victorian floor

Hey all and happy new year.... I've been asked to clean up a small victorian floor that has a few pieces missing. I just wondered if anyone knew of a good restoration house that stock victorian floor tiles in the London area? Many thanks

advice please ,ive approx 1m2 of victorian tile flooring to relay/renew .ive took some up from the edge ,problem is they are coming up with 20 mm of screed/conc on them ?? how can i remove this wthout breaking the tile ?? angle grinder ?? tile cutter ?? will post pics soon as thanks for...

I wondered if anyone knew of a tiler who would be interested in reapiring a Victorian tiled floor in the Glasgow Area- it is shown on the attached photos ? They are laid on a cement layer. This together with its rubble basewhich is between 3 “ and 4”” thick, is in turn laid on a suspended...

Hi tilers - need some advice please: 1930s house - original floor construction was concrete slab onto earth, bitumen DPM then floorboards nailed to slab. We've bought the tiles, Themonet EUFH, DPM IT One Coat, Level IT one HDB and Prime IT N, Proflex SP+ES on the advice of the local supplier...

I have been renovating a house for 3 months and now the time has come to tile the downstairs hallway, 5 doorways which 2 are offset 1 understairs cupboard door and the stairs. I have been Tiling for 10 years and enjoy laying/fitting all different types of tiles/stones, I have read up on setting...

We have been quoted around £**. This seems high to me, and I would appreciate any guidance. The front path needs replacing, as the quarry tiles that are currently in place are all cracked and many are missing. I live in North London, and any advice would be really welcome! Kirsty

Hello everyone, I'm newly joined but have searched this forum many times before and always found it helpful and (hopefully) friendly! I'm hoping for a bit of advice about my front path, I should say up front that i'm not a pro tiler just a DIYer but I'm worried I may have bitten off more than I...

Hi I'm just about to grout a black and white Braemar Victorian using Keracolour FF but I'm not sure what colour to use as they make enough shades of grey to run for Parliament The choice is Manhattan,medium, cement,silver or even anthracite What do you guys think?

Have just laid some 200x100 white bevelled edge tiles, and customer wants a light grey grout, but using larsen and tried bal, 0n floor, im not happy with the way they both dry, patchy in some areas, I know when rinse with sponge you should keep water to a minimum to avoid colour fade, but has...

Ijust started to seal and inpregnate a new Original Style black and white victorian before grouting using HG Porcelain S&I only done a small test area Not impressed . Its given the whites a dirty shade and some appear to have soaked up more on the edges giving 2/4/mm border around the edges and...

I have been thinking,,, I want to learn as much as I can about restoring Victorian tiles.... So where could I get any info related to this???? I'm gettin a lil board just tiling out bathrooms & want a challenge.

Hello An opiion on the following would be appreciated! I have recently laid an original Minton Floor in my bathroom on no more ply.. It has worked very well and I had no probelms... Anyway I have a more intricate Craven Dunnill floor that was removed from my hallway due to damp. The damp is...

Hi my first pathway just completed.Prob the coolest thing I have done.And it had the additional advantage of allowing me to hand my cards to passers by:drool5: I am really for the minimal spacing effect with victorian pathways!

Saw a job today. A Victorian garden feature that was laid in the late 80's using tiles from the clients sisters house in the west country. 2 x2 m2, over hanged by bushes, which I said I will cut back, a gardener now!!! Any way, several of the tiles have blown this winter past, the grout joints...

Hi Guys, I need to source some black and white tiles for my hallway, I know of olde english but cannot remember the other company, can anyone shed some light? thanks in advance.

Hope you can help. We have found some old black and white geometric tiles in our hall under some old porcelain tiles, they look lovely but they do not go with the natural travertine stone tiles that I am having laying. The guys are using flexible adhesive I would like to keep them for the...

Was wondering what the going rate per/m is for victorian tiling.Got 1 to look at later(hallway).Customer wants ideas on patterns,colours and price.Never done it before,know its very specialist but hey,im up for a challenge.Any advice appreciated

Hi all, I've just fitted out a victorian style bathroom with tiles from Original Style, it's a simple cream and black 4 inch checkerboard with black and cream pencil border. I've spent the best part of the day trying to clean "grout residue" from the black tiles with an acid/detergent-based...

I own an 1897 terraced house in East London. To my chagrin I had to take up my original Victorian mosaic front pathway. I now have 5 large buckets of tiles, carefully lifted and roughly cleaned to dispose of. I am seeking no payment, just a home for part of our heritage. All I would ask is that...

I'm about to do a victorian tiled floor and was wondering if there is any computer programmes to help me lay it out. I would appreciate any help.