I'd like to do something about the floors in my old thatched cottage. They are either brick or tile, laid (so I am led to believe) on earth. Over the last 200 years, pathways have been worn in them so each room has undulations, and the brick in the kitchen particuarly is very cracked as well.
Taking them up is not an option. - I'd like to start in the hall, which is a nice small area. Part of the floor is quarry tile, then are gaps and dips where doorways have been previously, then there is uneven brick.
Will a levelling screed work to level these floors? Do I try and put membranes undermeath? There is no damp-proofing, but to date, so long as walls and floor can breathe (no fitted carpets, no large furniture sitting directly on floor), its been ok without.
I love these floors, but it's time I did some updating, hence the question. If I can suss the hall, I'd like to do the kitchen with water pipe under floor heating - but that's another story!
