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The following factors affect the cost of Limestone & Flagstone floor
cleaning in Scotland :
1.What is the existing state of the floor & the extent of restoration required including repairs ?
2.What protection are you looking to put on the floors after cleaning in order to protect them from dirt & staining ?
3.Is the property within the Pitlochry Glasgow Edinbough triangle, with one of the following postcodes ?
DD = Dundee, Angus
EH = Edinburgh, Midlothian
FK = Falkirk, Stirlingshire
G = Glasgow, Lanarkshire
KY = Kirkcaldy, Fife
ML = Motherwell, Lanarkshire
PH = Perth, Perthshire
4.If the area in question is over 100 square meters reduced rates do apply and usually attract a reduction of 25%
5.Are you a charity ? If so you will not pay VAT on the prices quoted
6.Are you looking to get the work done outside normal office hours ? If so it will cost more, See Details Below & Our Cost Calculators
If You Are Looking For A Ball Park Figure For Professionally Cleaning Your Floors With Specialist Chemicals, Diamond Encrusted Brushes On A Rotary Machine, & Protecting Them With The Appropriate Product, you have come to the right site
In summary If your floors are located within the Pitlochry Glasgow Edinbough triangle, the room is clear, the floors require no repairs & the work can be carried out during normal office hours, there are only three options affecting the cost.
All you need is the square meterage of the room to work out a ball park figure
(Length x width, remember to split the room into rectangles and add these together if the room is variable width)
Armed with the total you should be able to work out the price by choosing either Option 1 or 2 & adding this to your choice From Option 3
Option 1
Clean Only 12 Per Sq M
Option 2
Clean & Hone 15 per Sq M
Option 3
Protective Stain Block & Colour Enhancement
A. No Protection FOC
B. Colour Enhancing Impregnator & Stain Block (Matt Sheen Level. Breathable Solution & Impregnator). £12 per Sq M
C. Floor Wax Matt (Matt Sheen Level.Breathable Solution & Topical Seal ). £7 per Sq M
D. Floor Wax Satin (Satin Sheen Level.Breathable Solution & Topical Seal ) £7 per Sq M E. Natural Stone Sealer (Satin Sheen Level. Non- Breathable Solution & Topical Seal) £10 per Sq M
Nb all prices quoted are subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20%
Explanation of Options Above
What Does the Cleaning Process Involve ?
Because the cleaning is a wet process we protect your skirtings & islands with appropriate wraps and boards before starting. Using diamond encrusted brushes on a rotary machine, specialist chemicals & a wet vac, the floors are cleaned twice and rinsed three times.
What Is The Difference Between Clean Only & Cleaning & Honing ?
The cleaning process described above will definitely get into all the nooks, crannies & grout lines. However, If there are variations in the ware of the stone in the high traffic areas the cleaning process my expose this. That’s where honing comes in. Honing is the process of effectively sanding the stones surface with a fine grit (220 grit) that evens out any patchiness & ware on the high traffic areas.
What Is The Difference Between an Impregnator & A Topical Seal ?
Impregnators and topical seals are both stain blockers and colour enhancers waterproofing the stone, making water dirt and grease bead on the surface rather than soak in. Impregnators works similar to scotch guard on suede shoes, they sit in the pores of the stone and grout lines protecting it from within, where as topical seals are more like shoe polish that sit on the surface. As a result topical seals are more likely to wear out in the high traffic areas, while impregnators hide in the pores of the stone. Impregnators produce a Matt finish while topical seals can either be a matt or satin.
What Is The Difference Between A Breathable & Non - Breathable Protecting Solutions & Why Does It Matter ?
Properties built pre 1965 may not have a damp proof membrane (DPM) under the floors as a result you are restricted to using breathable protecting solutions to protect your stone ( impregnators or floor wax ). The reason is you need to allow moisture to migrate up though the stone and off gas at the surface . If you try and use a non- breathable sealer on a floor without a DPM, the floors will look great for a couple of weeks. However, the moisture migrating through the stone will eventually break through the seal, leaving it cracked crazed and unsightly.
