Travertine Floor Cleaning UK

If your travertine floor has dirty grout and ingrained soil.

You need a professional Travertine restoration company.

We have been cleaning and restoring Travertine tile floors for over 20 years and built up an enviable reputation for quality and service.

Get a free no-obligation consultation from a trained and experienced Travertine restoration expert as the first step in cleaning your Travertine floor

Can't praise Abbey Floor Care highly enough. We can't believe how they transformed our awful (inherited) stone floors into something so lovely. First rate professionalism and a genuinely lovely man. Highly recommend them. Thank you David ( & Christopher)

We Can Restore All Types Of Travertine

As with many types of natural stone, there are different finishes, needing a different approach to restoration. Here are some examples of the different finishes of Travertine. Click on the name of the picture resembling your floor to find out more information on how we can restore your travertine.

Honed Travertine

Tumbled Travertine

Vein Cut Travertine

Countertops

Trvertine Cleaning Weymouth Abbey Floor Care

Travertine Cleaning And Sealing Project In Weymouth Dorset

This Travertine floor in Dorset had worn well. However, the finish had dulled through etch marks and soil build-up in

Travertine Cleaning And Sealing Project In Biggleswade Bedfordshire Abbey Floor Care

The Travertine floor was installed in a heavy use kitchen, entrance and inner hallway in Biggleswade, Essex. After 10 years;

Travertine Cleaning Sealing Hull Abbey Floor Care

Deep Cleaning And Sealing A Travertine Floor In Hull

The homeowner was searching for a contractor to clean and seal their Soiled Travertine floor in Kingston upon Hull. Thy

Cleaning And Sealing Honed Travertine Floor Tiles

Honed travertine tiles have a smooth finish that can have a dull to a high sheen depending on the grade of finish you prefer. Travertine has natural holes and these holes are filled before finishing to give a smooth finish.
Over time you will notice:

holes appearing because:
- there is an existing is a hole just below the surface of the stone.
- the filling process does not wash out all the fines in the holes, so you often have filler sitting on top of loose sand, giving it a poor foundation.
Traffic lanes will start to go dull with foot traffic wearing the surface.
Dull etch marks start appearing caused by acidic food and drink spills.
Scratches appear from tracked in grit and moving furniture across the floor
strong cleaners will gradually degrade a penetrating sealer.

We can treat all of these issues by:

filling holes with long-lasting fillers
remove scratches, etch marks and degradation by honing the floor

These photos show how dirty travertine can be deep cleaned and sealed with a water-based travertine sealer to give a beautiful finish.

Our finishing and protection systems will extend the life of your travertine floors so you can enjoy them for years to come.

Cleaning And Sealing Polished Travertine Floor Tiles

holes appearing because:
- there is an existing is a hole just below the surface of the stone.
- the filling process does not wash out all the fines in the holes, so you often have filler sitting on top of loose sand, giving it a poor foundation.
Traffic lanes will start to go dull with foot traffic wearing the surface.
Dull etch marks start appearing caused by acidic food and drink spills.
Scratches appear from tracked in grit and moving furniture across the floor
strong cleaners will gradually degrade a penetrating sealer.

We can treat all of these issues by:

filling holes with long-lasting fillers
remove scratches, etch marks and degradation by honing the floor

These photos show how dirty travertine can be deep cleaned and sealed with a water-based travertine sealer to give a beautiful finish.

Our finishing and protection systems will extend the life of your travertine floors so you can enjoy them for years to come.

Grinding Honing Polishing Sealing Travertine

Grinding honed filled travertine will remove most of the fillers as well as the travertine.

So after a travertine floor has been ground, the tiles need to be filled with hard epoxy or grout.

If the tiles are filled with epoxy, the epoxy will polish to a high shine.

If the tiles are filled with grout, the grout will not polish and remain dull.

So if you are considering grinding your travertine floor, we recommend filling with epoxy filler as you will get a better finish and a harder filling material.

However, this process is generally costly and time-consuming. In many cases, the costs of restoration will be mare than the cost of laying new tiles.

The work shown in the photos shows the results of grinding a travertine floor and the end results.

In this case, the client wanted a smooth polished floor and did not want the upheaval of removing the existing tiles and replacing them with new tiles.

Cleaning And Polishing Vein Cut Travertine

The cost can range from £45+ per square metre, which we call a full restoration.

Vein cut travertine tiles are cut from the end-grain of the stone to give a distinctive finish to your flooring options.

In most cases the holes are left to be a feature of the polished stone, however, the holes can be filled with hard epoxy or grout if you prefer.

Just like face cut tile, vein cut tiles can be cleaned and sealed to a dull, mid-sheen or finish. Or they can be honed and polished to a high gloss finish

In general, floors with lippage above 2mm will need to be ground smooth before the floor can be honed and polished.

