Your marble looks dull because it’s been cleaned wrong for years. Most household cleaners are too caustic and create etching with every wipe. That damage compounds over time until your floors look cloudy, scratched, and worn down.
Restoration brings back the original finish without replacing a single tile. You’re looking at $5 to $15 per square foot instead of $70 to $190 for new marble. The work takes days, not weeks. And you keep the authentic character that makes Cold Spring Harbor homes worth what they are.
Well-maintained original marble increases property value by 3-5%. Replacement just gives you new stone. Restoration gives you back what you paid for when you bought a historic home in the first place.
We’ve been restoring historic floors across Nassau and Suffolk County since 1998. We’re not a franchise. You work directly with the owner on every project.
The New York Times featured our work in 2001 because we specialize in the floors that need the most help. Century-old marble with water damage, hidden defects, and years of improper care. The worse the condition, the better the challenge for us.
Cold Spring Harbor has some of the oldest homes on Long Island. Many date back to the 1800s when sea captains built here. Those original marble foyers and bathroom floors weren’t meant to be replaced every few decades. They were built to last generations if maintained correctly.
First, we assess the actual condition of your marble. Not just surface scratches, but underlying issues like etching, staining, lippage, and structural problems common in 100-year-old installations. You get a transparent quote with no surprises.
Then we start the restoration process. We grind down the damaged surface layer using diamond abrasives, working through progressively finer grits. This removes etching, scratches, and stains that cleaning can’t touch. We’re not covering up damage. We’re removing it.
Next comes honing and polishing to bring back the original factory finish. This is where the floor goes from matte and cloudy to mirror-smooth and reflective. Most jobs finish in under two days. You can walk on the floors immediately after we’re done.
We also handle concrete restoration and polishing now, so if you have original concrete elements in your historic home, we can restore those too.
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You get a full assessment of your marble’s condition before we start. We identify problem areas, explain what’s causing the damage, and outline exactly what we’ll do to fix it. No guessing.
The restoration includes grinding, honing, and polishing to factory-level finish. We handle stain removal, crack repair, and lippage correction when needed. If your marble has water damage from Long Island’s coastal humidity, we address that too.
Cold Spring Harbor’s location means your floors face moisture challenges that inland properties don’t deal with. Salt air, higher humidity levels, and temperature swings all affect natural stone differently. We’ve worked in this area long enough to know how marble behaves here and what it needs to last another hundred years.
You also get direct communication throughout the project. No project managers or middlemen. You talk to the person actually doing the work, which means faster answers and better results.
Restoration runs $5 to $15 per square foot depending on condition. Replacement costs $70 to $190 per square foot when you factor in demolition, disposal, new material, and installation.
For a 200-square-foot foyer, you’re looking at $1,000 to $3,000 for restoration versus $14,000 to $38,000 for replacement. The gap gets bigger when you’re dealing with historic marble that’s hard to match or custom patterns that would need to be recreated.
Restoration also takes 1-3 days instead of weeks. You don’t lose access to parts of your home for extended periods, and you don’t deal with the dust and disruption of demolition work.
Yes. In fact, that’s what we specialize in. Century-old marble is usually higher quality than what you can buy today because it was quarried when the best veins were still accessible.
The challenge with historic marble isn’t the age. It’s the accumulated damage from decades of improper cleaning and maintenance. Caustic cleaners, acidic products, and abrasive scrubbing create etching that builds up over time.
We remove that damaged surface layer and expose the original stone underneath. As long as the marble itself is structurally sound, we can bring it back to original condition. Many of Cold Spring Harbor’s oldest homes still have their original marble because it was built to last.
Most residential jobs finish in less than two days. Small bathrooms might take half a day. Large foyers or multiple rooms might take two to three days depending on square footage and condition.
The timeline depends on how much damage we’re correcting. Light restoration on well-maintained marble goes faster than deep restoration on floors with heavy etching, staining, or lippage issues.
You can use the floors immediately after we finish. There’s no curing time or waiting period. We clean up completely, and you’re back to normal the same day we wrap up.
Yes. Bathroom marble takes more abuse than any other surface in your home. Soap scum, hard water, and cleaning products create etching and buildup that regular cleaning can’t remove.
We restore bathroom floors, shower walls, vanity tops, and any other marble surfaces. The process is the same: remove the damaged layer, hone, and polish back to original finish.
Bathrooms in historic Cold Spring Harbor homes often have original marble that’s been there since installation. That marble is worth restoring because it’s better quality than modern alternatives and maintains the authentic character of the space.
We handle all natural stone: marble, granite, limestone, travertine, and terrazzo. We’ve also added concrete restoration and polishing to our services.
Each stone type requires different techniques and abrasives. Marble is softer and more porous than granite, so the restoration process differs. Limestone and travertine need even gentler approaches because they’re more delicate.
We’ve been doing this since 1998, so we know how each material responds and what it needs. If you have multiple stone types in your home, we can restore all of them without bringing in multiple contractors.
You work directly with the owner on every project. No sales teams, no project managers, no subcontractors. The person who quotes your job is the same person who does the work.
We specialize in historic floors that other companies won’t touch. The more challenging the project, the better it is for us. We’ve built our reputation on restoring century-old marble in some of Nassau and Suffolk County’s oldest homes.
The New York Times featured our work because we focus on quality over volume. We’re not trying to run ten jobs a day. We’re trying to do each job right, which means taking the time to understand what your specific floors need and delivering results that last.
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