[Cob] Clay tiles over earthen floors

[Jill Hogan]

We put down a lime render scree like you would a cement one and then 
laid the tiles grouting them with lime rather than cement or clay.It is 
10 years down the line and the floor looks great.


On 2016/03/21 03:21 PM, Pavel Velikodvorsky wrote:
> 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? :) Also plan to
> ask Ziggi.
>
> Take care,
> Pasha
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