A floor will also need to be ground if it has deep scratches and damage that can not be removed by honing.

Cleaning Cleaning Tumbled Travertine Tiles

Tumbled travertine tiles have the natural holes exposed. Tiles can be dull or honed to give the surface a light sheen.

Tumbled travertine tiles can be really difficult to keep clean, especially if they are not sealed properly, or if the original seal has worn away.

The holes and crevices that make this kind of travertine so beautiful are the major sources of disappointment. They trap dust, grease, soil and dirty water from daily mopping. Over time they turn from beautiful features to embarrassing black ugly marks

Aggressive mopping, even with the wrong cleaning solution and using a scrubbing brush will not remove all the soil from the holes and crevices. All it will do is push more dirt and soil into the holes.

Holes can also get bigger as the edges break away or the filler comes out.

But all is not lost, proper cleaning and using the right sealer can make a tumbled travertine floor look beautiful again and much easier to keep clean.

The only way to remove the ingrained is with heavy duty cleaners and specialist cleaning equipment.

First a suitable deep cleaner is applied and this is scrubbed into the stone to release the soil particles into a slurry. Now the issue is removing the dirty slurry. A wet vacuum will remove the slurry from most of the holes, but it can’t remove slurry that is trapped in deep holes and small pits. The only way to get at this soil is to use pressurised hot water. Our “clean and capture” equipment sprays hot water onto the stone. This gets into the holes and pits, rinsing out the slurry and soil. Once the floor is dry it is sealed with a sealer best suited to your situation

Travertine Worktops - Vanitity Tops

As well as restoring travertine floors, we also restore countertops, worktops and vanity units. In most cases the travertine suffers from etch marking, causing dull rough spots on the nice shiny surface.

Etching is damage caused by acidic liquids spilling onto the stone. It is surprising how many standard household liquids are acidic for example; tea, coffee, fizzy drinks like colas, fruit juices, vinegar, milk, water rings, hand soaps. Many of these liquids are common in kitchens and bathrooms, exactly where homeowners love to use travertine!

This travertine vanity unit had a large etch mark from watermarking and attempts to remove it.

We restored the finish by honing the travertine with honing pads and honing powders. Finally, we used polishing powders to restore the beautiful shine.

How To Clean Travertine – A Quick Introduction

Once your floor is restored to its original beauty, you will only keep it looking beautiful and shiny if you clean it properly.

That means you need to dry sweep your tile and stone on a daily basis to remove grit and surface soil. Ideally, you should also damp mop on a daily basis with specialist travertine cleaners to remove dirt and for removing stains. Harsh cleaners that work well on ceramic or porcelain tile will degrade the finish on Travertine. You can find out more here..

Take care with “off the shelf travertine tile cleaners”

You could cause a whole load of problems for you, your floor and your wallet….

A neutral stone cleaner, made for cleaning natural stone, is the best option for cleaning travertine. It is great for cleaning and nourishing indoor and outdoor tile to keep it looking beautiful. But travertine is a natural stone, like limestone and slate floors. It has fine pores and fissures in the surface that can fill up with fine dirt particles. Daily maintenance products are not recommended to clean travertine with dirt that has built up over time in the pores of the tiles and grout.

When you have this kind of deeply ingrained soil, you need the help of specialist heavy duty travertine cleaners

Heavy Duty Cleaners Dissolve Travertine Sealers

Have you found that your stone and tile gets more soiled after using a strong cleaner or stain remover?

Heavy-duty stone cleaners and stain removers are great for surfaces with ingrained dirt and marks, BUT they need to be rinsed off quickly because they contain chemicals that will dissolve sealers, leaving that area of your floor open to attack from spills and stains.

This is why, if you have ingrained soil, you’re always better off using a professional stone cleaning company like Abbey. We know the best cleaners to use and more importantly how to use them.

Travertine comes in a number of different finishes. At ABBEY we have been cleaning, polishing and sealing travertine floors for over 16 years. We have the equipment and experience to transform any travertine floor into a beautiful centrepiece for any room.

Tumbled travertine tiles have the natural holes exposed. Tiles can be dull or honed to give the surface a light sheen.
Tumbled travertine tiles can be really difficult to keep clean, especially if they are not sealed properly, or if the original seal has worn away.

The holes and crevices that make this kind of travertine so beautiful are the major source of disappointment. They trap dust, grease, soil and dirty water from daily mopping. Over time they turn from beautiful features to embarrasing black ugly marks

Aggressive mopping, and using a scrubbing brush will not remove all the soil from the holes and crevices. All it will do is push more dirt and soil into the holes.

Holes can also get bigger as the edges break away or the filler comes out.

But all is not lost, proper cleaning and using the right sealer can make a tumbled travertine floor look beautiful again and much easier to keep clean.

The only way to remove the ingrained is with heavy duty cleaners and specialist cleaning equipment.

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