Restorations

Victorian geometric floors, while beautiful, often face common issues that mar their charm. There may be missing or loose tiles, along with the effects from bad DIY restorations such as raised tiles and big grout gaps. Covering a hallway with carpet may have preserved the tiles for decades, but big solder plugs remain once the gripper rods are removed and there may be large areas of missing tiles and pipe chases across the floor from the installation of central heating. Additionally, decades of dirt and old peeling varnishes and paint can obscure the pattern and ruin their aesthetic appeal. In probably 80% of cases or more, these floors can be rescued sympathetically. In more extreme cases, where all the tiles have blown or the subfloor has given out, the tiles can be photographed and carefully pulled up prepped and replacements sourced for the damaged tiles, to lay on a new base, often with the added bonus of underfloor heating. Here are some examples of our work to hopefully show you what is possible.

Before photo of a patterned tile floor with a central 3x3 grid of decorative tiles, some of which are scratched and damaged.

Decorative patterned floor tiles with a geometric design, featuring stars and diamonds in brown, beige, blue, black, and white. The floor is part of an interior space with doorways and wooden flooring and has a label that says 'After'.

Interior of a room with black and beige patterned tile floor, construction supplies on the floor, and a label indicating this is a 'Before' image of a renovation project.

Refinished black and white geometric patterned tile floor in a room next to a doorway.

Patterned ceramic floor tiles in red, beige, blue, black, and cream, with an 'After' label in the center.

A mosaic tile floor with a decorative pattern in multiple colors, partially covered by a layer of white material and a small white object on the floor. The word 'Before' is written in white text in the center.

Vintage patterned tile floor with geometric designs and floral motifs, partially worn and damaged near the wall.

Photo of a hallway floor with vintage patterned tiles in geometric designs and colors, with a bright light at the end and an 'After' label over the floor.

Old and damaged hexagonal and square patterned tile flooring with some broken tiles and grout cracks, alongside a partially visible bag of construction material.

A section of an outdoor decorative tiled sidewalk with blue and red tiles, some of which are cracked or missing, and dirt and debris around the edges.

Colorful tiled walkway with geometric patterns, framed by borders, with soil and plants on the side and gravel on the right.

A garden with blooming pink flowers and large green leaves separates two paved walkways in front of a brick house with a wooden door.

Decorative, patterned tile floor in a room, with a corner where the floor design changes. The word 'After' overlayed in the center.

Close-up of a vintage, patterned tile floor with intricate geometric and floral designs in shades of brown, red, blue, and cream, partially covered by the word 'Before'.

Old, damaged, tile floor with a checkered pattern of black, red, cream, and brown tiles, some tiles are cracked or missing.

Floor from the 1870s Poole Pottery made with encaustic inlaid tiles and yellow tiles in a chequerboard pattern, A blue tape outline on part of the floor marks out an area with tiled removed. A white overlay with the word 'Before'.

Close-up photo of a stack of 4 inch yellow vintage tiles.

A number of tiles laid out on a surface, each one made up of tiny hand cut square tiles forming a four inch area and covered in plastic film. For restoring a floor by Poole Pottery

Tiled floor with 'Before' and 'After' labels at the top showing half of the area chemically cleaned

Poole Pottery chequerboard tiled hallway in bright yellow, black, red and white from the late 19th century

Vintage Poole Pottery tiled hallway restored

A decorative tiled floor with geometric patterns in red, black, white, and beige colors, marked with the word 'Before'.

The end of a period tiled hallway near the stairs and adjoining a wooden floor.

A small front pathway in bad condition with cracked york stone at the pavement, surrounded by plants and overgrown garden beds Overlay says "Before"

Small front pathway all restored and intact with new stone fitted at the pavement end. Overlay says "After"

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