It's been ages since I saw my grandparents do it and since I live in the city I don't have to care about clay floor any longer, but I'm glad to be able to see how this was done again it brings back memories.
Is there a base layer under the earthen floor, or do you just put it right down on the original ground? It looks like the original wax layer is very thick and very smooth, how did you get it that way and what is the wax mixture? Also curious how you installed the basalt stone tiles? I really love the way you guys did everything! I have never seen earthen flooring with stone tile.....very cool, and however you did it, it seems to be holding up very well.
The floor: - on the original ground we put hydroisolation (in our area needed) - then some clay we dig up from the land, mostly clay and mixture of sand and clay - then there is layer of clay and gravel (for strengthening) - next clay and sand for level comparison. In this layer it splits up. Either we continued with the basalt stones or with earthen floor. - final is very fine sand and very fine clay. I know it sound repetive but the bottom layer is just what we dig and the most top layer is the finest what we could accomplish 😁 - then the oil and wax. The top layer is very smooth thanks the patience and japanese trowels. The wax mixture is beeswax and fermange. - basalt stones are put on layer clay and gravel. They are glued with clay and very fine gravel mixture. They come with slightly different height so each tile must be adjusted individualy. It took whole day to put down 4m2 without paving tiles. It looks so cool but the work behind that we still don't know if it is worth it 🤣The stones are holding very well and they have properties working as expected!
It's been ages since I saw my grandparents do it and since I live in the city I don't have to care about clay floor any longer, but I'm glad to be able to see how this was done again it brings back memories.
Hi, thank you for your comment. It brought me smile on the face. Glad to be at service with the memories 😍😍 have a wonderful day 💜
Nice patch work!
Thank you 😁 it was just a quick action 😊
Wondering if I could just use beeswax or does it need to have turpentine as well? Is there another option for the wax portion?
Is there a base layer under the earthen floor, or do you just put it right down on the original ground? It looks like the original wax layer is very thick and very smooth, how did you get it that way and what is the wax mixture? Also curious how you installed the basalt stone tiles? I really love the way you guys did everything! I have never seen earthen flooring with stone tile.....very cool, and however you did it, it seems to be holding up very well.
The floor:
- on the original ground we put hydroisolation (in our area needed)
- then some clay we dig up from the land, mostly clay and mixture of sand and clay
- then there is layer of clay and gravel (for strengthening)
- next clay and sand for level comparison. In this layer it splits up. Either we continued with the basalt stones or with earthen floor.
- final is very fine sand and very fine clay. I know it sound repetive but the bottom layer is just what we dig and the most top layer is the finest what we could accomplish 😁
- then the oil and wax. The top layer is very smooth thanks the patience and japanese trowels. The wax mixture is beeswax and fermange.
- basalt stones are put on layer clay and gravel. They are glued with clay and very fine gravel mixture. They come with slightly different height so each tile must be adjusted individualy. It took whole day to put down 4m2 without paving tiles.
It looks so cool but the work behind that we still don't know if it is worth it 🤣The stones are holding very well and they have properties working as expected!
@@OffgridEarthship Thank you for literally ALL the details. My vote is that it was worth it, but I didn't sweat much at this end. 🙂