KOTA STONE FLOORING | An Architect Explains
Kota stone has both advantages and disadvantages. It is useful to know the characteristics of Kota sone, its usability and suitability as a flooring option. As an Architect, I have described Kota stone along with it’s features under the following headings so that you can decide whether it is suited for your requirement and your space:
What are the characteristics of Kota stone?
What are the advantages of Kota stone flooring?
What are the disadvantages of Kota stone flooring?
Where is Kota stone flooring best suited?
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF KOTA STONE?
- Composition: Kota is a very fine grained, siliceous calcium carbonate rock of sedimentary nature.
- Physical properties: Kota is hard, compact, tough and homogenous natural stone. It is non-slippery.
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF KOTA STONE FLOORING?
- Beautiful: Polished Kota Stone looks beautiful because of it’s nice smoothness and shine.
- Natural: Like Marble or Granite, Kota is a natural stone and is bio-degradable and a green option.
- Finish: Kota stone can be finished according to requirement such as one-side honed, both-sides honed, hand cut, machine cut, polished, mirror finish and calibrated etc.
- Hygienic: Kota, being non-porous and moisture resistant, is a hygienic flooring option in humid regions.
- Cool: Kota reflects heat and is always cool and comfortable underfoot.
- Affordable: Unlike Marble or Granite, Kota stone is very affordable. In fact it is the cheapest stone among other natural stones.
- Wide range: Kota is available in beautiful colours like black, pink, grey and beige. though the rich greenish-blue and brown colours are the most popular.
WHAT ARE THE DISADVANTAGES OF KOTA STONE FLOORING?
- Flaking: The stone tends to flake over a period of time. However, periodic polishing using polishing wax can eliminate this phenomenon.
- Lustreless: Kota lacks the luster of Marble or granite.
- Small sized tiles: Unlike Marble and Granite, Kota is not available as large slabs, due to the brittleness of limestone. The maximum sizes are around 240 cm x 75 cm.
- Many joints: Unlike Marble or Granite, Kota stone flooring does not give the appearance of a seamless flooring because Kota tiles are available only in small sized tiles. Also, there is a lot of variation in colour between tiles.
WHERE IS KOTA STONE FLOORING BEST SUITED?
For information on other flooring options, go to:
- Flooring | Natural Material Options
- Flooring | Man-made Material Options
- Flooring | Resilient Material Options
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In order to get a rough idea of the suitability of a particular flooring for your requirement and to make a fair comparison of the different types of flooring, refer to an Architect’s rating of the various kinds of flooring on my blog: House construction in India
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Should I use marble chips with Kota stone to fill the gaps between?
Can we use marble chips to fill the gaps between Kota stone?
Which one is better for staircase- Kota stone or Granite ??
good information of kota stone flooring
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Sir, Can I use kota stone flooring to an Auditorium which has no fixed chairs, Every now and then we have arrange the tables and plastic chairs and remove. Will it not create permanent scratches ? In what way it is better than granite as for as maintanance is concerned ?
Hi sir
I have kota stone on my flat roof , I installed them to avoid leakage from roof because of the cement flooring and cracks that comes on it , however this monsoon the water rinsed through again via the gaps between tiles and seapage happened to an extent that water actually dropped from the ceiling .
Question I want to ask is if Kota is safe for roof
Question 2 what I can do to Kota stones to avoid leakage of water
Hello,
Firstly appreciate your help.
Can you advise on using Tandur stone in the washroom ( which will be used hardly once or twice in a month) ?
If so which among these options is preferable ?
a.Unpolished
b.Polished
c.leather finished
Thank you.
Hi I am looking to lay kota stone at stairs and bath room. Please advise of it a good idea.
Sir how to clean stains on kota stone , please suggest me Sir .we have tried by many ways but it was impossible sir,Please help me out sir
Hello,
I really need your advice here. We have used unpolished kota stone in the kitchen and dining hall as it’s non-slippery. Unfortunately, during the final cleaning, the cleaner has used some material which seems to have had acid in it. It’s reacted with the stone and left white patches. Though he’s cleaned it, there is still some whiteness visible on the flooring. He says it will go with every day cleaning and mopping. Is that true? Is there any other way to get rid of the white patches? Please let me know.