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[Cob] Radiant heat in earthen floorsBarbara Roemiller roemiller at infostations.netFri Feb 8 19:22:04 CST 2008
Tys, I don't have more details, but will check into it. Another friend with an earthen floor used too much beeswax in the floor finish: to remedy the stickiness, she had to go over the whole thing with a propane torch, inch by inch, sopping up and driving in the excess wax. Hers came to my mind when I learned that Rob's floor hydronics weren't in use because, as my neighbor described it, "they sort of liquify when they get warm." I'll take your questions to him and see what I can find out. My earthen floor has no hydronics in it, and it's in an unheated part of our tiny little cabin (the woodstove is what we have for heating). the floor is wonderfully cool in our warm summers, and it's warmer than the uninsulated concrete under the rest (it's just a renovated garage, sited very badly, not too much insulation, and probably no vapor barrier under the slab), but that's not saying much in the winter.... Barbara
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