Covering Slate Floors

This first quality tile makes a statement on floors walls and countertops.

Covering slate floors. The finest slate is found underground and must be mined. Add a splash of contemporary styling to your add a splash of contemporary styling to your decor with this 12 in. I ve pulled up slate tiles twice. If you have an old slate floor and you don t like the look of it anymore but you don t want the work and expense of ripping it out one easy solution is to lay a floating floor over it.

Designed with a natural unglazed finish this flooring option features random variations in tone that create a stylish complement for a wide variety of design schemes. Surface slate has been subjected to the elements for hundreds of years. They come up easy enough. Granite is a harder substance and while it too requires sealing you won t have to do this as often as you do with slate.

Floating floors are not attached to the subfloor in any way but merely sit on top of it. A high quality natural slate floor hand laid will have variations in the floor surface. The real work is the surface prep for the new flooring as there was bits of mortar and glue left behind. Gauged slate floor and wall tile.

We hired a mini jack hammer type tool and then just worked our way from an edge. The majority of slate floors i have dealt with have come with two major factors to consider. Slate flooring like anything else will have different grades of quality. It costs less because it is less expensive to extract.

The only way to properly cover them is to grind them down to an even layer very very messy.