rog and gina
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Hi everyone, its been a long time since our last confession......
We have original flagstones in the living room with lots of problems, we uncovered them from their layers of concrete screed, hardboard (nailed to the screed and subsequently into the flags!!!) and pretend parquet and layers of dirty old carpets and general gunge.
Now we've been able to use the room for 14ish months we've decided to do something about the floor, carrying on using the original flags isn't really possible, at least 75percent have so much damage that we'd have to dig them all up and replace them (most have split because of the nails going all the way through) the rest still have patches of concrete on them that is near impossible to shift without causing more damage to the flags. there is also a small area of the room that has quarry tiles(about 9 in total) either side of the tiles is some concrete that needs to be removed and filled, possibly with more quarry tiles.
The big question is, should we/can we use lime to level the flagstones so we can lay a floating solid wood floor over the top so the flags are still preserved for the next generation to discover and replace if they wish? or should we try and replace all of the flagstones that are damaged?
There is no damp in the room, no cold spots and the flags are laid straight onto earth.
thanks for your help over the many years,
Gina and Rog(who'd like to go for the easy option btw!!)
We have original flagstones in the living room with lots of problems, we uncovered them from their layers of concrete screed, hardboard (nailed to the screed and subsequently into the flags!!!) and pretend parquet and layers of dirty old carpets and general gunge.
Now we've been able to use the room for 14ish months we've decided to do something about the floor, carrying on using the original flags isn't really possible, at least 75percent have so much damage that we'd have to dig them all up and replace them (most have split because of the nails going all the way through) the rest still have patches of concrete on them that is near impossible to shift without causing more damage to the flags. there is also a small area of the room that has quarry tiles(about 9 in total) either side of the tiles is some concrete that needs to be removed and filled, possibly with more quarry tiles.
The big question is, should we/can we use lime to level the flagstones so we can lay a floating solid wood floor over the top so the flags are still preserved for the next generation to discover and replace if they wish? or should we try and replace all of the flagstones that are damaged?
There is no damp in the room, no cold spots and the flags are laid straight onto earth.
thanks for your help over the many years,
Gina and Rog(who'd like to go for the easy option btw!!)