The Back Hall & Laundry

I apologize for the error, these photos didn't make the website, as they should have.
In this sequence of photos you can see the process of having the floor grinded (ground?), stained, scored, washed, sealed, and, finally, grouted.
The first two images are of the back hall & laundry area, prior to the work of the grinding tool. Notice the waves in the floor surface? That is how the last guys left the floor, unfinished, mostly because it was the end of the day.



These photos can be enlarged sometimes to full screen (yours) by clicking on the image, try it!













The next shots here are taken after the staining and scoring has been done, what needs doin' now is the wash off of the slightly acidic stain residue. I use a baking soda and water solution for this process. After this is done, the floor can be sealed for posterity.. If washing these floors is the least fun, sealing them is the most rewarding by far of all the processes, or maybe it's the grouting. I can't decide.....

The icing on the cake perhaps?

Ta - Da, the finished product, well, we have still to wax them......