[GSBN] health (ill) effects of earthen floors

[Van Krieken]

I also prefer to use ciment/lime for the floors... and the result can be
really very unexpensive and beautiful. I do the finishing with white ciment
and mineral pigments and a 2 or 3 layers of acrilic waterbased vernis
(could not found nothing better yet), to really protect the floor from
wines, oils, etc...

The material's price:  about 2 euros/m2 (!!)

Here is an exemple: http://www.strawhouses.carbonmade.com/

Hope for 2012

Jorge Van Krieken
Portugal


On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Bruce King <bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org>wrote:

>
> Happy New Year, baleheads!
>
> I came across the article linked below about how adding concrete over
> earthen floors has a measurable positive impact on occupant health--
>  especially children's.  Many of us think "Yuck!" at the idea of concrete
> instead of earthen floors, but you can't argue with the science.
> imen
> Anyone have a rebuttal or additional relevant information?  At the very
> least, this seems like something we natural building types should take a
> cool-headed look at.
>
> Paving Paradise - by Charles Kenny | Foreign Policy
> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/03/paving_paradise
>
>
>
>  Thanks,
>
> Bruce "Cool Head Cold Feet" King
>
> bruce at bruce-king.com
> (415) 987-7271
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