[Cob] Clay tiles over earthen floors

[Alessandra Caprara]

I’ve been reading about grout and tile glue because I’m about using it at
the building here. I’m still in doubt about the cob subfloor. If i must to
roug it to fix the grout layer or if I can lay the grout on the flat and
smoth finished floor. Is the receip 1:3 clay and fine sand or 1 sand to 3
clay? I don’t have lime available here, may I install the tiles using this
grout receip? And I have read about adding lots of linceed oil... I still
don’t know how much oil.
Thank you!
Em sex, 25 de mar de 2016 às 17:37, Pavel Velikodvorsky <willyns59 at gmail.com>
escreveu:

> Hello everyone!
> Thanks to everybody for advises and sharing of knowledge and experience!
>
> I've decided to pour somethin straightening layer of cob over existing
> subfloor, just to make it smooth and nice and easier for tiling. And before
> I do that I made a test tiling and grouting and I must say it looks like it
> works!
> "Tile glue" - 1:3 clay:sand from quarry where they saw the spongy rock to
> bricks
> "Grout" - 1:3 lime: same sand + plastic fibre
>
> http://images.sevstar.net/images/35144399957642952282.jpg
>
> Best fishes
> Pasha
> On 22 Mar 2016 21:29, "Etienne Carbonneau" <etiennecarbonneau at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Pavel,
> >
> > Clay to fix the tiles works well ( I used local grey clay ). I also use
> > clay with a bit of sand for the grout, sealed with oil.  Both technique
> > works well for my floor  ( about 10 years old now ). Fun and healthy to
> > work with...
> >
> > Best regard
> >
> >
> > >> 1. Clay tiles over earthen floors (Pavel Velikodvorsky)
> > Hello everyone! I have a subfloor made of cob and want to lay tiles over
> > it. Does anyone have an experience on the matter? The first thing I
> thought
> > I will pour some concrete sublayer over existing cobfloor, to leveling
> and
> > straighten it. But then I've read Ziggi's ( theyearofmud.com) post on
> how
> > he tiled his earthen floor using clay as adhesive. And I thought, maybe
> > that is the way? What do yoy guys think? Basically, will it stay in
> place?
> > :)
> >
> >
> >
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