500-year-old Jura marble floor... what to do with it?

Hello,

we are tearing down a 500-year-old Jura farmhouse and of course I'm taking out everything that can still be used. Naturally also because a good piece of memories is attached to the (grandparents') house.
The floor of the house is completely made of Jura marble slabs, as old as the house (about 500-550 years), some are naturally broken but so far we have already taken out a few good stacks just from the kitchen.

What do you think, where and how could they be used in our new construction project? Inside or outside? Also, I don't know how they would need to be processed, because for example they are much too thick for tiles, and for outside I'm afraid they might freeze and break....

There are even larger hexagonal slabs included, it would really be a shame to lose the good pieces!

Here are a few pictures:

Phew... 190 views and no one has an idea what I can do with the slabs? Can you saw something like that so they reach the standard tile thickness and you could tile with them normally?

In a new construction, the standard thickness of commercial tiles does not initially matter. If considered early, the floor covering can also be thicker.

Yes, that’s what I thought too, but when we suggested using the tiles in the entrance area, it was said that we would then have to do less screed at this spot. This then leads to further steps that make it overall more expensive than if we cover the entrance area with regular tiles.

Storing and shelving is definitely worth it. I would use them again on the floor inside the house, I share your concern for outdoor use, and for the wall they are too thick.

Es spielt bei einem Neubau erstmal keine Rolle, wue Stark die Handelsübliche Fliesenstärke ist. Bei frühzeitiger Berücksichtigung kann der Bodenbelag ja auch dicker sein.

I see it the same way.

Daraus folgen dann weitere Schritte die es insgesamt teurer machen als wenn wir den Eingangsbereich mit normalen Fliesen belegen.

I see the gain in uniqueness as "not proportional" to the little extra effort :-)

It could be interesting to polish part of it and not another part, and then lay them mixed.

Overall, there will still be much more that is good than you can or want to install yourself. If you are patient, you will be pleasantly surprised at what can still be realized from it.

They have all polished themselves naturally through 500 years of use :-) You just have to wash them properly....

What do you mean by much more that can be good? Do you mean other things besides the tiles? And how can profit be generated from that?