[Cob] Earthen floor with lime? Recipe?

[Jill Hogan]

I have beautiful successful lime render floors. We dug down 200mm put 
down 100mm stone, stamped it covered it with cardboard so the cob cant 
get into the stone. 80mm cob and then to layers of lime render 20mm
When dry we oil with raw linseed oil and turps and bees wax in the last 
layer 4 layers in all and the floors are lovely much gentler than 
cement, warm in winter and cool in summer, look lovely and once sealed 
dont chip. Personally wouldn't use tiles, to hard and cold and clinical. 
Dropped two glass bowls on my floor last night neither broke didn't even 
chip.

On 2011/09/05 11:33 PM, Brian Ziggy wrote:
> Hiya all:
>
> I am seeking information regarding earthen floors with a lime content. I'd
> like to add some alkaline material to my floor to possibly help stave off
> potential mold and mildew growth. The plan is to do an earthen/lime finish
> floor, and then tile over it. The lime may be unnecessary, but for some ease
> of mind it seems like a worthwhile experiment.
>
> Have you ever added lime to an earthen floor mix? What kind of ratio did you
> use?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> - ziggy
>


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