David worked on another plumbing leak while I worked on the floor. We still don't have electricity, but hopefully, AEP will get the new meter set soon. This renovation is on a tight budget, so I'm trying to salvage the existing brick paver floor that will be in the future living area.
This place has been vacant for a decade, except for a two-day event when the owner hosted an art exhibit here in 2008. During that event, the electricity was on. Other than that, no utilities have been on for over a decade. The ceiling in the future living area leaked badly:
The water damage from the leak did this to the floor, and this damage covers several sections of the living area:
As you can see, this floor is brick pavers laid straight over tamped earth and sand. I believe this floor is about 15 to 20 years old. Where the rain hit the floor, the sand underneath eroded and caused a deep crack, and the pavers caved in. I pulled up a small section of pavers at a time, filled in with a sand/portland cement mixture...
I forced more sand/portland cement (dry) in between the pavers. Here is Roxie standing on a section that I already repaired.
Later, I'll clean each paver to ensure there isn't any sand residue, and wet the sand mixture so it will harden. After I do the entire floor (and we finish the roof repair), I'll clean each paver carefully and seal them.
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There are some very cool concrete stains that I like. I was going to pour cement but I kinda like the paver idea.
Frann, I've used Kemiko stain before. I stained some old concrete an Espresso color. It's easy to apply with a garden-type insecticide manual pump sprayer. The pavers were already there or I probably wouldn't be doing this, but now that I've worked on this project, I plan to do this with rocks at The Home Place. The Quikrete Topper ($3.49 for 60 pounds) is a lot cheaper than polymeric sand (special order at $18 for 50 pounds). I'll let you know how it turns out. It only took a couple of hours to do a big area. Thanks for commenting.
Ginger - lotta work you've done there... Looking good :-)
So...where's MY room? You are going to adopt me, right?
Hey, I don't eat much and have been known to work a bit from time to time!
Working with what you've got is the way to go. I love pavers, but will use the rock on my land for my floors. Can't wait to see what else you do with the house.
Thanks, Dani! Its still rough and there is much to go...
HJ, Of course! The cottage is yours. Give me about three months to finish cleaning it up! No work required.
Jicky, I love rocks in a natural floor. I hope you will post pictures.
I suspect a lot of my building will feature rock from my land. Floors, patio, bath house...will definitely post photos.
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