Couple of bits I didn't mention. I repeated the cleaning and washing stage several times to work through the grime making sure all was rinsed thoroughly before leaving to dry. Hopefully one day we will get to the restoration side of things. Check out Opus Tile Restoration on FB and IG for some pro info and before and afters! 👌
@neiluk783 жыл бұрын
Fantastic job buddy.
@a310man5 ай бұрын
I stencilled the pattern of our encaustic tiles on the section of concrete. Many years ago (1940's) heating was put in and steel pipes put under the floor. A large area of concrete was left which looked awful. So I stencilled the existing pattern onto the concrete and it looks great. The house was built before 1840 and the tiles are original.
@justwannaridemabike3 жыл бұрын
Love, it; so satisfying to watch things being maintained, renewed, held on to, given a new lease of life! (Especially in our ‘throw away’ culture). Your attitude to restore things and look after them reminds me of my late Grandparents, who also had a very similar floor to this in their pantry. 👍👏
@TheRestorationCouple3 жыл бұрын
It seems that many people have some sort of memory involving old tiles. I seem to remember queuing up in a tiled hall for school dinners at primary school! 😂
@bernadettetuley49173 ай бұрын
My exact tiles! I must give it a go! Thank you ❤
@martyletitbee15193 жыл бұрын
Absolute genius Tim. I love this show. The look of concentration on your face as you went for the joy ride on the wife's sewing machine lol Freedom !!!
@DAVEHARSTON3 жыл бұрын
I always get so much more done when the wife and kids are out no distractions 😀 great work 👏
@patrickmurray22203 жыл бұрын
Them tiles are brilliant. It amazes me how good they look. The colours are still so vibrant after so long
@naomiberry83213 жыл бұрын
I laughed out loud when you moved the princess dress to frame one of the kids after using the sewing machine!
@adelaideinvigilation52303 жыл бұрын
From what I understand Tile Tessellation are laid on a bed of "wet mortar" with tiles abutting one another. which means that you lay the bedding material and start laying tiles because if the bedding material dries you rip up all the work and start again. Only saw it once on a TV renovation show where a tiler was laying a tessellate pattern on a front entrance porch, dont know if the tile layer was accurate in what he was saying or doing but he did a great job it just looked stunning.
@Jaaammmbbbooo3 жыл бұрын
Yeah once upon a time they were done like this but now it's just create the flat surface then normal tile adhesive etc.
@AuntieDeb713 жыл бұрын
This is the video I've been waiting at least two years to see!! Love that floor! I tried to get those patchwork tiles but could not find them in Canada and would not buy from the states. Ended up having my tile setter cut patchwork shapes to my design from the large tiles we floored with, for a modernized black/white/grey take on the style, and we put an inlaid patchwork "tile rug" at each entry door. (Soaring labour cost but I love the result) I hope you're able to find tiles to fill in the other areas, it'll be a fussy job but will look fantastic. In the meantime, I wonder whether you could get some paint matched, and just stencil the patchwork pattern onto those concrete bits... Wouldn't a quilted wall hanging or throw in the same pattern and colours look great in one of the sitting rooms. But maybe leave that to Jo, eh? You have mad skills with everything except the sewing machine. I almost yelled at my screen...
@TheRestorationCouple3 жыл бұрын
I know, its such an overdue project so nice to have at least made a start! I do think that its worth making an effort with the entrance and hall, after all many visitors only see a room or two. We have a sisal runner that fits over the other half just fine for now, unfortunately I think the concrete patches are not really smooth enough to do anything effective with paint. Wall hanging would be good, we picked the wall paint to match the blue triangles actually.
@irelandsown64666 ай бұрын
Is Bill burr moonlighting. Nice work
@54mgtf223 жыл бұрын
My wife loved your comedy routine on the Janome.
@maggiesue48252 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize you had kept the tile floor! It looks wonderful. Hopefully, the rest can be restored at some point!
@charranjitsingh67423 жыл бұрын
Another job well done, 😂 It must be a old builders thing, you hold on to stuff like my old man, thinking it’ll come in handy for a job somewhere down the line. And sure enough it does. Keep up the good work 👍
@garethlewis36473 жыл бұрын
Beautiful tiles and well worth preservation even though it looked hard work.
@ridgmont613 жыл бұрын
That looks stunning. It must be very difficult to resist not replacing the missing tiles but it will take a while.
@TheDoosh792 жыл бұрын
Man, I am an absolute sucker for a Minton floor. Great job.
@thescousecyclist917 Жыл бұрын
Hi there I recently pulled up 3 layers of vinyl flooring in my kitchen(recently bought) 🤢to find the original quarry stone tiles underneath about 200 years old. I have the exact same issue as you where they used to have a Matt in the floor it really bugs me but I just cover it amazing how much a bit of sealer makes a massive difference you done a really good job well done keeping it original 👍🏼
@jasee51987 ай бұрын
Hi bud the best knee pads i ever bought are the padded material one like wrestlers use or marital arts. I do have the plastic type but they kill my knees after a bit, love the floor😊.
@MrShadownoise2 жыл бұрын
Can I ask how you dealt with pitted tiles? I noticed some of your white tiles had pits that were filled with dirt. We have a lot of those!
@Aimeeevps2 жыл бұрын
This must of been a popular style of that time period. I’ve seen this almost exact pattern in so many homes. Normally from 1820s an up
@hellooohowareudoing3 жыл бұрын
Seeing you do all that scrubbing made me think you should have got cleaning attachments for a drill, I have some and they make doing tiles so much easier!
