Tile Cleaning in Alamo Heights (Contd.)

One of the biggest problems we encounter as a tile cleaning service in Alamo Heights is when people use a "helpful tip" that they got from a website. One of most risky, surprisingly is vinegar.

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Alamo Heights Tile Cleaning: Hold the Vinegar Please

Ahh, white vinegar. You can use it in cooking, or to clean your automatic drip coffee maker. But what about cleaning your floor with vinegar?

As we covered previously, going into a tile cleaning project, you have to have a lot of knowledge before you even begin.

Don't misunderstand us, however; a little vinegar and water on some floors such as ceramic or porcelain tile, or a hardwood floor can do a world of good. On other floors, however, you can end up severely damaging your tile. Examples of floor types that you can't use vinegar on are limestone, travertine, and marble. Vinegar is only one liquid that can damage these floors. Coffee, orange juice, red wine, vinegar, and of course bleach are all highly acidic. They can not only erode your grout, but they can eat away at your tile. Other than being calcium based stone what do marble, limestone, and travertine all have in common? Simple, they are expensive and difficult to replace. Let's say your limestone floor is imported from Italy, and is a rich latte color. What happens if they don't quarry it anymore?  If you damage your tile, you may have to rip up your whole floor up or at the very least, an entire section.

Tile Cleaning in Alamo Heights:  Important Things to Know

Floor care varies based on the type of floor you have. Tile cleaning for marble may include things such as stone honing, or sanding. Sanding also helps with hardwood floor restoration. You definitely don't want to do sanding on any floor such as ceramic or porcelain, as you'll more than likely end up stripping the glaze off.  Glaze is more than just a pretty shine, it also protects the clay tile underneath.  Even porcelain which is hardened when it is fired can be damaged by improper care.

Grout sealing is a service you may also wish to look into.  If you seal your grout, particularly if it is sealed with an impregnating sealer, it can make your floor stain resistant.  It usually lasts a while as well, so you'll only have to have it done every five years or more by a professional grout cleaning service.

Another thing to think about is floor care between visits.   That's another way a tile cleaning service in Alamo Heights can help you.

 

Lone Star Tile and Grout Cleaning
4019 Stahl Rd, Suite 202
San Antonio TX 78217
(210) 637-5050
http://www.lonestartileandgroutcleaning.com

Tile Cleaning in Alamo Heights

Tile cleaning in Alamo Heights is a combination of skill, practice, and knowledge.  All very good reasons to hire a service instead of trying to do it yourself?  Why?  Well, we are glad you asked

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Why Hire a Tile Cleaning Service?

This is the age of Bob Vila, and Danny Lipford, This Old House, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,  and Trading Spaces.  In addition big box home improvement stores have a rich library of books all about how to do stuff around the home.  All you have to do is watch a TV show, or maybe a YouTube video, maybe read a chapter or two and voila, you know everything that there is to know about tile cleaning, right?  Wrong.  In fact, what you don't know can hurt you, particularly where the do's and don'ts of tile cleaning are concerned.

Consider this if you will.  New tile is expensive.  While it is possible to hit a really good sale or find a wholesale tile supplier that can give you a break on the price, even with discounts you could find yourself paying several hundred to several thousand dollars to replace your floor.  It is much better to follow a floor care regimen, which includes hiring a professional tile cleaning service in Alamo Heights.  A professional tile cleaning service has knowledge, practical experience, and most important of all access to tools and chemicals that you are going to have to go on a serious hunt to find, much less acquire.    However, there are even more reasons to hire a service instead of trying to do it yourself.

Alamo Heights Tile Cleaning

Alamo Heights is one of San Antonio's most charming neighborhoods.  It's homes and businesses reflect the Southwestern elegance of the Spanish Colonial period as well as the early days of the Republic of Texas.  So, essentially, a combination of old world terracotta tile, Spanish porcelain, saltillo, and natural stone such as travertine, marble, and limestone.  And with every single one of these floor types,  while there are few bits of universal floor care tips such as not using harsh chemicals, each require highly specialized care.

Going into a tile cleaning project, you have to have a lot of knowledge before you even begin.  First off, what type of floor do you have?  If you have a travertine floor, you're going to need a different tile cleaning strategy than you would with a floor that is made of slate, granite, or terrazzo.  That alone is reason enough to hire a tile cleaning service, they are going to know what to do and more importantly what not to do.

New tile is expensive.  Hire a tile cleaning service instead.

Lone Star Tile and Grout Cleaning
4019 Stahl Rd, Suite 202
San Antonio TX 78217
(210) 637-5050
http://www.lonestartileandgroutcleaning.com