How can I clean this up?
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Had a joiner 'round to look and levelling a floor and randomly found this by the front door. I think I'd like to keep it but it's got some adhesive and concrete on it, especially round the edges. What's the best way to clean it up?
Also, do we think it's original? House is from ~1880. I'm thinking probably not.
Also, do we think it's original? House is from ~1880. I'm thinking probably not.
ATG said:
To my untrained eye, that looks very much like Victorian neo-Gothic, so 1880 would be a bit late, but quite possible. Is it in keeping with the rest of the building? E.g. what do you windows and roofline look like?
No other original features remain, at least not visible. Didn't even get a surprise fancy fireplace. The house will have originally been built for a miner and his family, I thought that tiling seemed a bit fancy for that haha. smifffymoto said:
Solutions world of clean do a very good stone and tile cleaner.Hire a rotary cleaner and you re away.
People will recommend brick acid,baking powder and vinegar,all sorts of s
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Professional don t use them so you shouldn t either.
Why, you may ask,because they are ste and don t work.
Nice, thank you. People will recommend brick acid,baking powder and vinegar,all sorts of s
t.Professional don t use them so you shouldn t either.
Why, you may ask,because they are s
te and don t work.This one? https://www.worldofclean.co.uk/neutral-stone-clean...
horsemeatscandal said:
Had a joiner 'round to look and levelling a floor and randomly found this by the front door. I think I'd like to keep it but it's got some adhesive and concrete on it, especially round the edges. What's the best way to clean it up?
Also, do we think it's original? House is from ~1880. I'm thinking probably not.
We had something very similar, in our 1903 house. It too was dirty and had cement on it. In the end I used an old chisel to get the worst of the cement off and a very fine glass paper for what was left. It came up fine. I then used a sealing liquid that brought it to a nice shine. Also, do we think it's original? House is from ~1880. I'm thinking probably not.
horsemeatscandal said:
ATG said:
To my untrained eye, that looks very much like Victorian neo-Gothic, so 1880 would be a bit late, but quite possible. Is it in keeping with the rest of the building? E.g. what do you windows and roofline look like?
No other original features remain, at least not visible. Didn't even get a surprise fancy fireplace. The house will have originally been built for a miner and his family, I thought that tiling seemed a bit fancy for that haha. So got some tile cleaner on them, which worked a bit but also a lot of scraping required. Thankfully they don't have a gloss finish or anything like that. Just gonna seal them and them put some sort of trim around the extremities that I couldn't (be bothered) to clean. All the colourful bits are clean anyway.
horsemeatscandal said:
So got some tile cleaner on them, which worked a bit but also a lot of scraping required. Thankfully they don't have a gloss finish or anything like that. Just gonna seal them and them put some sort of trim around the extremities that I couldn't (be bothered) to clean. All the colourful bits are clean anyway.
Encaustic tiling like that was typically throughout the whole hall. If it's still there it could be lovely and make you want to change the plastic door back to a nice hardwood one.
horsemeatscandal said:
So got some tile cleaner on them, which worked a bit but also a lot of scraping required. Thankfully they don't have a gloss finish or anything like that. Just gonna seal them and them put some sort of trim around the extremities that I couldn't (be bothered) to clean. All the colourful bits are clean anyway.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Furbo said:
So when you pulled back the rest of the carpet what did you find?
Encaustic tiling like that was typically throughout the whole hall. If it's still there it could be lovely and make you want to change the plastic door back to a nice hardwood one.
Oh the rest is just floorboards. The house dipped on the gable end 20+ years ago so the hall and stairs are wonky. We had a joiner 'round to look at correcting it and when he asked "What's under the carpet by the door?", that's when we found it. Encaustic tiling like that was typically throughout the whole hall. If it's still there it could be lovely and make you want to change the plastic door back to a nice hardwood one.
Yeah, we looked at getting a timber door but trying to find someone local to do it was impossible and the prices being quoted by the big companies were scandalous. We did go for a style in keeping with the age of the house though, fortunately.
I wish I'd started a thread on here for this house when we first bought it though, would have been nice to track progress somewhere.
Monkeylegend said:
I love that but it is also one for this thread.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Yeah some of them smaller blue tiles are annoying aren't they, haha. To be honest, there isn't a straight edge or right angle in this house so it adds to the effect.https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
horsemeatscandal said:
Monkeylegend said:
I love that but it is also one for this thread.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Yeah some of them smaller blue tiles are annoying aren't they, haha. To be honest, there isn't a straight edge or right angle in this house so it adds to the effect.https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
ferret50 said:
I'm wondering if that was a porch floor and the original front door was on the hallway side of it?
How are the houses either side of you arranged?
But it's lovely, sell done for restoring it.
Yeah that was a thought, as far as I'm aware all houses are the same i.e. without porch. How are the houses either side of you arranged?
But it's lovely, sell done for restoring it.
Thank you.
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