Phill Dickens
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I was reading a previous thread about Limecrete floors because I am currently converting an old farm building. The building has 550 to 850mm thick granite rubble and soil filled walls. I am trying to decide whether to do a Limecrete or concrete floor. The previous thread was https://www.plasterersforum.com/threads/limecrete-is-there-any-point.86175/. It mentioned a research paper from the University of Bath (https://purehost.bath.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/203983214/Phillips_et_al_2019.pdf). This paper suggested there was little difference between the vapour transmission of concrete to Limecrete. However, I do have some serious doubts about the method they used. The follow on work (https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/eprintbypureuuid?uuid=5a425a4c-689a-426f-9e48-14e2352ab169) looked at placing an impervious membrane over a flagged floor and measured the effect on moisture in surrounding walls. There was no significant difference over a 3 year period. I realise some people may say this is too short a period to measure. My question is - has anyone seen any work that has looked at this over a longer period?
