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Slate Strip and Reseal

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Slate is a fine grained, durable metamorphic rock used frequently in commercial and domestic interiors and exteriors. Slate is generally very hardy, but it can scratch or crack more easily than other floor types.

If you need help with deep cleaning, restoring and polishing your slate floor, our specialist floor restoration team in Hertford have years of professional experience, as well as the cutting edge equipment needed to achieve the highest quality results. Our teams will get rid of any engrained dirt, remove surface scuffs and buff out scratches before reapplying a protective sealant. The result is a remarkable just-laid shine that protects the tiles and grout for the future.

How to tell your slate needs cleaning or restoration

Regular sweeping and dusting of any slate floor is essential to prevent the build up of dust and dirt. However, professional cleaning and polishing is essential at frequent intervals to ensure the longest lifespan for your floor.

Exactly how often you should have your slate floor professionally cleaned depends on several things- the most important factor being the amount of foot traffic the floor receives each day. Naturally, high traffic commercial premises and areas frequently accessed by the public need professional cleaning more regularly than a slate floor in a quiet home. Look out for these frequent issues with slate floors when booking a professional restoration of your tiles. Your local TileMaster Hertford professional can of course help identify and remedy any problems you have with your slate floor:

  • Have your slate tiles become dull?
  • Has recent work to your home or business premises left the tiles covered in dust or dirt?
  • Does you slate only look good when it’s wet?
  • Is the grouting discoloured or in poor condition?
  • Does you slate floor have dull, lifeless spots?
  • Does mopping make no difference to the tiles?
  • Are there permanent marks which you are finding impossible to remove?
  • Did the slate look better when it was new?

Benefits of our slate cleaning and sealing service

When you enquire with the trained and experienced staff at TileMaster Hertford about rejuvenating your slate tiled floor, you will find out why our customers keep coming back. We offer great value prices and a huge number of benefits including:

  • An increased lifespan for your floors
  • Reduced regular maintenance
  • Your slate will appear brighter, with a vibrant colour
  • Your grout will stay clean and tight for longer
  • Waxing will make the slate feel nicer under foot
  • Professional tile servicing protects their warranty
  • Stop the build up of dirt and bacteria for a more child and pet friendly home
  • We complete our work with minimumal disturbance, and always tidy up fully once work is complete

TileMaster’s slate restoration packages:

All the friendly staff at TileMaster Hertford have been specially trained to service slate flooring, using only techniques and solutions made especially for slate. We use the highest quality floor cleaning equipment and our own custom made cleaning solutions, as part of the multi-step process our technicians use:

  • Step 1 – Assess the workspace and choose finish and seal options with the customer
  • Step 2 – Remove any furniture from the area to allow us to prepare the workspace
  • Step 3 – Protect the surrounding areas. Nearby sensitive surfaces are shielded with low tack masking
  • Step 4 – Vacuum or sweeping of the slate to get remove surface dirt
  • Step 5 – Old sealer residues are stripped, and our custom cleaning solutions are applied
  • Step 6 – A power scrub with mechanical agitation and PH neutral floor cleaner removes any built up dirt and grime
  • Step 7 – High power vacuuming and fresh water rinsing extracts all dirt from the floor
  • Step 8 – Using a diamond tipped brush brings out a fresh top layer of the slate
  • Step 9 – The floor is then speed dried and the surface polished to remove any final footprints and leave an outstanding, mark free floor
  • Step 10 – Using a top quality impregnating sealer ensures grouting is protected
  • Step 11 – An optional application of a matt or satin wax will provide an enhanced finish and superior under-foot feel
  • Step 12 – Customer sign off of the floor to ensure you are satisfied. We will give advice for maintenance and cleaning, and customer is provided with complementary 6 months worth of slate floor cleaner.

