We recently had client from the Sunshine Coast who had an amazing unit overlooking the water at Coolum Beach. The client had these beautiful natural stone tiles but unfortunately they had not been maintained and the sealer had worn off. As the unit was so close to the beach there was a lot of salt in the air and this had attacked the tiles. The salt had slowly eaten away at the tiles and unfortunately once this has occurred we cannot stop it from happening. The best way to describe it is that it is like cancer. Once it starts all we can do is try and prevent the salt from attacking the tiles any further.
We sent one of our experienced technicians from the Sunshine Coast, and it was a 2 day job. He completely stripped the tiles right back. The technician had to make sure the tiles were completely dry before he sealed them otherwise moisture would have been locked under the sealer. This would have made the sealer look horrible and maybe even peel off.
Our technician returned to the premises on the second day and sealed the tiles with a Water Repellent solvent based sealer. This helps to preserve the tiles against the damaging effects of weather and reduces staining and efflorescence.
It was amazing how well the tiles turned out considering they had not been cleaned and sealed professionally before. The customer was ecstatic with the results and now has a good few more years out of them. If the customer maintains the tiles by having them cleaned professionally every year and also having an inspection on how the sealer is wearing, the customer may not have to replace the tiles in years to come like he was going to have to.
Your house is the one of the biggest investments you have so it makes sense to let the professionals look after it for you. Next time you have a hard floor of any kind that you would like maintained, please make sure you have All Aces Services on speed dial. Contact us on 1800 00 1010.
We recently had a client of ours in desperate need for Tile Cleaning. This is the story…..
Her husband had been working in “man land” (his garage) on a vehicle – to which he was “playing” with oil and grease and he had got it all over himself and his boots. Without even realising he walked right through the house from the garage, hallway around the kitchen a few times fixing himself some lunch, into the dining room, once he finished eating his lunch, he turned around to go back to “man land” and found his trail of disaster!!!
He knew he was going to be in trouble and thought – quick fix…. The dishwashing liquid straight on the floor with a scrubbing brush… no luck, then he headed into “man land” to see what special stuff he had to remove grease…. He tried everything – and found that he was making it worse. He rang his wife and confessed to her before she had a chance to get home… he was hoping that the initial shock would be reduced by forewarning her.
This is were we come in….Tile cleaning on the Sunshine Coast. The client made the call to us and said just attend – do whatever you need to….otherwise you may be cleaning up blood too!!!
Our technician Steve attended – and put everyone’s minds at rest we are able to help fix the tiles. The benefits that we have with our Tile cleaning process is that we use our Large Truck mounted equipment with the high heat and pressure to be able to clean across the grout and tiles at the same tile. The detergents we use are of a high grade and we have options of what we can use to handle any situation. Steve tested several areas of the tiles to ensure that the detergent that we are using would remove the oil and grease and showed our clients. The clients were very relieved that we could fix the problem. The issue that often occurs especially with grease is that the grout is porous and can easily stain the grout and when “other products” are used this can create a whole set of other issues. But these have all been avoided because of our Tile Cleaning Process.
Steve completed the entire tiled area and the clients were thrilled with the results for the fact that the Oil and Grease disaster was rectified but also that the rest of the tiles have come up almost like new. Steve did suggest sealing the grout so that any future disasters are not so much of and issue and the mopping system we recommend is used this makes keeping these freshly cleaned tiles looking like that.
July 25, 2011
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