[Cob] Lime Floor Recipe

[Dulane]

Here is the recipe that I found. Obviously you would need to do test
batches.

 

>From The Truth About Cottages, John Woodforde 1979 ...the cottage builders
who bothered to be deliberately picturesque were a minority; most stuck to
basic practicalities. In the matter of floors, for example, smart pattern
books might call for certain types of stone or tile, but one could always
follow John Mordant, author of 'The Compleat Steward' (1761) who said that
earth floors were perfectly all right. Such floors were made of one third
lime, one third coal ashes well sifted and one third loamy clay and horse
dung made from grass, these last two in equal proportions. Another sort
could be made of loamy clay with one=third new soft horse dung with a small
quantity of coal ashes. the material was tempered, rested for ten days,
again tempered and rested for three days, then laid upon the ground. Making
floors like this was a well-established practice; they were known as lime
ash floors.

 

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