Why choose TileMaster:

When you restore your slate flooring with TileMaster Hertford, we know you’ll be pleased with your decision. With great prices and fast and efficient work, our many delighted customers are testament to the quality of our work. These are just some of the reasons to choose TileMaster Hertford, including:

  • Friendly local floor technicians in your area
  • We are fully insured, covering all domestic and commercial slate restoration
  • We always carry out our work safely, with high regard to Health and Safety
  • Top quality service at great value prices
  • All of our team members are specifically trained for slate cleaning
  • We work with minimal disruption and do a full tidy up after
  • We will move your furniture for you

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

Category: Slate

The wet look that mopping gives to a slate floor brings its colours and shine out. Unfortunately, once the floor dries it quickly looks grey and dusty again. TileMaster offer a range of sealer that can enhance the colour and shine of your slate, while also offering a very durable and hard wearing finish

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Howard Morgan
Howard Morgan
09:25 06 Sep 21
We are very pleased with our new floor following the sanding and varnish treatment. Paul Gailsworthy did a fantastic job, was always pleasant and... communicative and kept us up to date at every stage of the process. Highly recommended service.read more
Tom Wright
Tom Wright
15:05 26 Jul 21
Great group of lads! They are always there when you call with a complex problem or a simple question. A special mention goes to Lee at TileMaster who... is an verifiable encyclopedia on stone and what are the best products to use on any stone type to achieve the best results. I'd thoroughly recommend TileMaster and the team lead by Alex.read more
Christian Bennison
Christian Bennison
17:10 22 Jul 21
Lee provided me with invaluable advice when I was struggling to remove some epoxy grout residue from a porcelain patio. He came out with the products... I needed and spent an hour on site showing me how to get it all cleaned off. Highly recommend the Tilemaster products and lee who works thereread more
Gary Webber
Gary Webber
15:57 22 Jul 21
The guys at Tilemaster have always given great advice, alongside offering a range of products that work efficiently and are cost... effective.Brilliant service and speedy delivery. A go to company for advice and products, highly recommendedread more
Richard Preston
Richard Preston
15:32 22 Jul 21
I use TileMaster for all my hard floor cleaning chemicals, cleaners, waxes and sealants. Backed by Lee's never ending advise and help it is a... fantastic company to deal with. Well done TileMaster and Lee too, keep up the great work👏read more
James Turnbull
James Turnbull
14:47 22 Jul 21
Alex, Martin and the superstar Lee are the most friendly team of experts you will ever come across. There knowledge and advise is second to none.... 1000% recommend them to anyone wanting hard floor cleaning advice and supplies.read more
Ollie Wright
Ollie Wright
14:19 22 Jul 21
Great bunch and unbelievably good product.The team are always so helpful when it comes to different scenarios or first time scenarios. They also... run brilliant training days where you can understand how their products and equipment is best used.Would 100% recommend and will continue to use them myselfread more
Paul Zielinski
Paul Zielinski
13:30 12 Jul 21
I was told to use 17 inch Dimond milling pads to remove some sealer from my . Black limestone from the technical department at tile master. so I... did use them and they didn’t work after a few hours they wore down at a cost of £40.00 each pad total waste of money .I complained and sent photos but no one reply and my patio doesn’t look any better . I think that the product are substandard and inferior quality . So stay well clear as they are no help at all what so everRegardsPaul Zielinskiread more
Steve Morrisey
Steve Morrisey
06:28 10 Jun 21
Not sure how long the stone floors in my house have been down before I lived there, but something tells me quite some time. Tilemaster spent 3 days... doing their stuff and the whole downstairs is transformed!. It's like living in a new house. Recommended.read more
James Kelman
James Kelman
17:57 30 May 21
Coming upto 2 years since doing the 2 day course and I can highly recommend it for anyone looking to do hard floor cleaning as an add on to their... business or changing their career.I'm glad I chose tilemaster as not only the products and equipment are great but the after sales and support is brilliant, Alex, Martin and Lee is always on the end of the phone to help with any queries.Excellent company and always quick delivery of products.read more
