Ouch! I hope you can talk him out of it again.
Any time I spend time walking around on concrete my ankle gets fat and
hurts. I'm trying to come up with something that will allow my heat up
through the floor without using concrete. I'm interested to see what you
come up with.
I saw an absolutely awesome floor made from recycled old growth wood. The
pieces were brick shaped and the end grain was visible. It was the most
awesome thing . . . and the pieces weren't mortared or fastened together.
The pieces were individually finished and packed in tight. It was a living
floor, very kind to the feet and legs and absolutely gorgeous to look at. I
saw another that was on the same principal, but used more random sized
pieces (still end grain) and once the pieces were in place it was sanded and
finished. Also awesome. I'll try and find the link for you.
http://www.elmwoodreclaimedtimber.com/wood.aspx?pgID=874&gclid=CJX7yuy6s5QCFQ77iAod5SFBTg
You'll have to look for the ones that aren't mortared. Look at the antique
heart pine. OMG!
Here's another company that does the same thing.
I haven't found the link I mentioned above, but I'm a little short on time
this morning. I'll look again later. For more, do a google on wood floor
end grain
ElfN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert & Connie" <losee04@sprintpcs.com>
To: <papercreters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:08 AM
Subject: [papercreters] Re: Floors laid on dirt
> Love it, Nori
>
> We looked at a drop-dead gorgeous adobe home w/floors made from road
> base. They looked good and thought I had hubby talked into that and
> outa slab. I hate slab! Can tell you nightmares of plumbing gone
> bad in slab. But woe is me, Hubby's talking slab again.
>
> Connie
>
> --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "ElfNori" <elf@...> wrote:
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/garden/08dirt.html
Dirt floor in
> a pricey house in Portland OR.
> >
> > http://neoneocon.com/2007/02/13/when-mudroom-isnt-just-place-to-
> put/ article on earthenware floors
> >
> > http://www.thepositivenetwork.co.uk/index.php?type=novice&id=33
> more earthenware floors
> >
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/homestead/2005-
> August/005468.html forum posting on earthenware floors
> >
> > I'm going to save y'all from an ad naseaum list of earthenware
> floor links. If you're feeling slighted 'cause I stopped, please
> feel free to Google "earthenware floor linseed oil". You'll get
> plenty of links.
> >
> > While this is not the floor I will be using (at this point I don't
> think I am), it does demonstrate dirt floors are achievable and
> acceptable.
> >
> > ElfN
> >
>
>
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