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I am writing from Paris France where I am attempting to turn a 37 meter cellar into a kitchen, bathroom and office. It was previously used for these things but it had mold, deteriorating bricks, blocked airvents etc. So far I have scraped out the air vents, had all the ciment taken off the walls exposing the stone walls, had the mortar scraped out and replaced with lime/sand. I just had the concrete slab taken out so we are down to a dirt floor. The dirt is damp (but not wet) and the stone walls on the side bordering a garden at ground level are also damp.
The contractor I hired wants to lay a plastic sheet on the ground and then pour a concrete slab over it. I have been arguing for a lime mixture. He recently agreed to mix lime with the ciment(???). So my question is what can I do to make this space usable for the purposes listed above? What can I put on the floor. Do I need to put some floor drain connected to a sump pump around the perimeter of the space and then just put a lime mixture (limecrete???) directly over the dirt, should I put tiles or stone over the limecrete or can it be used (like concrete) as a finished floor? Can it be colored and polished like concrete?
Thank you Kathleen
The contractor I hired wants to lay a plastic sheet on the ground and then pour a concrete slab over it. I have been arguing for a lime mixture. He recently agreed to mix lime with the ciment(???). So my question is what can I do to make this space usable for the purposes listed above? What can I put on the floor. Do I need to put some floor drain connected to a sump pump around the perimeter of the space and then just put a lime mixture (limecrete???) directly over the dirt, should I put tiles or stone over the limecrete or can it be used (like concrete) as a finished floor? Can it be colored and polished like concrete?
Thank you Kathleen