Ben Wood
Ben Wood
20:48 26 May 21
The best customer service I have ever experienced from any company ever. The best team in the industry, fantastic machines and products. I can't... recommend them highly enough. Thank you for all your help and support.read more
Central Steam Cleaning
Central Steam Cleaning
16:34 27 Feb 21
Can I just say a big thankyou to the guys at Tilemaster for the fantastic training course I attended recently. Highly educational and informative... with plenty of laughs in between. The course has given me the confidence and knowledge to add another service to my business.Cheers again guys ????read more
Mark Bentall
Mark Bentall
20:31 22 Feb 21
After years of living with a very dull, cracked and altogether disappointing marble tiled kitchen floor I turned to TileMaster for help. I first... purchased the tile repair resin and the result was great, it was easy to apply and very forgiving with a "have a go" amateur.Riding high with confidence and now with a first success under my belt I bit the bullet and purchased a Conan HD rotary machine with a set of hybrid pads and sealer to polish the floor; maybe excessive to some but given £100's already spend on paying others and ending with miserable results I wanted to try for myself.I was told the result would not be as good as new and when I first saw the hybrid pads I didn't think I would have much of a floor left but I followed the online instructions and got down to some serious polishing. The TileMaster team were right, the result was not as good as new, it was better! It's an incredible finish, like glass, very few scratches remain, I cannot believe it. After trying for years to get such as finish I can only say thank you for your clear advice and great products.Thank you so much.Mark.read more
Paul Coster
Paul Coster
09:53 29 Jan 21
Bought tile and stone repair resin filler for use on cracks in our limestone floor. Product is as described does a great job & gives an excellent... finish.Really pleased with the speedy delivery and customer service from TileMaster defiantly recommend to anyone needing their service.read more
lee dark
lee dark
18:39 16 Nov 20
fantastic advice,products do as they say,great finish,really good staff.products are a snip compared to sandblasting etc.cheers
Brendan Howarth
Brendan Howarth
13:53 14 Nov 20
I called Tilemaster to enquire about cleaning our old York Stone floor, the floor was black as it ad never been sealed and was the original floor in... a public house. As I was sceptical about the results they came and did a test patch for free and after 2 days of cleaning and sealing the floor we are amazed how clean it is. highly recommendedread more
Sarah
Sarah
14:07 02 Nov 20
Tile Master did a great job of restoring and polishing our large marble floor which now looks much better. Thank you!
claire hives
claire hives
12:27 21 Oct 20
From start to finish, Tilemaster was superb, From Lee in the office to the guys who carried out the work, they couldn't do enough. Great job, great... guys. Thank you Tilemaster!read more
Julia Meacock
Julia Meacock
11:56 21 Mar 20
I cannot recommend TileMaster highly enough. From start to finish, I was met with friendly, professional people. Work was carried out on time to... such a high standard. We now have a beautiful, paraquet floor which had been carpeted for 70 years! You would not believe the state it was in. Thank you TileMaster.read more
Norman Hauserman
Norman Hauserman
14:54 16 Mar 20
Tilemaster did what it said on the can.Date and time of work was as agreed.Communication was excellent.The technician was 1st class.All completed... expertly.read more
Mark Plumb
Mark Plumb
19:15 18 Feb 20
I've done a couple of courses with the guys at tilemaster and I found them to be very helpful, informative and professional.I've used there products... for a while now and found them to be very high quality and reasonably priced. They are also available for advice on the best products for the job.Highly recommendedread more
Gemma Wynne
Gemma Wynne
18:51 14 Feb 20
Jamie & Jamie worked wonders on our kitchen floor which now looks like new. All staff are professional and knowledgeable. I wouldn’t hesitate to use... TileMaster again or to recommend them. Fantastic customer service from start to finish.read more
Joanna Hudson
Joanna Hudson
09:33 07 Feb 20
