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Cob earthen floorsDebra Lombard deblombard at swinter.comFri Feb 19 14:23:51 CST 1999
Visit: www.efn.org/~robtb/ debralombard http://home.earthlink.net/~dlombard Anne McMahon wrote: > hi everyone, > > I need to find out some stuff about earthen floors, if you have the time > I'll appreciate hearing about your experiences and knowledge on the subject. > > There is a community garden group who wish to put an earthen floor down in > the strawbale shed (8 X 10 metres) they are building. They are laying a > 100mm / 4" concrete raft floor first and want to lay the earthen floor over > the top. After a costing (economic only) was done it is cost effective to > lay the concrete raft as the base and at this stage that is the only > arguement for doing it. > > I need information to help make an assessment as to whether this is a good > thing or not and aslo some information about earthen floors. > What are you thoughts about laying the concrete first? > Will an earthen floor sit comfortably over the concrete? > If so what finish would you recommend on the concrete? > How thick should the earthen floor be? > What's a good recipe / are their different layers? > Is the mix prepared like cob and compacted or wetter and layed like concrete? > What's been used as a stabiliser/hardener? > > Thankyou > Anne > -- > Calling from the Lower Murray Network, service of Noel & Friends. > Email info at lm.net.au or visit http://www.lm.net.au/ for more information!
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