Travertine Restoration New Malden London KT3

Last Updated on January 13, 2026 by David

My client had a Travertine tile floor in need of professional cleaning and restoration. They came across our London-based Travertine restoration work after researching similar projects.

Photographs showed a good quality Travertine flooring suffering from:

• Ingrained soil
• Dirty grout lines
• Holes filled with soil
• Cracks across the floor

Cleaning The Travertine Floor Tiles

I started by applying a heavy-duty Travertine cleaner. The cleaner is gel-based and designed to stay liquid long enough to soften the ingrained soil.

I used a rotary scrubbing machine to agitate the cleaner into the surface of the floor, emulsifying the soil.

I removed the dirty slurry with a water rinse and capture machine. Clean rinse water was sprayed into the surface of the floor to flush soil from the tile surface and natural holes.

I left the floor to dry ready for the next stage: filling cracks in the tiles.

Travertine Restoration London – Repairing Cracks

As well as cleaning soil from the cracks, the cleaning process removed loose filler that would otherwise have failed later.

I filled the cracks with a two-part jasmine-coloured epoxy filler.

Travertine Tiles Hole Filling

I filled the larger holes in the tiles with fine jasmine-coloured cement grout and reinstated areas of lost grout between the tiles.

Once the grout began to firm up, I removed residual grout from the tile surface and left the floor overnight to cure.

Travertine Sealing London

The floor had originally been sealed with an impregnating sealer. For this floor, a surface sealer was used to suit the completed repairs.

I sealed the Travertine with six thin coats of a mid-sheen surface sealer.

My client was thrilled with the results.

This project is one of many examples referenced in our Travertine flooring care and restoration guide, which explains how Travertine behaves in real homes and why particular issues develop over time.