rebeccac
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- Cornwall/Italy
We are in a quandry! Our house has no foundations but we dug out the floor of one room finding only soil and large stones under the thin tile and cement layer.We went down about 3 ft until the ground was solid and packed it down then put a layer of large stones about we had laying around the site.Over these we wheelbarrowed in med size gravel from a local source we now are about 1 ft from floor level.
We are laying old clay bricks on the floor so it matches with the older part of the house.The bricks are about 6cms thick.
It is virtually impossble to buy the correct type of lime in our area of Italy .We use dry hydrate which we make into putty or buy a bagged lime (nhl 3.5) mixed with marble dust and a pozzolan agent.This is expensive stuf for big areas.
Once we have compacted the gravel Could we simply put in a layer of clay which is easily got locally (I'm tempted to use the remants of a cob building thats in the garden ) compact that well then let it dry before putting the bricks onto a scree of sand/lime? I've even seen someone is using a sort of road base to make a floor ! This would be clay and stones mixed.
An added complication is that we eventually want to put a pellet stove in one corner that will be very heavy so we dont want it sinking into the floor after a few years ? Will we need to reinforce this area at this stage? I think that would be necessary.
We are laying old clay bricks on the floor so it matches with the older part of the house.The bricks are about 6cms thick.
It is virtually impossble to buy the correct type of lime in our area of Italy .We use dry hydrate which we make into putty or buy a bagged lime (nhl 3.5) mixed with marble dust and a pozzolan agent.This is expensive stuf for big areas.
Once we have compacted the gravel Could we simply put in a layer of clay which is easily got locally (I'm tempted to use the remants of a cob building thats in the garden ) compact that well then let it dry before putting the bricks onto a scree of sand/lime? I've even seen someone is using a sort of road base to make a floor ! This would be clay and stones mixed.
An added complication is that we eventually want to put a pellet stove in one corner that will be very heavy so we dont want it sinking into the floor after a few years ? Will we need to reinforce this area at this stage? I think that would be necessary.
