulous Victorian geometric hallway floor in West Bridgford Nottingham comprising of tiles by the Campbell tile and brick company Stoke-on-Trent. After carrying out some necessary repairs to the floors loosened substrate, we began preparing the original tiles for relaying onto a modern flexible adhesive.
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham, victorian, geometric
07/07/09 14:44
A Victorian Mosaic floor in Lady Bay Nottingham. Apart from a few loose tiles what remains of this floor is in very good condition, well laid in both field and border tiles with very little sign of movement.
Restoration details hereTags: victorian, nottingham, lady bay, geometric
03/07/09 19:37
The moment I saw this floor I knew it held bags of potential to be a truly stunning piece and possibly a couple of surprises. The floor has pretty much all you could want a restorer; beautifully rich colours, encaustic borders, a gorgeous feature panel and intricate patterns to tie it all together. Set inside a beautifully designed Victorian property by T C Hine, in the Park Estate Nottingham.
Restoration details hereTags: the park, nottingham
26/06/09 12:41
A nice Edwardian herringbone floor in Lady Bay Nottingham. A floor in very good condition considering its age. After a thorough deep clean the floor was sealed with a matt finish which enhanced the natural colours.
Restoration details hereTags: lady bay, nottingham
04/06/09 19:14
A Victorian quarry chequer board in The Park Estate Nottingham. Initially ingrained with gypsum dust, efflorescence and surface dirt, all of which was removed to add a colour enhancing penetrating sealer.
Restoration details hereTags: the park, nottingham, quarry, victorian
14/05/09 20:00
In overall good condition this geometric floor by Craven Dunnill in Long Eaton had quite a large number of loose tiles near the kitchen area which needed to be re laid. It was apparent over the years there had been a few attempts made
Restoration details hereTags: long eaton, nottingham, geometric, victorian
14/05/09 18:23
A Victorian geometric floor in Long Eaton Nottingham, tiles by Craven Dunnill. This is one of two neighbouring houses we have been working in at the same time.
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07/05/09 18:44
This Victorian tiled floor within The Park area of Nottingham was superbly laid out and boasts some beautiful purple triangles in the doorways. This floor really is a credit to the owners who painstakingly restored the floor themselves a while back and have since kept the floor immaculately clean.
Restoration details hereTags: the park, nottingham, geometric, victorian
21/04/09 12:31
A truly beautiful example of Victorian floor tiling in The Park, Nottingham. These Victorian tiles circa 1880 by Minton Hollins & Co are not only beautifully ornate but also incorporate a wonderful colour palette with rich browns, baby blue and a scattering of purple.
Restoration details hereTags: the park, nottingham, encaustic, geometric, victorian
03/04/09 17:33
A very elegant floor in West Bridgford Nottingham. The mix of colours and subtle encaustic tiles really do make for a lovely hallway floor. Quite a few traces of paint, some trapped beneath sealer,
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham, encaustic, victorian, geometric
31/03/09 17:14
Great little hallway floor in Long Eaton. All it really needed was a few loose tiles re-fixing and a deep clean. We finished off the floor with a subtle sheen, enhancing the colours and bringing a little more light into the area.
Restoration details hereTags: long eaton, nottingham, geometric, victorian
30/03/09 17:26
A fine example of a quarry tile chequer board in Long Eaton which is the result of years of hard work by the owner, who has removed lino, cork tiles and plenty of paint from the floor in this time. All that was needed was a further deep clean and a seal.
Restoration details hereTags: long eaton, nottingham, quarry, victorian
10/03/09 18:22
A beautiful floor in West Bridgford Nottingham comprising of tiles made by Malkin Edge & Co. The floors subtle palette of coffee and oat-like colours are really enhanced by the strong reds and black on gold encaustics and on the whole, still in very good condition.
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham, victorian, geometric, encaustic
06/03/09 19:32
A truly stunning example of geometric flooring, West Bridgford Nottingham. West Bridgford is pretty famous locally for it's Minton hallways and corridors; but few can compare with this floors colour scheme and overall layout.
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham, victorian, geometric, encaustic
06/03/09 19:13
Kellie and I definitely rate this floor as one of the most beautiful we have worked on, it blends a variety of colours and encaustics around a simple cross formation; absolutely stunning.
Restoration details hereTags: thorney wood, nottingham, geometric, victorian, encaustic
02/03/09 16:51
A beautiful Minton floor in Lady Bay, West Bridgford, Nottingham which has been kept in fantastic condition, with only a few loose and cracked tiles that needed to be replaced.
Restoration details hereTags: lady bay, west bridgford, nottingham, geometric, victorian, encaustic
16/02/09 17:28
This is just one section of a floor we recently repaired for the Framework housing association in Nottingham. The floor had seen some serious traffic over the years and the original tiles from the Campbell Tile & Brick company had worn quite badly. As you can see from the photos pretty much every tiles has been cracked.
