Victorian-style hallway tiles in Hornchurch and Emerson Park. New geometric floors laid to pattern, and original tiled floors repaired where they can be saved.
The pattern is centred on the hall and door, so borders match on both sides.
Border tiles mitred and cornered properly around the stair and door thresholds.
Loose tiles lifted and relaid, missing pieces matched, and the whole floor cleaned and sealed.
Hallway floors must not flex. Timber floors are boarded to take tiles before any are laid.
Threshold strips and step edges finished so the tiled hall meets other floors neatly.
Unglazed tiles sealed so a busy hallway resists dirt and stains.
Hornchurch has streets of Edwardian and 1930s houses where a patterned hallway floor suits the front door and stained glass. A new geometric floor has to be set out from the centre of the hall so the border runs evenly on both sides, which takes more planning than tiling a kitchen. Where an original floor is still there under carpet or lino, it is often worth saving: loose tiles relaid, missing ones matched from reclaimed stock, then cleaned and sealed.
Around Emerson Park and the older parts of Hornchurch, a restored hallway adds a lot to the look of a period house. The cost depends on the size of the hall, the complexity of the pattern and the state of the floor underneath. A photo of the hall from the front door, and one of any original tiles you have found, lets us price it.
The work is usually done in one visit, starting at the far end of the hall and finishing at the door.
Send a photo or a quick video of the room on WhatsApp, or get a free fixed quote, no obligation, and we’ll tell you straight what it needs.
Often, if most of the tiles are there and sound. Lifting the carpet corner and sending a photo is a good start.
Encaustic and some porcelain lookalikes do, glazed porcelain usually does not. We check the maker's guidance.
Usually a couple of days to lay and grout, then a day before light foot traffic.
Reclamation yards and specialist suppliers often have original tiles. Take a loose one with you.
Usually the pattern stops at the stairs, finished with a plain border at the first step.
Some are. For a hallway that takes wet shoes, a matt or lightly textured finish is safer than a polished one.