In summary the two critical deciding factor in determining which solution is the appropriate product to protect your stone & grout lines are whether you can guarantee having a sound DPM or not & what sheen level you prefer, either Matt or satin.
If however your floor restoration is not straight forward and it is affected by some of the other factors detailed above we have got a downloadable Limestone & Flagstone floor
Cleaning Calculator, but unfortunately it is currently only available in excel. However, we have copied portions of the downloadable PDF with all the figures, but you will have to do the calculations manually. All you need to input is the square meterage of your floors, and you will be able to work out the price.
If you are not sure about any of the options, please check out our videos or simply give me a call on 07724148800 or email me direct at paul@citrusflooring.co.uk
1.What is the existing state of the floor & the extent of restoration required including repairs ?
95 % of Limestone & Flagstone floors can be successfully restored, cracked and missing tiles can potentially be matched and replaced, loose stone can be lifted and re-fitted. However. there two issues that have alloded us The first being bitumen, as the name applies its nasty stuff. Despite using a bitumen solvent that turns the tar like sticky substance into an oil that can be sucked up . The quite reasonably easy looking floor seen below, turned into what I consider as fail, as despite hours of additional work it did not live up to our standards of delivering exceptional floors to exceptional standards. The only other problem that we have found to be an issue is certain old lead based red paints. Modern floor paints including gloss are not a problem, our diamond encrusted brushes combined with a stripping solution & honing powered to give the process a bit more grunt successfully removes them all.
If you are restricted to repairing rather than replacing cracked tiles & large holes in the stone, we have access to a substantial colour range of two part epoxy fillers. As an addition to the cleaning service the cost is as follows
Epoxy Filler £10 Per Repair
Grout lines can become cracked, damaged, missing & highly porous over time, As an addition to the cleaning service we can remove old damaged grout lines & re-grout.
Re-grout £5 per square meter
2.Is the property within the Pitlochry Glasgow Edinbough triangle, with one of the following postcodes ?
DD = Dundee, Angus
EH = Edinburgh, Midlothian
FK = Falkirk, Stirlingshire
G = Glasgow, Lanarkshire
KY = Kirkcaldy, Fife
ML = Motherwell, Lanarkshire
PH = Perth, Perthshire
If your property is within the area detailed above there is no charge for travel costs and the costs quoted on our pricing calculator apply.
Travel Costs (Only Applicable to Post Codes NOT Listed below Calculated from PH1)
0.44 per Mile
Potential jobs outside our standard area of operation need to be commercially viable, but the guys do like a change of scenery every few months, there are travel costs and accommodation and expenses cost that needs to be added.
That said we have carried out a number of jobs in Elgin and Aberdean, The Islands and Campbeltown.
Parking
NB Only Applicable if Charged & The Cost Will Be Added To The Bill on Completion )
TBA
3.If the area in question is over 100 square meters reduced rates do apply and usually attract a reduction of 25%
4.Are you a charity ? If so you will not pay VAT on the prices quoted
5.Are you looking to get the work done outside normal office hours ? If so it will cost more, See Details Below & Our Cost Calculators
If you looking to get the work done outside normal office hours there are additional charges detailed on our calculator, this is because we need to pay our staff time and a half on Saturdays and between 6pm and midnight and double time on Sundays and between midnight and 6am.
6.Pre-Restoration Preparation
Carpet Lifting & Removal From Work Area
Per SQ MTR. £0.49
Carpet Disposal to Commercial Weigh-bridge
Min Charge. £70
Carpet Gripper Removal & Disposal
Per Linea MTR. £0.4
Furniture Removal From Work Area
Up to 2 Large Items. £20
Special Trip Charge To Replacement Furniture After Lacquer Has Dried
Up to 2 Large Items. £50
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