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Posted by Kris Krieger on May 28, 2008, 5:56 pm
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>>>> Is it installed as was described, with no gap/grout? THat'd be
>>>> interesting to see; it must look like a solid slab of stone. THe
>>>> boiler ash part also is interesting. THe building that was
>>>> described sounded like an interesting thing overall.
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>>> I installed it in what is called a "mud job". My original softwood
>>> floors were on 2x12's at 14" oc spanning 13.5' with 2 layers of 1"
>>> sheathing (all full size). House was on piles on filled land, and
>>> dead level. I laid down 6 mil plastic on the original sheathing, and
>>> then 1.25" mortar bed, leveled it out, and then laid down the tile
>>> in grout with about 1/8" joints. Grouted the joints, waited a few
>>> days, and occupied the floor. The quarry tile has lovely variances
>>> in color ranging from brown-orange to brown purple, often within one
>>> tile. AIR, it is also frostproof, and relatively non-skid. EDS
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>> Sounds great. I like stone a lot. WE ended up with ceramic tiles
>> because they're so much less expensive, even cheaper as the
>> grout-gaps are almost a
>> half-inch :p , but if I could build a place that was built *to
>> last*, I'd like to be able (budget permitting) to put doen stone, and
>> some hardwood (recycled, pref.).
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>> Although I'm not one for renovating, I'm always gald some people are,
>> to preserve some of these gems. It's also neat IMO to see how people
>> in the past did things. I liked the "bed of boiler ash" tidbit in
>> Troppo's post, describing that 110+ yr old flooring. REsourceful,
>> IMO ;)
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> Mankind has always been resourceful, when allowed. My high school
> summer job was at the old Waste pump station on the Island. My first
> summer we were still using triple expansion steam engines, the next
> summer they had installed 2 diesels (each about the size of an 18
> wheeler) running on methane collected from the main sewer lines (11'
> diameter). The system was deemed too expensive to maintain, so was
> switched to diesel fuel. Interestingly they are now installing wind
> generators to run the new plant. EDS
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Some waste treatment plants (the tertiary plants) are self-powering -
they use the methane produced during the treatment process. WHen you see
the pits where solids settle out and dry, you see a lot fo tomato plants.
I suppose one doesn't see as many pot plants as used to be seen (they of
course had to destroy those).
The methane from trash dumps can also be used as energy - thre is that
one commercial for Johnson 'n' Johnson, where they tout the ne plant
which is doing that, but in some developing areas, it's becoming fairly
common, if I read correctly, becasue they have a lot of trash but little
money for buying oil.
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