[Cob] Lime render

Fri Sep 23 02:11:30 CDT 2011

Could you tell me what lime render consists of chemically? I need to translate it into Bulgarian 
Thank you, 
Susan COB IN BULGARIA

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>    1. Earthen floor with lime? Recipe? (Brian Ziggy)
>    2. Re: Earthen floor with lime? Recipe? (Jill Hogan)
>    3. Re: Earthen floor with lime? Recipe? (Henry Raduazo)
>    4. Re: Earthen floor with lime? Recipe? (Jill Hogan)
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> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 16:33:17 -0500
> From: Brian Ziggy <evacindustry at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Cob] Earthen floor with lime? Recipe?
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> 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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> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:11:55 +0200
> From: Jill Hogan <jill.hogan at mat.org.za>
> To: coblist at deatech.com
> Subject: Re: [Cob] Earthen floor with lime? Recipe?
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> 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
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> *Jill Hogan*
> McGregor Alternative Technology Centre "MAT"
> PO Box 365
> McGregor
> 6708
> 
> www.mat.org.za <http://www.mat.org.za>
> Phone: 023 625 1533
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 19:17:12 -0400
> From: Henry Raduazo <raduazo at cox.net>
> To: Jill Hogan <jill.hogan at mat.org.za>
> Cc: coblist at deatech.com
> Subject: Re: [Cob] Earthen floor with lime? Recipe?
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> In my earth floor, I used 6 mill plastic instead of cardboard. it is not as environmental, but it is cheap and it is required as a vapor barrier in the VA. Code.
> 
> Ed
> On Sep 5, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Jill Hogan wrote:
> 
> > 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
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > *Jill Hogan*
> > McGregor Alternative Technology Centre "MAT"
> > PO Box 365
> > McGregor
> > 6708
> > 
> > www.mat.org.za <http://www.mat.org.za>
> > Phone: 023 625 1533
> > 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:35:26 +0200
> From: Jill Hogan <jill.hogan at mat.org.za>
> To: coblist at deatech.com
> Subject: Re: [Cob] Earthen floor with lime? Recipe?
> Message-ID: <4E66057E.7000900 at mat.org.za>
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> For me if you have a thick enough stone/gravel base it is not water from 
> below but from above and the vapour barrier traps the water in the cob 
> and thats when the floors start gettin mildrew, mould, or even break up.
> That is just my half penny input for what it worth, from my obsession of 
> building with no or as little plastic as possible
> 
> 
> On 2011/09/06 01:17 AM, Henry Raduazo wrote:
> > In my earth floor, I used 6 mill plastic instead of cardboard. it is not as environmental, but it is cheap and it is required as a vapor barrier in the VA. Code.
> >
> > Ed
> > On Sep 5, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Jill Hogan wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >>>
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> *Jill Hogan*
> >> McGregor Alternative Technology Centre "MAT"
> >> PO Box 365
> >> McGregor
> >> 6708
> >>
> >> www.mat.org.za<http://www.mat.org.za>
> >> Phone: 023 625 1533
> >>
> >> Signature
> >>
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> *Jill Hogan*
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> PO Box 365
> McGregor
> 6708
> 
> www.mat.org.za <http://www.mat.org.za>
> Phone: 023 625 1533
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