Stone Floor Cleaning Worcestershire
We specialise in cleaning, sealing, and restoring all types of natural stone flooring.
With our top-quality stone floor cleaning service in Worcestershire, we can help you make the most of your investment, preserving your floors’ value and aesthetic appeal. From limestone and travertine to granite, marble, and more, each type of stone offers unique benefits and challenges. Our extensive experience and specialised equipment allow us to address these needs and deliver exceptional results that enhance and protect the beauty of your stone floors.
Looking for a quote? Unsure of your floor type? We’re happy to help with identification and offer tailored advice.
Common Stone Floor Issues
Each stone type has unique characteristics, and our cleaning and restoration solutions are customised to address them. Here are some common challenges we often tackle:
- General Wear and Tear: Daily foot traffic inevitably grinds in dust, dirt, and grit, which dulls the floor’s shine over time. Regular dusting and vacuuming can help but rarely prevent all signs of wear. Polished floors often show signs of fine scratches more quickly, dulling their glossy finish.
- Staining and Water Damage: Stones like limestone and travertine, which are more porous, can suffer from water and liquid stains, particularly if the sealant has worn off. Acidic substances commonly found in food and drink can leave lasting stains, and using incorrect cleaning solutions can cause severe damage to natural stone.
- Grout Discolouration: Grout, used to secure tiled stone floors, is more susceptible to staining and dirt build-up. Its recessed and porous nature makes it prone to trapping dirt, leading to discolouration over time.
If any of these issues sound familiar, contact Tile & Stone Medic Worcestershire and ask about our expert stone floor cleaning and restoration services.
Our Stone Floor Cleaning and Restoration Process
Our methods are tailored to the specific stone type, condition, and desired finish. Here’s an overview of our typical process:
- Initial Assessment:
We begin by inspecting your floor to determine the stone type and assess its condition. This allows us to select the most suitable solutions for safe and effective cleaning. - Application of Cleaning Solution:
Next, we apply a specialised cleaning solution, designed for natural stone, and let it sit briefly to loosen embedded dirt and grime. - Rotary Cleaning:
Using a professional-grade rotary cleaner, we work the solution into the surface, lifting dirt, stains, and old sealants. - Powerful Extraction:
Once cleaning is complete, we use fresh-water extraction systems to rinse the floor, removing contaminants and old sealers thoroughly. - Surface Neutralisation:
The floor is rinsed multiple times to neutralise it, ensuring no residue or soiling remains. - Sealing for Protection:
Once the floor is dry, we apply a sealer suited to your stone type and preferred finish—whether matte, satin, or high-gloss. We offer both impregnating sealers that maintain the stone’s natural look and high-sheen options that enhance its gloss.
Tile & Stone Medic is always available to advise on the most suitable sealers and cost-effective maintenance practices to keep your stone floor looking its best.
Benefits of Hiring a Professional Stone Floor Cleaning Service
Natural stone floors require specialised care to maintain their beauty and longevity. Attempting DIY stone cleaning can often lead to costly mistakes: using the wrong cleaners can cause discolouration, streaking, or even etching, which is difficult to repair. Professional services use advanced equipment, safe cleaning solutions, and expert techniques that are both effective and protective.
By hiring our Worcestershire-based stone floor cleaning and restoration service, you save time and ensure that your stone floor is treated with the expertise it deserves. We handle everything from stubborn stains and ingrained dirt to repairs and sealing, leaving your floors looking beautiful and protected against future wear. Let us help you preserve the value and elegance of your stone flooring.
For a free consultation or to book our stone floor cleaning service, contact Tile & Stone Medic Worcestershire today and give your natural stone floors the professional care they deserve.
FAQs
The process we carry out will depend on your specific floor and the use that it gets. There will be variations for different materials and the finish that you wish to achieve. The process will also be impacted by the full scale of work that we carry out, for example which types of cleaning and restoration are being performed. It is not unusual to apply several layers of sealant if this is necessary and appropriate.
Firstly, a floor should always be sealed when it is first laid. Get in touch with us straight away if this hasn’t been carried out already. It will also need periodic sealing in order to protect the floor on an ongoing basis. How often sealing is required depends on a number of factors such as the specific material used for your flooring and the kind of use it has to survive. For example, a bathroom with natural tiles that is frequently exposed to water may require sealing more often than porcelain tiles in a kitchen. Frequent maintenance, such as sweeping and hoovering up the dust and grit that erodes floors when trodden on can help. Once the sealant is worn away, not only will scratches be more likely, the risk of staining or permanent damage from liquids is drastically increased as there is no protective layer to prevent absorption. If in doubt get in touch with our team of friendly technicians who can discuss your needs.
We have a range of high quality Faber products which will help protect your floors from damage. As every type of floor is different and has myriad uses, we will consult with you to work out the best way to protect your investment. We can apply topical sealants which form a protective layer on top of the floor, or if needed an impregnating sealant, which will be partially absorbed into the stone or tiles. There are many variations of these sealants and as each floor type has unique characteristics and vulnerabilities we can work with you to find and apply the the best kind of protection.
Absolutely. If this was not carried out by those who fitted the floor get in touch immediately to ensure that the appropriate protection can be applied as promptly as possible. We would recommend that this is carried out once the flooring is in place as this means the grout, which is generally more porous, will also be protected.
We apply a sealer to a floor in order to protect it. Different types of floor, both manmade and natural stone, are vulnerable to different sorts of damage. They can all be harmed by chemicals to a certain degree, even by the acid in food and drink spillages, as they will be very slightly porous. As well as this, they can be worn away by physical damage. Even foot traffic can have a big impact if dust or grit has built up on the floor, since it increases abrasions. A sealant will reduce the chance of a spill becoming a stain by reducing the floor’s ability to absorb liquids. It can also help protect the appearance of the floor by forming a protective barrier. A sealant won’t prevent all damage and it will still wear away over time, but it will help your floors last longer, helping protect your investment. Sealants will even help protect your floor from UV radiation which can lead to fading over the lifespan of a high value stone or tiled floor. We can consult with you to find the best sealant for your floor and the type of use it gets to make sure it receives the best form of protection.
We are happy offer advice on best practice to look after your flooring, but it depends on the type of floor you have. Once we’ve had a look at it we’ll be able to help.
Yes, we have a range of fillers we can use to repair chipped or dented stone. Please note we can only carry out floor repairs as part of a full deep clean or restoration for your stone floor. Unfortunately, we are not able to attend to carry out repairs in isolation.
Usually we are able to stabilise stone flooring where it has become loose. We can repair grouting and make spot repairs to the subfloor where necessary. Please note we can only carry out floor repairs as part of a full deep clean or restoration for your stone floor. Unfortunately, we are not able to attend to carry out repairs in isolation.
Almost certainly. Send us a picture or a description and we’ll identify your stone. We always assess a surface before work starts in order to pick the most appropriate solution.
Whilst we may use specialist chemicals in the course of our work, we can assure you that by the time we leave all residues will be gone and your tile or stone flooring will be perfectly safe for everyone to use. We work to extremely high standards of health and safety, conducting proper risk assessments where appropriate and never putting you or anyone else in danger.
We always work in the most considerate way possible. Work will be tailored to your needs and will fit around your schedule where possible. We avoid bringing loud or bulky machinery into your home and when a job is complete we thoroughly clean up after ourselves to leave your space looking as tidy as it did when we arrived.