Sandstone is a common choice for indoor and outdoor flooring because of its natural look and durability. It is perfect for high-traffic areas in homes and businesses. Even though the floor can put up with lots of foot traffic, it still needs maintenance because dirt will eventually get ingrained in the surface.
At TileMaster Bath we have the experience and professional equipment needed to deep clean all sandstone and yorkstone floors. We are an expert floor care team and we can achieve the best results for great prices. A professional sandstone restoration will keep your floor clean and bacteria-free as well as protecting your investment.
How to tell if your sandstone floor needs cleaning or restoring?
Floor tile manufacturers suggest that sandstone should be swept and dusted weekly. However, to keep the sandstone looking fabulous semi-regular professional cleaning and polishing is a must. A deep clean which will extend the life of the floor and ensure it always looks its best.
You may be wondering how often your sandstone floor needs a professional deep clean. One of the most important factors to consider is how much use the sandstone floor receives. Usually, outdoor flooring and sandstone in commercial premises needs a professional clean more often as it is naturally exposed to more dirt and debris.
Keep your eye out for these common signs of wear and tear when deciding to book a professional clean for your sandstone floor. TileMaster Bath can help you identify and fix the following common sandstone issues:
- Do your sandstone slabs look faded?
- Have you noticed that the colour of the sandstone is less bright?
- Do certain spots on the sandstone look dull?
- Has the grout become loose?
- Does the sandstone only look better when it’s wet?
- Is the floor dirty or scuffed after recent building work?
- Are there stubborn marks on the surface of the sandstone?
- Does mopping fail to improve the look of the floor?
- Do strains and marks not come out after cleaning?
Benefits TileMaster’s sandstone cleaning and sealing service in Bath
When you hire TileMaster Bath to restore your sandstone floors, you will discover why our customers keep coming back. There are tons of benefits of our sandstone floor cleaning and polishing service beyond our excellent prices! The benefits include:
- Extended lifespan of the sandstone slabs
- A more hygienic environment with less bacterial build up
- Reduced daily maintenance once the sandstone floor has been restored
- A better, brighter appearance for the sandstone
- Grouting will be protected with a professional seal
- Smoother feel underfoot after waxing
- Safeguard your warranty if applicable
- Minimal disruption and noise whilst work is carried out
TileMaster Bath’s sandstone restoration process:
Every member of the team at TileMaster Bath has been carefully trained to work on sandstone floors. We use top-of-the-range floor cleaning machines and our own custom cleaning solutions to achieve the best results. Our staff are taught to use a unique restoration process for restoring sandstone tiles:
- Step 1 – Initially we assess the sandstone floor and determine finish and seal options with you.
- Step 2 – We will remove any obstacles and prepare the room for work.
- Step 3 – To protect the surrounds we use protective low-tack masking tape which leaves behind no damage.
- Step 4 – Once everything is protected, we vacuum and sweep the area to remove any surface debris.
- Step 5 – We will apply custom TileMaster cleaning agents to strip away all old sealer and previous treatments from the sandstone.
- Step 6 – Power scrubbing and mechanical agitation which our machines and a PH-neutral floor cleaner. This removes built-up layers of grime from the sandstone.
- Step 7 – A high-power vacuum and freshwater to rinse filters out dirty solution into our specialist, onboard vacuum tanks
- Step 8 – A fresh layer of sandstone is brought up to the top surface of the sandstone with a diamond-tipped brush.
- Step 9 – We speed dry the floor and give it a final polishing buff to remove any remaining footprints. This step leaves a clean, blemish-free sandstone floor.
- Step 10 – To finish the clean we will apply a commercial grade sealer which protects the finish of the floor and the grouting.
- Step 11 – We can also apply a matt or satin wax for a smoother, softer finish. This is optional but many of our customers prefer this.
- Step 12 – We ask the customer to inspect and sign off the floor themselves to complete the job. We also give advice on the daily and weekly maintenance of the sandstone floor and provide 6 months’ worth of complementary cleaner absolutely free.
Why to choose TileMaster for your sandstone floor restoration in Bath
There are many reasons to choose TileMaster Bath to clean and restore your sandstone floor. Just check out our reviews on Google for any reassurance you need. Here are some of the other reasons our customers keep coming back:
- Full insurance covering all domestic and commercial work on sandstone floors
- Our team are fully health and safety trained and they always work safely
- Each team member is specifically trained in sandstone restoration
- Our service is friendly, local, and personalised
- We always provide a premium quality service
- Our team works efficiently with minimum disruption caused to your home or business
- We can move your furniture and replace it if required
FAQs
Yes, we can use aggressive diamond tooling to remove the lips or sharp edges. Once the floor is flat we can smooth out the floor and bring back the wonderful polished finish
Scratches, scuff marks and damage on the floor can be removed if they are surface-level and in the dressing. Deeper scratches on the surface may require a more intensive process to use diamond pads to repair the scratch.
We are happy to give a ballpark figure from pictures and room sizes, as this can help customer budgeting on renovation projects if they are unsure whether to restore or replace, but ultimately we would need to carry out a full survey and demo before any work can take place.
Yes, we are always happy to call out and offer a free demo clean. Not only does this give you, the customer, a good indication of the results we can achieve, it also allows us to quote for the floor correctly, as we know the process required to achieve those results.
Normally the floor needs around 4 hours to dry. If we are only sealing the grout, the floor is fine for socks and slippers after 1 hour, but depending on the porosity of the tiles, room temperature and other factors, the floor can take longer to dry.
Every job is different, due to furniture, size of area and treatments required but during the free survey & demo we will give you an estimate of time. For example, we recently completed a deep clean and sealed a marble floor of 40sqm in 1.5 days
Every job is different but during the free survey we measure up, do a free demonstration clean to show the results we can achieve, and from this we send over a full proposal for you to browse at your own leisure. We do not give prices on the day or put you under any pressure for an answer there and then
Yes, the floor is fine to use once we leave on the first day. We try to leave protection on the floor in the main traffic way or around the kitchen island, in front of the sink or oven. We normally suggest just not to cook anything like spag bol or curry, however, because the sauce might end up splattering on the floor
All products used are within the manufacturer’s guidelines, and where applicable your flooring manufacture own brand products can be used.
