Earthen or Concrete Floors
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- čas přidán 25. 01. 2024
- In this video Pete and Matt sit down and talk about the pros and cons of Earthen and Concrete floors. What's right for your situation?
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I know there are instruments to check whether you are grounded or not it would be great if someone with an earth floor had the tools and the knowledge to check it. Thanks for the reply and you guys keep doing what you’re doing we enjoy it.
Great video guys! Very informative! I think people will really like this one and find it super helpful.
Thank you so much!
After my last house I'm never doing a full concrete floor again. I'm so happy to be off that floor, it's so rough on your body. My next build I'm planning on going with wood, maybe endgrain cordwood style or just milled layed on some runners on the ground, I got a sawmill and lots of trees. Still using concrete in the bathroom, around sink, and entryways but that's it. I love the look and feel of the earthen floors, but wood feels fine too and no worries on beating it up, I'm just going to keep it very rustic wood to not be always worried about the kids and dogs on it. Yea the floors are a tough decision, pros and cons either way you go.
Nice! That should be cool! And yeah they are very hard on your joints... thanks for the comment!
Yay for Earth!
Super video! Thanks!
Am I correct in understanding that if I want the Mexican Saltillo tiles, I would be poring concrete as a base? Do you have any thoughts on those?
Thanks! And yeah concrete for a base before tile is what I've always seen/done. A remodel I just worked on had Saltillo tiles... pretty and traditional!
Good one guys....keep up the good work
Thanks Thomas!
Hey guys , about the earthen floors can tile be installed on it? Or can it be skimmed with concrete resurfacer?
I've never done/seen tile on earthen floors but was reading online a bit about it and it seems like people do from time to time... www.greenhomebuilding.com/QandA/adobe/floors.htm
It’s a little off subject but I don’know if you are familiar with the earthing or grounding that people are talking about now. It’s supposed to be really good for your health to be grounded to the Earth I was wondering if an earthen floor would still let you ground after all those coats linseed oil. It almost becomes linoleum when it dries wondering if it acts like insulation on an electric wire
I don’t think the linseed oil would block the grounding effect at all it really just soaks into the earth, my house doesn’t feel like linoleum after I linseed oiled. I’ve seen people cover an earthen floor with an epoxy-type product which I think would actually block a grounding effect.
Usually we put rigid foam under our floors to keep the thermal mass heat in the floor, I think that would be more of a “grounding issue”
If my goal was grounding I would consider not using rigid foam underneath or attaching a copper wire from the outside ground to the earthen floor above the rigid
Earthen floors are more forgiving, concrete once its set its done. Earth you just wet it and go again. Anyone can fix it.
Very true
Omly sound in my left ear.
Whoops sorry must of messed it up on the export. I'll make sure it won't happen again!