130 year old slate flagstone floor

[Verneur]

I hope someone can advise?

We are lucky enough to own a 130 year old stone and slate farmhouse in France. It has an original slate flagstone floor on the ground floor. We are now getting to close being able to renovate/clean the floor itself and are unsure as to what to use.

Some of the flagstone are approximately 6 feet long so quite large. The room itself is approximately 10 metres long by 5 metres wide so quite a large area (we need to keep costs as low as possible).

Do we need to use a specialist cleaner first or can we just scrub it clean then use some kind of sealer? Then what kind of sealer should we use? We would need something fairly hard wearing as we will be in and out all the time working when we eventually move there

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[doug boardley]

is it goat pooh?

[doug boardley]

I'd try LTP Grimex to clean it up

[doug boardley]

there's a few you can try, here's the link

LTP Online | Product Basket

[Verneur]

Ha ha! No the goat is actually our neighbours' goat - we borrowed it to 'mow' the grass on a visit last year... It seemed to take a shine to my partner who wasn't impressed... bless him!

This is the best photo I can find of the floor although the room itself has changed considerably since then. I've since lime plastered the walls and myself and my partner have now installed a proper ceiling so the room looks totally different. I did have some really good photos but we were attacked by a virus a few months ago and I lost everything on my hard drive...

I plastered the walls, and slated the roof, and made the windows... my father thinks I'm a great disappointment to him as he says I'm more like a 'navi' than a daughter.

[doug boardley]

Ha ha! No the goat is actually our neighbours' goat - we borrowed it to 'mow' the grass on a visit last year... It seemed to take a shine to my partner who wasn't impressed... bless him!

This is the best photo I can find of the floor although the room itself has changed considerably since then. I've since lime plastered the walls and myself and my partner have now installed a proper ceiling so the room looks totally different. I did have some really good photos but we were attacked by a virus a few months ago and I lost everything on my hard drive...

I plastered the walls, and slated the roof, and made the windows... my father thinks I'm a great disappointment to him as he says I'm more like a 'navi' than a daughter.

no problem there,,,my wife's a welder...seriously

[timeless john]

I'd wait for Phil Hobson to give some advice - he most likely tiled it originally.

[doug boardley]

I'd wait for Phil Hobson to give some advice - he most likely tiled it originally.

but that was when he was Philippe D' Obson

[whitebeam]

Hi and welcome..