I have an 1800s farmhouse and in a couple of rooms, there are the original slate flagstones laid most likely directly on the earth.
They do let a bit of damp through along the joints and obviously attract any condensation due to the underlying temperature.
I'd like to keep them and make some repairs/replace some.
I've bitten the bullet and decided to get a micro digger in so that I can lift them all up, dig down and lay an insulated floor before reinstating the slabs.
Question is, what would be an appropriate floor build up/structure?
My first thought was concrete, insulation and screed with dpm underneath, lapped up the walls, with slabs over bedded in kiln dried sand to level. Not sure I'd get the slabs level if I mortared them down.
The slabs are smooth but uneven, it's an old house, but the joints are pretty perfect.
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Tia