Ross201085
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Hi everyone
New to the forum here but already seen it as a great source of advice. My wife and I are currently restoring a 19th century limestone farm cottage in Northants.
We removed the carpet and some of the floor screed in the living room and realised there was original quarry tiles underneath. The quarry tiles had an impermeable polythene membrane on them then the floor screed in top. So for breathability I decided to remove the screed and the polythene to expose the tiles.
I have ran into an issue;
Having removed the screed there was an uneven section of tiles which were covered in cement. Having done some poor research I used a 5% brick acid was to try and remove the cement. Unfortunately this has damaged the top of the quarry tiles (lesson learnt) and I now need to replace an area of 2m x 3m. I removed some tiles to look underneath and it looks as if they may be laid directly on earth or perhaps some kind of sand/lime mix
Does anyone have any advice for me replacing these and what I should be doing to restore them? I have sourced some replacement tiles from reclamation that I believe are the same so it’s a case of understanding the technique of laying them? I had in my mind laying them on a level bed of hydraulic lime and sharp sand and misting the tile and the sand before laying them to add some moisture to get them to set, would this be correct? If so what mix of hydraulic lime and sand should I be using?
Thanks in advance
Ross
New to the forum here but already seen it as a great source of advice. My wife and I are currently restoring a 19th century limestone farm cottage in Northants.
We removed the carpet and some of the floor screed in the living room and realised there was original quarry tiles underneath. The quarry tiles had an impermeable polythene membrane on them then the floor screed in top. So for breathability I decided to remove the screed and the polythene to expose the tiles.
I have ran into an issue;
Having removed the screed there was an uneven section of tiles which were covered in cement. Having done some poor research I used a 5% brick acid was to try and remove the cement. Unfortunately this has damaged the top of the quarry tiles (lesson learnt) and I now need to replace an area of 2m x 3m. I removed some tiles to look underneath and it looks as if they may be laid directly on earth or perhaps some kind of sand/lime mix
Does anyone have any advice for me replacing these and what I should be doing to restore them? I have sourced some replacement tiles from reclamation that I believe are the same so it’s a case of understanding the technique of laying them? I had in my mind laying them on a level bed of hydraulic lime and sharp sand and misting the tile and the sand before laying them to add some moisture to get them to set, would this be correct? If so what mix of hydraulic lime and sand should I be using?
Thanks in advance
Ross