Raghwat Al Janoub Maintenance and Cleaning
Marble grinding and crystallisation in Al Wajh
Al-Wajh is a small Red Sea port town in Tabuk region with an old heritage quarter of stone houses, modern villas along the corniche and tourist hotels, each with marble floors directly exposed to sea moisture and salt. Marble here endures repeated cycles of high humidity, salt spray and hot air, making polishing more challenging and shorter-lived than in inland cities.
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 Wajh
In Al-Wajh we notice that marble in ground-level rooms and sea-facing spaces accumulates white salt spots far faster than floors in enclosed interior rooms. The whole method is set out in our full account of marble grinding and crystallisation.
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Heritage old town with modern coastal villas
Al-Wajh combines a heritage old quarter with historic stone buildings and straightforward marble, alongside modern corniche villas with finer marble floors. Old buildings mean rising moisture from beneath the foundations, while modern ones mean larger openings to hot air and sea salt spray.
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Intense sea salt and humidity from direct Red Sea location
Direct exposure to the Red Sea means very high humidity and salt spray carried on the air and in rare rain. This salt seeps under marble at high speed and leaves deep white spots.
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Tourist use in hotels, bathhouses and pools near the shore
Tourist hotels, public bathhouses and pools close to the sea have marble floors needing high durability. These buildings combine very high humidity with heavy use from tourists and visitors.
What's Included
Al-Wajh sits directly on the Red Sea coast with historic ports and Ottoman fortifications, and intense sea salt and coastal humidity penetrate marble floors rapidly through ventilation and openings, making marble protection essential before polishing.
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The stone type and its condition read
Al-Wajh is a Red Sea coastal city with villas, hotels and an old town, so each building type needs different treatment based on sea salt exposure.
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Coarse grinding to take out the scratches
White sea salt spots are extracted forcefully before any other treatment, as salt does not lift with plain water.
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Stepped through to the fine pads
Very strong preventive treatment is applied before grinding and crystallisation to protect marble from repeated sea salt exposure.
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Crystallisation for a hard surface
Rooms and spaces facing the sea directly need stronger preventive treatment than closed interior rooms.
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Edges and skirtings
Tourist hotels and bathhouses with very high humidity and heavy use need very short polishing cycles.
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A final seal on the pores
After crystallisation, we may need extra drying equipment in Al-Wajh because of high humidity from the sea.
Landmarks of Al Wajh
Work teams schedule visits around Al-Wajh Castle, the old town, the corniche and the port, so they reach coastal villas, hotels and heritage buildings without delays between appointments across the small city.
- Al-Wajh Port
- Al-Wajh Castle
- Al-Wajh Old Town
- Al-Wajh Corniche
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 Tabuk Region
Tabuk Region spans the far north west, from Tabuk city and the oasis of Tayma inland to Duba, Al Wajh, Umluj and Haql on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. Inland winters are the coldest on the western side of the country, with frost, rain and occasional snow on Jabal Al Lawz, and rain runs the dust of a dry season down render and glass in long streaks. The coast is humid and salty, and its resort buildings and port facilities take a salt film that clouds glass and dulls polished stone.
Other services in Al Wajh
The room and the building around it are on one list.
