Friday, October 9, 2009

Stylolites in limestone

 
We are installing 2,000 sf of 18" x 18" Giallo Provenza Limestone flooring on a concrete slab in a new home.  We are in the punch list phase of closing on the house.   From reading your Expert Forum website, I now understand that some of our newly installed floor tiles have the naturally occurring stylolites "squiggly lines" in them.  Some run from side to side but you cannot feel any "crack" with a fingernail.  I wonder if we should insist in having the tile contractor replace those tiles that have the "line" running the length of the tile because these are weak areas and could crack open over time.  We are talking 30 tiles.  Susan 1/1/07.

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