Hi everyone. I live in 7-story apartment building in Manhattan. We have 850 sq ft of 1" marble tile in the lobby, and six hallways of 3/4" porcelain tile (around 200 sq ft each). They all look terrible.
I'd appreciate your checking my understanding of what we need to do to clean and maintain the tiles. And then, if you have used equipment to help us do this, please let me know.
General Concept:
Spray with a natural stone cleaner, let it dwell, agitate the hell out of it, steam/vacuum, then seal.
Is that right?
If so, I think that means we need a portable carpet extractor that can produce around 1200 psi, an attachment wand/tool for tile that can also get into corners, and then the cleaning products.
Our new superintendent has never cleaned tile, but he's handy and learns quickly, so we were thinking that instead of hiring contractors to do this every year, we would buy the machinery and have him learn. Bad idea? What should we be aware of? Does doing this every year sound right (we have 25 families and a fair amount of traffic) or does sealing it mean we shouldn't need to spray/scrub/steam that often?
And does anyone know of used equipment in the Greater NY/NJ/CT area that would be the right equipment for us? We mostly have tile floors, but we also have a gym and a kids playroom with rubber flooring and vinyl flooring, and then a huge basement with concrete floors. No carpets.
Thank you in advance. Your help is greatly appreciated.
I'd appreciate your checking my understanding of what we need to do to clean and maintain the tiles. And then, if you have used equipment to help us do this, please let me know.
General Concept:
Spray with a natural stone cleaner, let it dwell, agitate the hell out of it, steam/vacuum, then seal.
Is that right?
If so, I think that means we need a portable carpet extractor that can produce around 1200 psi, an attachment wand/tool for tile that can also get into corners, and then the cleaning products.
Our new superintendent has never cleaned tile, but he's handy and learns quickly, so we were thinking that instead of hiring contractors to do this every year, we would buy the machinery and have him learn. Bad idea? What should we be aware of? Does doing this every year sound right (we have 25 families and a fair amount of traffic) or does sealing it mean we shouldn't need to spray/scrub/steam that often?
And does anyone know of used equipment in the Greater NY/NJ/CT area that would be the right equipment for us? We mostly have tile floors, but we also have a gym and a kids playroom with rubber flooring and vinyl flooring, and then a huge basement with concrete floors. No carpets.
Thank you in advance. Your help is greatly appreciated.
