Grunff wrote:

Nigel Molesworth wrote:

What is this, bad taste week?

I love it when someone who's never actually lived with 'original
flagstones' wades in...


You have got ORIGINAL FLAGSTONES, and you are going to cover them up.

Yes, very sensibly. Flagstones weren't used because they are a great
floor, they were used because they were relatively cheap and hard
wearing. They have many, many drawbacks.

Nonsense. Flagstones were expensive. Cheap floors were cobbled - often
"pitched" i.e. thin stones on edge, cheaper floors were bare earth
compacted and improved with mutton fat etc. Some flags e.g. big
limestone ones were very expensive and would cost a fortune to replace
nowadays. Quarry tiles took over because they were much cheaper by the
late 19C and an improvement on some (but not all) stone surfaces.

cheers

Jacob