What I've got are concrete floors screeded over with about an inch of a dull pink stuff. It doesn't appear to be cement/sand based as it is too light. It more like carlite in consistency than cement mortar. The house was constructed in 1948.
I thought if I found out what it is it I can research it further and decide whether I can seal it or rip it up. Not keen on the latter as having done it in one room it reveals quite rough concrete underneath.
Any ideas as to what it might be?
mark
Might possibly be limecrete, or a gypsum based mixture. Unusual either way. Might even contain brick powder. With the construction date being in the austere time after the war there's no knowing what tricks they may have pulled to get it done.
NT
Years ago treated a concrete floor with a Marley product, you put it on like a screed, this had a marble effect, as I was young I will make that an excuse. I was wondering if that is what it is. Might be worth contacting Marley, if they still exist, and asking their advice.
It is a solid consistent colour, no marble effect.
mark
I'd ask on the forum here:
Sounds like hot poured asphalt. Comes in blocks and heated in a tank at the back of a lorry. Poured onto the floor and spread about 1/2" or 10mm thick. One way of telling if it is Asphalt, furniture castors sink in and leave dints, even through carpets..
It's pink. I've always assumed asphalt was black.
mark
The hot poured stuff that was where I worked was pink
The correct name for the Asphalt is (Rock Asphalt) Black for roofs and either Red, Pink, Brown or Black for floor screeds.
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