Raghwat Al Janoub Maintenance and Cleaning
Marble grinding and crystallisation in Al-Jumum
Al-Jumum is a small town marking a historic stop on the old pilgrimage road between Makkah and Madinah, built around a mosque and fort with a traditional market at its heart, mixing residential homes with shop fronts facing the main road. Marble floors here blend domestic use with commercial traffic, so polishing must account for different wear patterns between a family kitchen and a shopfront constantly exposed to street dust and food residue.
Why grinding beats a surface polish
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Shine from the stone, not a layer
A surface polish shines for the first week, then flakes off at the doors and busy walkways.
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Scratches removed, not hidden
Deep scratches and sunken stains do not wipe away, because they sit inside the stone.
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A surface that resists Riyadh dust
Central Saudi dust is fine, mineral and constant, and it grinds against a soft polish all day until the shine dulls.
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Edges and skirtings matched
Many floor jobs leave the corners and skirtings dull, so the edge of every room gives the work away.
Why the job is different in Al-Jumum
Commercial shops facing the main road in Al-Jumum show heavier and faster dust buildup on marble than residential homes set back from the street, and food residue left by customers leaves marks that take longer to fade. The whole method is set out in our marble grinding and crystallisation guide.
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Commercial shops and homes on one street front
Al-Jumum mixes residential homes with commercial shops facing the main road, so marble in a shop sees daily customer traffic and street dust, while marble in the home next door might be inside a bedroom far from all that movement.
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Road dust and constant traffic flow
The main highway between Makkah and Madinah carries a steady stream of cars, buses and freight trucks, and fine dust slips through glass fronts and doors facing the road onto the marble faster than it reaches interior spaces in the same building.
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Mixed commercial and residential use under one roof
Many Al-Jumum buildings have a shop on the ground floor and a small flat or villa upstairs, so the shop's marble shows daily cleaning wear while the flat above it may not be cleaned as often. This means the polishing approach differs between the two levels.
What's Included
Al-Jumum sits on Wadi Fatimah and the main crossing between Makkah and Madinah, and constant traffic and foot traffic along the route bring dust and dirt toward shop fronts and glass-facing residential entrances that sit directly on the street.
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The stone type and its condition read
Heavy road dust from the main highway is checked first before we decide how hard to treat shop fronts facing the street.
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Coarse grinding to take out the scratches
Food marks and grease in commercial shops are handled separately before any general polishing of the surface begins.
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Stepped through to the fine pads
Marble in a shop and marble in the flat above it need different protective sealers based on how much each space is used.
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Crystallisation for a hard surface
Glass fronts of homes facing the road leave heavier dust that needs extra cleaning before any polishing can start.
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Edges and skirtings
A strong protective sealer is chosen for shops because the shine will wear down quickly from constant customer traffic.
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A final seal on the pores
After polishing a commercial shop, we leave a longer drying time and focus on setting the protection hard before customers return.
Landmarks of Al-Jumum
Polishing teams schedule their work around Mosque of Al-Fath, Asafan Fort, Majnah Market and the university campus, reaching shops on the main road and homes in quieter neighbourhoods inside the town with a plan that respects shop closing times.
- Mosque of Al-Fath
- Asafan Fort
- Majnah Market
- Wadi Fatimah
- Umm Al-Qura University College
How we work
Survey the floor
Prepare the space
Grind and crystallise
Clean up and hand over
Some of our work
Photos from our team's work.
What is different about Makkah Region
Makkah Region reaches from the Red Sea coast at Jeddah, Rabigh, Al Lith and Al Qunfudhah to the holy city in its valley and up to Taif on the Hijaz escarpment. Jeddah's corniche towers, glass offices and the coral stone houses of Al Balad live in humid, salt laden air that films glass and pits metal. Makkah's hotel towers and marble courtyards stand in dry heat with constant pilgrim traffic and dust, while Taif's stone villas get fog, rain and cold nights on Al Hada. Salt residue and damp are the main enemies of stone and glass here.
Other services in Al-Jumum
The room and the building around it are on one list.
