I have just discovered yorkstone under the old vinyl in my kitchen. I would like to leave it, but it is quite flaky and uneven. Is there a special way to treat it to make it good for interior use. (grinding, blasting, scraping, sealing...?) Can it be recomended as a kitchen floor or is it to cold, damp and dirty? There are a few bits missing where there used to be a toitlet. I have some more outside I could use for it. How do I lay it. Is it usually just layed onto the earth or do I use concrete?
Many thanks.
Interior yorkstone - How to treat unsovered kitchen yorkstone
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If its an old building then a lot of the moisture from the soil will evaporate through the slabs. Putting impervious flooring like vnyl on top of it has trapped this moisture, and that is why the top of the slabs has crumbled. If you stop the moisture from evaporating through the slabs - such as sealing them with PVA or similar, then you stand a good chance of the moisture wicking up the walls instead.
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a word of warning - i have just had the flags in my hallway sandblasted and they look amazing apart from a small area that had been covered by lino - the glue effects how well they can be sandblasted and damages the stone - so if you are going to do it I would recommend that you scrape/clean up as much off the glue as possible.
Em