[Cob] Clay tiles over earthen floors

[Pavel Velikodvorsky]

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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