Most professional, careful work; a resounding success from initial consultation to the end.So impressed with the care taken to restore wooden floors... in bedroom and landing to their original character and beauty. Delighted with the prompt and courteous service and the care taken around my home in general.Cannot recommend and praise this most knowledgeable team, use of first class products and their pride in their work enough.Thank you sincerely.read more
Kerry McCandlish
Kerry McCandlish
09:28 04 Jan 20
I found TileMaster via a Google search.I had uncovered an old Victorian tiled kitchen floor prior to installing a new kitchen and I wanted to... restore/conserve it.I contacted Lee McCarthy at TileMaster to ask about types of cleaners and brushes.Lee gave great advice freely and I opted for two types of tile stripper to try; Tile & Stone Stripper which is solvent based and the TM Stripper which is water based. These are both great products, although I preferred the water-based stripper. I found it easier to use as it gave me longer to work into the tile surface while using the 4″ Winnex HD Hand Brush attached to my angle grinder. Yet again, I received great advice from Lee when it came to choosing a sealer and I used Colour Enhancing Sealer – Solvent Based.The sealer is excellent and has done a great job. My only word of caution is to ensure that the tiles are fully dry before using. I had a some tiles had efflorescence on them after I failed to dry them completely before applying the sealer. All in all, very good products and an excellent customer support service. Thank you Leeread more
Nadia Kelly
Nadia Kelly
15:05 20 Nov 19
Excellent, knowledgeable service. Tilemaster have restored my wet room floor brilliantly.
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
14:36 20 Nov 19
I was recommended to TileMaster through a third party and got in touch with them. I found them to be ultra professional in every way. They attended... the property in order to give me a quote on the project within 24 hours and delivered the quote to me the same day. They are all genuinely very easy to deal with, polite and are a friendly team of people to undertake your project for you. Their communication was excellent and the quality of their workmanship was of an exceptionally high standard. I am very happy to give them a high recommendation and will use them on any future projects without hesitation.read more
Chris Swanson
Chris Swanson
11:49 17 Oct 19
Trained with Tilemaster on all their available courses, because they're the best. Simple as that. I challenge you to find a better group of guys to... deal with, it's impossible.read more
Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson
14:52 20 Sep 19
Just come back from a 2 days training on the Tile Master course for Tile, Stone, Cleaning and Refinishing and boy I learnt so much. Both Alex,... Martin and Lee provided excellent training both from a theory and practical perspective. Great laugh, lovely lunches and even a night out for a curry and a few beers. The support they offer and the passion they have for this business is second to none. Well worth every penny.read more
Mike Ison
Mike Ison
22:04 08 Apr 19
Superb service from Alex, Martin and the team at Tilemaster. Extremely knowledgeable in the Hard Floor Cleaning industry and always offers great... advice and products when Ive rang them over the past few years. Many thanksread more
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Whitegate Cleaning Services Cleaning
10:45 22 Aug 18
Great company to deal with very knowledgeable on all types of floors, we highly recommend
Jon Chrimes
Jon Chrimes
19:21 03 Feb 18
Top customer service combined with great products. Deal with The Tile Master Stockport with confidence.
Carmarthenshire Cleaning
Carmarthenshire Cleaning
21:17 01 Mar 17
These guys have changed stone & tile cleaning in such a good way, coming from a cleaning and restoration background we were able to make the move... into hard floors with such confidence.The training they provide is second to none with in depth knowledge and superior customer service topped off with fantastic products I could not recommend them more.Weather you are looking to make the move into tile and stone cleaning and restoration or looking to get your floors cleaned you won't go far wrong with these guys.Keep up the great work.read more
Neil Bevan
Neil Bevan
21:06 01 Mar 17
The people, products and results are all award winning.. always there to answer any queries I may have with regards to hard floor cleaning. When you... use these guys you get 1st class service all the time. They are passionate and they care.read more
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