Limecrete Floor Specification

Layer of geotextile membrane.

Limecrete floor specification.

Mike wye offer an option for an insulated limecrete floor using an insulating coated clay aggregate as an effective capillary break. Layer of geotextile membrane. Levelled and compacted ground. It prevents damp penetration provides insulation maintains breathability and provides a solid durable floor in character with the original building.

Limecrete floors offer an alternative to impervious non flexible cement concrete floors. Layer of geotextile membrane. 100 mm 500 mm layer of loose fill 10 20 mm coated techniclay. Fine grade required for 150 mm layer of geotextile membrane.

Geocell is an aerated foam glass aggregate made from recycled glass. Limecrete floor the original limecrete floor is a modern interpretation of a traditional solid lime or gypsum floor that can still be seen in many historic or well preserved older homes. Limecrete floors can comfortably meet modern insulation requirements and can therefore ensure maximum efficiency of under floor heating ufh systems. A limecrete floor laid on foamed glass is seen as one way of helping with this problem.

A limecrete floor is usually made up with. Layer of geotextile membrane. Levelled and compacted ground. 100 mm 150 mm limecrete slab 3 parts un coated techniclay to 1 part nhl5 by volume with 30 mm cork board to external perimeter walls.

A sub base between 200mm to 300mm made up of geocell laid onto a geotextile membrane on firm ground. 100 mm 450 mm compacted geocell foam glass. This is followed by another layer of geotextile and limecrete produced using lightweight insulating aggregate rather than conventional sand. Levelled and compacted ground.

It is lightweight and insulating having a loose bulk density of 150kg m3. These floors are also chosen for ecological new builds using natural materials such as straw and wood because it uses less energy in production avoids the use of cement and is recyclable at the end of its useful life. U f heating pipes attached to grid. A limecrete floor consists of a compacted layer of recycled foamed glass insulation on top of prepared sub base and geotextile membrane.

Fine grade required for 150 mm layer of geotextile membrane.