Uncover the expenses involved in entrusting the restoration of your travertine tile to skilled professionals.
Experience: 23 Years
Industry: Natural Stone, Tile and Grout Cleaning and Restoration
Cody has been in the Natural Stone, Tile and Grout service for 23 years, his knowledge and experience
in this field helps get your job done correct the first time. If there is anyone you want on your job site it's Cody.
Location: Serving the Phoenix metro area
The price for restoring travertine tile will vary based on the extent of the necessary work. Nevertheless, the average cost per square foot in Arizona is estimated to be between $1.25 and $5 if the floor requires travertine cleaning, polishing, and resealing.
If you're looking to give a small scuff a touch-up, or spruce up a room, there's a cost-effective way to do it yourself. For around $150, you can acquire a one-room travertine polishing kit that includes all the necessary compounds and sealants. However, if you don't already possess the required equipment needed to polish travertine, you will need to purchase or rent the necessary equipment. Renting a floor machine typically costs around $50 per day.
It is highly recommended to use the services of a stone restoration expert like AriStone Cleaning and Restoration to restore larger projects that have significant wear or damage. By utilizing their expertise and specialized tools, they can guarantee a beautiful outcome for your travertine flooring that is guaranteed to last.
The cost for travertine restoration work can vary significantly based on factors such as the cleanliness and condition of your travertine flooring.
Most professional travertine restoration companies will include the cleaning of your travertine tile and grout in their price. But, the cost of cleaning travertine tile will very based on equipment and cleaning products, you can anticipate the cleaning to be between $0.25 to $1.00 per sq. foot.
Sometimes travertine has a topical sealer on it that will most definitely need to come off. Topical sealers never belong on travertine and while it is a quick inexpensive way to get a shine, it scratches and collects dirt very fast, looking really bad shortly after having it done. The cost of stripping will depend on the type of sealer and how thick it is, but you will be looking at a cost of $1.00 to $3.00 a sq. foot to have it removed.
Polishing and restoring travertine is not very straightforward process. Different techniques and processes are used by different professionals. As a result, you can look to spend anywhere from $1.00 to $3.00 a sq. foot.
Travertine honing, and polishing methods are usually the costliest and require a lot of labor intensive work, but they are very effective on travertine tile, they can restore even the most severely damaged travertine exceptionally well.
If cost is at the forefront, you can ask if your professional offers crystallization, this process is a very cost effective way to polish travertine. The process involves a crystalizing spray, a hog hair pad and uses heat and friction to polish your travertine tile. The cost is usually about half the cost, around $0.50 to $1.50a sq foot. But beware, while crystalizing is a great budget friendly option, it will not give you longevity.
Sealing travertine flooring will greatly depend on the products being used. There are two types of travertine sealers that should be used on travertine, water based and solvent based, both should be a penetrating sealer. STAY AWAY from anyone offering a topical sealer. The cost to seal your travertine should be anywhere between $0.50 to $1.50 a sq. foot depending on the sealer they will be using.
There are two types of hole fills for travertine tile. One is a non epoxy based filler, these fillers are a lot cheaper as they can be done at the very end of the job, but they wont last as long as its epoxy based counterpart. Second is the epoxy based filler, these fillers if done correctly are usually done right after the cleaning and given a day to dry and then honed down the next day during the restoration process. Both have their pros and cons but you are usually looking at $5 to $30 a hole.
As I mentioned above, most professional will work all these cost into a single price per sq. foot. We always encourage shopping around, look for package deals where the professional discounts some of the easier services because you are getting everything done. Be aware of companies charging to much, I won't lie products have increase a lot and labor has gone up a little but I feel some companies are taking advantage of these factors to over price services. Find a professional that is in the middle. While the saying you get what you pay for is usually true, it is not always the case in our world. Almost all of the travertine restoration companies in Phoenix use the same equipment, and roughly the same products to clean, seal, hone a polish your travertine tile. The thing that can change between professionals is their technique and process to get you the final product you are looking for, but in my opinion that doesn’t justify some of the prices we are seeing.
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