[Greenbuilding] Sprouting Floor?

[Racheli Gai]

In many places soil salinity is a major problem, and adobe is bound to  
become soil at some point...  Another reason
not to have salt in the bricks.

Racheli.


On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:42 PM, Lance Collins wrote:

> Hi Kenn,
>
> This might be a really bad idea,   I vaguely recall from making  
> adobes many years ago reading that salt and clay made for crumbly  
> blocks.  Also salt would make dry clay hydroscopic rather than  
> hydrophobic.
>
> Cheers
>
> Lance
>
> At 04:06 AM 14/01/2011, you wrote:
>> I just had an idea. You could use salt that you feed livestock, mix  
>> it into the mud that you put into the wall. It will dissolve  
>> temporarily into the wall then dry rock hard, and will not sustain  
>> insects, plant growth or insects. My borate is labeled for pest  
>> control.. It doesn’t matter to a do it yourselfer.
>> Kenn Brown
>>
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