This Victorian hallway in Evesham had quite a few deep set oil stains, some of which we could remove with relative ease; others were unfortunately too deep.

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Tags: worcestershire, evesham, victorian, geometric

A truly gorgeous Victorian tiled hallway in Worcester. Unfortunately this floor had been treated with linseed oil and coated with a wood varnish which really had stained the floor badly in a few areas. We managed to strip the varnish without too much trouble, though the linseed as always was a pain and had oxidised deep within the tile body so some traces are left, could not be removed.
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Tags: worcestershire, victorian, worcester, encaustic

For this floor we had to hand cut a range of different sized tiles to repair and area which hand been concreted over when the plumbers had finished installing heating pipes. Once we removed the old concrete and strips of angle bead used to strengthen the concrete, we neatly cut back the existing mortar bed and prepared the area for refilling with a highly flexible self levelling compound. As you’ll see from the photos the floor looks much improved, even though the ‘after’ photos show the cleaned floor in between coats of sealer, the finished article was a much more consistent finish. Restoration details here

Tags: badsey, worcestershire, geometric, encaustic, edwardian