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    Tiler with experience of victorian geometric patterns required for job in Bristol

    Hi, We have a 8m by 1.1m hallway that we are looking to have tiled with a Victorian style black and white diagonal checker board with a border. We are in Bristol and are looking for a tiler that has good experience of this kind of tiling. We would like them to prepare the floor too. Either...
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    detached Victorian House with ruined floor.

    Hi This is a Victorian tiled floor in a detached house. The floor in front of the stairs had been ripped up approx 20 years ago filled in with a mortar mix. The front porch floor was in better condition. I lifted the front porch tiles to use to restore the main hall floor. I took out all the...
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    Victorian floor tile

    hi there, i would like some advice please if i may...before i start i would like to say i do not know much about tiling! i've recently had my hallway tiled with victorian tiles...i work away from home so only got to see the finished job when i came home on friday (the job started on monday)...
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    First Victorian floor

    Hi All I've just been recommended by my local tile shop to a customer of his to quote for laying just over 2 m2 of Victorian floor tiles in a new build porch. This will be my first Victorian floor if I decide its within my comfort zone (and if the customers want me to lay it of course) &...
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    help cleaning problem victorian tiled hall floor.

    I am trying to clean a victorian tiled hall floor but am having a problem. The floor has been previously sealed with Hg Golvpolish. I have cleaned the floor back using Hg Remover but the area of the floor that gets the most traffic and is a bit more worn than the rest now looks white and patchy...
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    Victorian Geometrics

    Hi all just introducing myself, i am Jason based in Gwent South Wales and have been tiling nearly 10 years and am always looking to expand my knowledge and contact base. I have hit a snag this week where a customer has asked me to renovate her Victorian Geometric tiles in her hallway. To be...
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    Hello everyone from Victorian Restoration

    Look forward to sharing and gainin tips and knowledge
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    Victorian hall tiles - what products to clean off glue and dirt

    Hi, and thanks at the outset to anyone helping with some advice. I've just found underneath some lino in my hallway, some beautiful Victorian tiles. However, the lino was stuck to the tiles with some brown/yellow glue, and it has been there for about 25-30 years. While I've managed to get off...
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    victorian reclaimed, 50mm square, only 5mm thick...!!!!! help!!!

    Hello all, I have a victorian mosaic tiled floor in my hallway, but recently had some work done elsewhere in the house and the builders managed to break three of the edge tiles... I have been searching for months to try and find replacements so that I can fix the damage, but it seems that the...
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    Edwardian Quarry Tiles Required

    Hi I've been asked to look at a job to replace some broken tiles on an edwardian hallway Floor. The customer has some spares but will not be enough. The tiles are quarry/terracota red tiles size 6inches by 2 inches. Does anyone know of any reclaimation firms or other companies who may be able...
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    Victorian floor restoration

    Hey guys i have a job coming up next week which involves refixing loose victorian floor tiles, cleaning up and re-sealing. In the past i have always used HG products but after reading the threads i'm now not so certain, would it be better to use LTP or Aquamix? Any tips and hints would be...
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    my first victorian style floor

    here's a couple of pics of my first victorian style floor. i couldnt get a pic of the full floor as i'd just put sealer/intensifier on the tiles hence me by the door going out! as you can see the walls are well out of square(it's an old cottage) the customer opted for the blue infills and red...
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    Some examples of my work, Victorian / Geometric etc.

    For anyone interested in this type of work, please take a look. I would appreciate any comments.:thumbsup: Cheers Phil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07OWkd5ZFdw
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    ORIGINALSTYLE victorian floor tiles!!

    there is a cracking new brochure on this subject guy's and they even have a pic of a swimming pool suround done in this style :thumbsup:
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    Victorian Style Tiles In Off White And Burgundy, Batch Nos En 159 B Iii

    Does anyone know where I can get hold of some Pilkington's (I think) Hereford, reproduction Victorian style tiles in off white and burgundy, batch nos EN 159 B III on the back and "8, S3, II and 68?
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    victorian mosaics

    hey guys been a long time but i could do with a little help .ive been asked to restore and repair a front porch which is in victorian mosaics the size of them are 15mm square and 5-6mm thick i cant track down any ive tried several places including reclamation yards and sites on the web bt no...
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    Old Victorian floor tiling

    Have been to Halifax town Hall & also recently Council Tax office, both have some very old mosaic floors, then piece look like they have all been cut individually & laid to fit the pattern. will re-visit with my camera. These floors must have taken ages to complete. Very intricate & large...
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    Can I use Baking soda and scrubbing brush on edwardian floor tiles?s

    Hi, We have very pretty brown, green, blue, white and sand coloured tiles in our hallway (encaustic?). Am I correct in thinking I should treat these as unglazed quarry tiles? The house is edwardian and the floor looks like it hasn't been cleaned in some time. It is basically very grubby, but...
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    victorian floor tiles

    I bought a old victorian house last year. I have taken up the old victorian tiled pathway as it was dangerous to walk on, in a dire state, tiles missing, it had heaved and the concrete had deteriated/blown. I broke out the old concrete and put a new slab in (approx 100mm depth) and it will be...

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