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I have this stone floor in my new kitchen, and I'm going to need to cover it with something. I'm not sure what kind of stone it is.
The floor is really cold in the winter, so I don't want to leave it just stone. My question is can I cover it without creating problems with damp? I've been told the stone should be breathable and therefore not covered.
If it's not visible, just got for a manufactured board, e.g. plywood, OSB, etc. For 3cm, you may be looking at two pieces stacked on top of each other. If it's on concrete, install a moisture barrier first. To secure the boards, I'd avoid the temptation to use a Ramset and permanently drive the names into the cement, since the next time the flooring is redone, you can take the opportunity to do it right and pull everything up and go wall to wall. Instead, secure it with a few cut nails. Again, this all assumes that none of this is visible.
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What some manufactures call quartz is actually ground granite and epoxy or Silestone. In most cases they are great and don't require sealing like solid granite does. I suspect you may have purchased a bargain brand that is inferior to Silestone or solid granite or good grade Quartzite type. Also, do not confuse Stilestone or similar to real solid quartz which is a granite rich in pure clear or milky quartz.
If you feel you were mislead in your purchase, you could go raise a stink at the retailer. Insist they inspect your counters and make it clear you are not satisfied.
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you can cover with anything you want to, it all has to do with how much money you want to spend. the way it looks I would not lay any tile, that will be costly and it will still be cold. I would lay a free-floating that does not attach to the concrete at all, it just floats, that way if the concrete cracks are moves at all the flooring, will balance out and not crack are a break. that's why I was saying no tile, to much prep wood, floating all the concrete will cost a lot. and they make floating floors that look just like tile, wood, rock anything you want, and you can get it in waterproof, completely all of a rubber type material. with no kind of material that will swell up when it gets any moisture.