This floor took us over a year to finish | How to lay a limecrete floor timelapse

ByMAKE. DO. GROW April 8, 2023 0 min

The limecrete floor is finally done! Since we started digging out the ground floor back in July 2021 we’ve moved over 100m3 of material and installed all the layers of the new floor, including the underfloor heating.

This is not your typical slab floor. There’s no cement and it uses natural building materials as much as possible: natural hydraulic lime, expanded clay aggregate, cork insulation and sand.

Watch in fast forward as we show you the whole process from start to finish including a couple of small delays along the way.

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