@TheRestorationCouple3 жыл бұрын
I had a go with a 150mm scourer head on my polishing tool a few years back. Worked ok but did flick muck around a fair bit and most of the dirt was in the joins so needed a bit more detail work unfortunately
@hellooohowareudoing3 жыл бұрын
@@TheRestorationCouple Oh ok, that makes sense! They're great gadgets but I suppose only suitable for specific jobs.
@jamienorris11223 жыл бұрын
Love these tiles they look great. Why not try and take up the ones next to the Matt well and have a full width Matt? That way you may have a few spare tiles if you can get them up in one piece. Love the channel guys keep the vids coming 👍🏼
@TheRestorationCouple3 жыл бұрын
I actually filmed a whole segment of me explaining exactly that idea. We we planning to create a well for a carpet/mat as until now we have always had one there anyway just in case the kids every slipped on the stairs! We did count them a few years back and there was almost enough so definitely an option... just not doable in my two day snagging marathon!
@jamienorris11223 жыл бұрын
@@TheRestorationCouple we use to have a matt well in the old house they were fab and all the rain from the door fell onto it. It was a godsend! Good luck with finding more time 👍🏻
@cr-ew8od3 жыл бұрын
That is a great idea
@stevewoodw3 жыл бұрын
If you have to reset the mechanism of the sewing machine after botching it up with a very thick material, a 'how to' video would probably be appreciated. There aren't many decent ones and some sewing machine maintenance isn't that difficult if you have some guidance. Not that I've had a bad experience.
@SyntaxInt2 жыл бұрын
That window vac was surprisingly effecive at at removing the moisture. If you ever want those empty floor sections completed with a matching set of Victorian tiles talk to Tile Doctor who operate across the UK and specialise in this area.
@MrCurlay3 жыл бұрын
A contender for The Great British Sewing Bee.
@TheRestorationCouple3 жыл бұрын
😂 give me time!!!
@JL-hn6hi3 жыл бұрын
What a treasure!
@timharrison12083 жыл бұрын
always an inspiration keep it up bud
@CosaTica11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing!
@Jamessmith596244 ай бұрын
What acid cleaner did you use?
@callumchippendale3 жыл бұрын
Is the music a stylised Bob the Builder??
@rowandoolaard Жыл бұрын
I have a victorian property and the gunk from the carpet is still on it I'm ganna try and use tile doctor and a few hours of scrubbing would this work?
@daddyg88 Жыл бұрын
mate i have the same floor near enough ty for this
@DarrylThomas-fk9sd Жыл бұрын
Going to start on mine soon but got a few little ones missing.Where did you get the new blue and cream tiles from?
@oricoh Жыл бұрын
What is this yellow vacuum cleaner ?
@envueltoenplastico2 жыл бұрын
Woah! How did I miss this - the video I have been waiting for! EDIT: When you said you were going to dilute down the cleaner - what was the dilution ratio? Thanks!
@markraisner90003 жыл бұрын
The place is looking better and better, shame your moving after all the work.
@TheRestorationCouple3 жыл бұрын
Still time to change our minds! Whatever we do it will be nice to know we got 99% of it done. 😀
@londoninflames2 жыл бұрын
that looks great, i'm going to do that to the tiles in my hall. stupid amateur question i am sure but what is the yellow machine with the squeegee thing on?
@TheRestorationCouple2 жыл бұрын
It’s just a window cleaner vacuum but thought I’d try on the tiles.
@shortrentals_.2 жыл бұрын
Nice work, How did it hold up after time and wear? Did it start peeling off ?
@michaelt29873 жыл бұрын
Wow a Karcher product that lasted long enough to complete a job! Surprised the battery didn’t die after 5 minutes or the product simply fall to pieces which is what has happened every time I have bought one of their crap pieces of equipment including 5 of those window vacs that all refused to recharge.. Apart from that interesting video.
@JazzPianist19952 жыл бұрын
Really good. Thanks for sharing. What is that tool that looks like a shower scraper called?
@TheRestorationCouple2 жыл бұрын
Karcher window vacuum. 👍
@vivaldi12363 жыл бұрын
What are your plans for the floor area where your dog is laying?
@TheRestorationCouple3 жыл бұрын
We hope to build an under stairs storage area with doors and drawers so much will be covered. There are some areas that will need breaking out and tiling but that’s for another time!
@Suz90063 жыл бұрын
Sorry the dog got so excited while you were working. Did you check to see if he was breathing?
@TheRestorationCouple3 жыл бұрын
He’s 15, deaf and blind but still great company. Although was not around during this project as it took long enough to clean before sealing. 😂
@richardclarke99663 жыл бұрын
One of those jobs where you put a shit-tonne of effort in and the missus asks "what have you done today?"
@TheRestorationCouple3 жыл бұрын
Yep, emptied three rooms to snag all the walls, ceiling and skirting boards to put it all back and not look much different. 🙄
@The2wanderers2 жыл бұрын
Step 1: Frame the kids Step 2: Put confession video on the internet.
@Aimeeevps2 жыл бұрын
That STAIRCASE. LOL why the hell do people tear the original down!!! Lol.
@England101683 жыл бұрын
Original Style do all those tiles
@user-gk6rf8ls1d2 жыл бұрын
I find it a shame that you didn't explain what you were doing and what product you were using when we see you clean. We don't know if it's just water at the beginning for example
@Serifs673 жыл бұрын
Did you consider how much damage incurs to your lovely dog inhaling these chemicals and not put your dog somewhere with less harm not good
@TheRestorationCouple3 жыл бұрын
He wasn't there during any of the work, the outro footage is several days after.
@Serifs673 жыл бұрын
@@TheRestorationCouple good to know ok a thumbs up guys for more great work 🙏🏼👍🏼🤗
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