Marble floors, ground flat and polished end to end.
Traffic paths gone matte, tiles sitting a hair proud of their neighbours, grout darker than the stone. A floor is the one job where the machine does most of the work, and the result is the biggest.
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AfterWhat we fix on a floor.
How a floor job runs.
Floors fail slowly. The walking line between the door and the kitchen loses its polish first, then the grout darkens, then the lippage between tiles starts catching the light. Grinding levels the tiles to one plane, honing removes the wear, polishing brings the reflection back. It is the most transformative job in the trade and the one most people put off longest.
- Lippage ground flat so the floor reads as one surface
- Traffic wear honed out along the full run
- Polished to an even reflection, or honed for a matte finish if you prefer it
- Grout cleaned back and, where it has failed, sealed
- Sealed, with drying time before furniture goes back
How it is priced.
No rate card, because no two surfaces are the same. The price comes from the photos and the job in front of us, and what could change it is written into the quote.
By area. Priced after a short measure. Grinding for lippage is quoted after a look at it, never assumed. Where the finish is hard to predict, a small patch somewhere out of sight is restored and shown to you before the rest.
Questions about floors.
What is wrong with it
Other surfaces
How long does a marble floor restoration take?
A large entry or open-plan floor is usually two to three days. A single room is a day. Read the full answer
Do you move furniture?
Yes, within reason. Sofas, dining tables, rugs and most freestanding pieces we move and put back. Read the full answer
Is it messy? How much dust is there?
Very little. Marble is polished wet. Read the full answer
What is the difference between honed and polished, and which should I choose?
Polished is the mirror finish; honed is matte. Both are produced by the same abrasive sequence, stopped at different points. Read the full answer
Some tiles sit higher than others. Can that be fixed?
Yes. That is lippage, where adjacent tiles were laid at slightly different heights, and it is the main reason to grind a floor rather than just polish it. Read the full answer