wildthings
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Hopeful newbie to the forum.
Our cottage is supposedly 1780s, stone with a later brick front elevation. It has some decent beans and large and plaster in tact, old doors and locks etc and A LOT of 1969s -1980s ‘improvements’.
We’ve recently stripped out the sitting room removing the cement render etc. Under the carpet was a DPM which has degraded and explains the tarry smell, so I’ve started peeling it off and of course there’s bitumen underneath. I’ve cleared a small patch and might have found something interesting- or might not! I tried a chisel on it to see if it was concrete which might have been covering an original floor. It left white scratches but no breakage, it’s super smooth, the edge is wobbly and a buff colour with some mottling. Absolutely no aggregate that I can see. However! This could be wishful thinking!
If not stone, what could it be that’s this smooth. Surely no one would polish concrete back in the day. There was a bit of 60s parquet under the carpet in the corner too. Another find!
Our cottage is supposedly 1780s, stone with a later brick front elevation. It has some decent beans and large and plaster in tact, old doors and locks etc and A LOT of 1969s -1980s ‘improvements’.
We’ve recently stripped out the sitting room removing the cement render etc. Under the carpet was a DPM which has degraded and explains the tarry smell, so I’ve started peeling it off and of course there’s bitumen underneath. I’ve cleared a small patch and might have found something interesting- or might not! I tried a chisel on it to see if it was concrete which might have been covering an original floor. It left white scratches but no breakage, it’s super smooth, the edge is wobbly and a buff colour with some mottling. Absolutely no aggregate that I can see. However! This could be wishful thinking!
If not stone, what could it be that’s this smooth. Surely no one would polish concrete back in the day. There was a bit of 60s parquet under the carpet in the corner too. Another find!