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Tile & Grout Cleaning for Uxbridge's Hard Water

Water that comes up out of the ground carries the ground with it. On glazed tile that shows as a film a mop slides over, and in grout it settles in and stays — which is why a floor can look dull again the day after it was cleaned.

Clear Conditions projectBefore & after
Before and after of a Clear Conditions grout cleaning project on a bathroom tile floor with darkened grout lines
Tile and grout cleaning before and after
Clear Conditions projectBefore & after
Before and after of a Clear Conditions shower tile and grout restoration project
Shower tile and grout before and after

Built for hard-water deposits

Mineral film and stained grout lines cleaned, recoloured and sealed.

7 customer services

Tile, showers, stone, floors, counters, carpet and furniture from one team.

Bonded, insured, WSIB covered

All equipment and supplies brought to the property.

Town water, well water, and what each leaves behind

Uxbridge is a township as well as a town. The urban area sits inside a much larger rural one that takes in Goodwood, Leaskdale, Zephyr and the concession roads between them, and the two are supplied differently: the serviced area municipally, and most properties outside it from private wells.

Groundwater that has moved through limestone country is generally hard, and hard water leaves minerals behind every time it dries. On tile that is a haze across the glaze. In grout it works inside the line, carries soil in with it, and stops responding to anything applied from the top.

That is a cleaning and sealing problem rather than a replacement one. Grout can be cleaned and resealed, recoloured to one even line, or cut out and replaced where it has gone past saving — and a floor is usually a mixture of those rather than one of them.

Why the floor dulls again a day later

Hard water is not dirt, and it does not behave like dirt. It is dissolved mineral that stays behind when the water goes, so an ordinary clean removes what is on top and leaves the deposit that caused the problem.

A mop spreads the film rather than lifting it
Mop water already carrying minerals dries back onto the tile. The floor looks clean while it is wet and hazy as soon as it dries.
Grout absorbs what the tile repels
The glaze keeps deposits on the surface; the grout line takes them in, along with whatever soil is travelling with them. Cleaning the surface leaves what is inside the line.
Sealing is what makes the result last
Grout is sealed after cleaning or recolouring so it resists water and staining. Without that step the line greys again, and on hard water it does so quickly.
Treating the water does not undo the deposit
Softening changes what arrives at the tap from now on. It does not remove the mineral already sitting inside a grout line, which still has to be cleaned out.

Where grout cannot be brought back, an oscillating tool removes the old grout and new grout is applied between the tiles. That is regrouting, and it is priced separately from cleaning.

Before and after of a Clear Conditions cleaning project on darkened wall tile grout
Clear Conditions tile workWall tile grout before and after

Where hard water shows first

Tile & Grout Cleaning

Tile and grout cleaning, grout recolouring, regrouting, and sealing for bathrooms, kitchens, and floors.

  • Tile and grout cleaning
  • Grout recolouring
  • Regrouting
  • Grout sealing
  • VCT strip and wax

Services in Uxbridge

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Grout is a porous material with a finish, not a plastic joint. Cleaning, recolouring, regrouting and sealing are four different answers to four different conditions, and each links to the tile and grout page with its published pricing.

Available in Uxbridge

Hardwood Floor Care

Cleaning, acrylic wax removal, screen and recoat, dustless refinishing, and stair refinishing.

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Available in Uxbridge

Shower Restoration

Silicone recaulking, mold treatment, wall tile and grout cleaning, and grout sealing.

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Available in Uxbridge

Tile & Grout Cleaning

Tile and grout cleaning, grout recolouring, regrouting, and sealing for bathrooms, kitchens, and floors.

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Available in Uxbridge

Countertop Reconditioning

Reconditioning for stone and solid-surface counters affected by dullness, deposits, etching, or light scratches.

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Available in Uxbridge

Stone Floor Restoration

Diamond polishing and sealing for marble, travertine, limestone, and other natural stone floors.

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Available in Uxbridge

Carpet & Furniture Cleaning

Carpet, area rug, furniture, and upholstery cleaning for homes and commercial properties.

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Clear Conditions standards

  • Bonded, insured and WSIB covered
  • Over 10 years of experience
  • Fixed quotes agreed before work begins
  • All work is 100% guaranteed

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