Southport & Merseyside
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Marble, limestone, travertine, sandstone and slate brought back by honing and re-polishing with diamond pads, then sealed. The stone is identified first, because what works on one type will ruin another.
A natural stone floor is one of the most expensive things in a house and one of the easiest to spoil. It does not wear out the way a carpet does. What happens is finer than that: foot traffic puts thousands of tiny scratches into the surface, and anything acidic that sits on it — wine, juice, a bathroom cleaner bought off the shelf — eats a dull patch into it.
Both of those are damage to the surface of the stone itself. That is why a floor can be spotlessly clean and still look tired, and why no amount of mopping brings the shine back.
Marble, limestone, travertine, sandstone and slate all look and behave differently, and they all need different handling. Travertine has natural holes that may need filling. Marble and limestone react badly to acid. Slate flakes in layers. Get that wrong and the damage is permanent.
So the first thing we do is establish what the floor actually is. Everything after that follows from it.
Restoration is done with professional diamond pad systems, working through the grades. The early passes take out the fine scratching and etching by taking the surface down past the damage. The later passes bring the finish back up, to the level of sheen the floor is meant to have.
pH neutral products are used throughout, and professional-grade sealer goes on at the end to slow down how quickly spills soak in.
Stone restoration is a separate trade to cleaning, and it is the one where doing the wrong thing costs the customer the most. Shane is trained in stone care and restoration, and works to what the stone needs rather than to a standard routine.
Every floor is looked at first. If we do not think restoration is worth the money on your floor, we will tell you that.
We cover Southport, Birkdale, Ainsdale, Formby, Ormskirk, Burscough, Hesketh Bank, Crosby, Maghull, Halsall, Eccleston, Windle, Crossens, Bootle and Kirkby, and the towns in between.
Cleaning takes the dirt off the surface. Restoration works on the surface itself, using diamond pads to take out the fine scratching, etching and dullness that cleaning cannot reach, and then to bring the finish back. A stone floor that still looks tired after a good clean usually needs restoring rather than cleaning again.
Because the method depends on it. Marble and limestone react to anything acidic, travertine has holes that may need filling, and slate and sandstone behave differently again. Using the wrong products or the wrong pads on the wrong stone can leave permanent damage, so we identify what we are working on before anything else.
Usually etching, not staining. It happens where something acidic has sat on the surface, such as wine, fruit juice, or a bathroom cleaner that was not meant for stone. It is physical damage to the surface, so no amount of cleaning will shift it. Honing and re-polishing will.
Yes. Professional-grade sealer goes on when the work is finished. It does not make stone bulletproof, but it slows down how quickly spills soak in and buys you time to wipe them up.
Most improve a great deal. But results depend on the stone, the type of wear and how deep it goes, and full restoration is not always cost-effective on every floor. We will look at it, tell you honestly what we think is achievable, and let you decide.
Stone restoration is priced individually, because no two floors need the same work. We will come and look at it, and the quote is free.
Southport and the surrounding towns of Merseyside and West Lancashire, including Birkdale, Ainsdale, Formby, Ormskirk, Burscough, Crosby, Maghull and Eccleston.
Not happy? Don't pay us. NCCA trained, fully insured, 5.0 Google rating.
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