Restoration details hereTags: sneinton, nottingham, victorian, geometric
06/02/09 16:17
We really are lucky people to be able to work on such great works of art like this fine example of a Minton floor in West Bridgford Nottingham. Considering the floors age, it has weathered really quite well.
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham, victorian, geometric
14/01/09 16:47
Here is a nice floor from Long Eaton in really nice condition with only a few signs of movement. As a result there were a few loose tiles that needed to be re-fixed.
Restoration details hereTags: long eaton, nottingham, geometric, victorian
31/12/08 15:27
This floor really was a catalogue of errors. Even though this floor had been previously restored we found that their attempts had been nothing more than poor bodges. With everything from the wrong type sealers applied onto top of old sealers and lots of dirt, to failing to completely neutralise their cleaning agents
Restoration details hereTags: the park, nottingham, geometric, victorian
05/12/08 16:45
Some fantastic encaustic tiles are used in this floor on North Road, West Bridgford. A variety of different colours are used from the Minton-Campbell factory.
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham, victorian, encaustic, geometric
03/12/08 16:21
A superb example of geometric flooring craftsmanship! This floor is still in fantastic condition and flat as can be. With the majority colours being rather neutral, more emphasis is placed on the blue squared areas once the sealer and polish has been applied.
Restoration details hereTags: mapperley park, nottingham, geometric, victorian
12/11/08 20:08
A very well maintained floor in the Lady Bay area of Nottingham. On the whole this floor just needed some extra cleaning and some colour enhancement.
Restoration details hereTags: lady bay, west bridgford, nottingham, geometric, victorian, encaustic
12/11/08 20:06
An already nicely maintained floor which really only needed the lightest of cleans and some nice polish to bring through the colours.
Restoration details hereTags: sherwood, nottingham, encaustic, victorian, geometric
31/10/08 13:31
A truly wonderful floor from the Edwardian period. It’s not very often you see floors as nice as this, or in as good a condition.
Restoration details hereTags: long eaton, nottingham, geometric, encaustic, victorian
30/10/08 18:42
Fantastic use of colour in this floor, unfortunately many of the natural clay coloured tiles have dished quite significantly; which the customer plans to replace at a later day.
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham, geometric, victorian
27/10/08 14:50
This floor had a multitude of contaminants ingrained into the tiles. Everything from floor paint, to varnish and trapped dirt. Household cleaning would never had touched these.
Restoration details hereTags: burton joyce, nottingham, herringbone, edwardian
16/10/08 19:14
What an amazing floor this is. Located in one of the more salubrious areas of the park in Nottingham; it really is a gem. How often do you find a floor with as many encaustic tiles as this? Very few to be honest and considering the floors excellent condition, it is all the more rare.
The finish is a subtle sheen that gently enhances the overall colour and reduces cleaning time by providing a hard wearing coating on top of the tiles.
Restoration details hereTags: the park, nottingham, geometric, victorian, encaustic
08/10/08 22:56
Here’s a floor that posed a little more of a challenge. Found under carpets by the current owners, covered in paint, contact adhesive, plaster, cement and general dirt. But the finished cleaned floor looks gorgeous.
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham, victorian, geometric
06/10/08 19:35
Just a few photos of a beautiful herringbone pattern floor in West Bridgford Nottingham, tiles are from the Campbell Tile Company and as you see they look simply amazing once cleaned and sealed. The after shots show the floor mid-way through the sealing stage, though still drying we are really pleased with the results.
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham, herringbone, edwardian
19/09/08 18:57
A few before and after photos of a hallway floor cleaning project in West Bridgford Nottingham. The project included replacing damaged tiles and reaffixing loose original tiles and finally sealing and coating the whole floor. The floor had badly ingrained dirt and grime; even though the current owner cleaned the floor on a regular basis using normal household products.
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham, geometric, victorian
16/09/08 16:51
Just a quick few photos of a floor we recently cleaned in West Bridgford Nottingham. After we stripped off the cement dust and ground in dirt that no amount of normal cleaner would ever touch. We sealed the floor with our own range of colour enhancing sealers plus a satin sheen finish. The after photos show the floor still drying, so there will be some high points yet to dry off.
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham, geometric, victorian
11/09/08 16:07
Here is a small example of cleaning the hallways of West Bridgford Nottingham. Unfortunately the photos haven’t really conveyed the difference between the before and after due to the lack of natural light in the corridor. But we managed to strip away a sizeable amount of dirt and debris. Once dried the floor was given numerous coats of a protective coating that gives a subtle shine and enriches the colours of the tiles.
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham
08/09/08 18:55
Just a few new photos, this time from a West Bridgford Nottingham restoration. We’ve literally finished this floor this afternoon. First impression of the original floor were a little misleading.
Restoration details hereTags: west bridgford, nottingham, victorian, geometric
