Green Building Forum - Wall/floor tiles with lime..? Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:40:22 +0000 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 Wall/floor tiles with lime..? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237783#Comment_237783 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237783#Comment_237783 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:21:08 +0000 Carol hunter
We've tried floor and wall tiles with lime and nothing else as we have lime plastered walls on straw and wish to avoid plastics and other nasties in the process. However, it's not going so well as the lime is de-laminating in some areas and going black through contact with soapy water in others.

Has anyone tried to do without proprietary tile gunk? Any answers please?

Thanks, Carol]]> Wall/floor tiles with lime..? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237788#Comment_237788 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237788#Comment_237788 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:21:18 +0000 jfb Wall/floor tiles with lime..? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237791#Comment_237791 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237791#Comment_237791 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:32:56 +0000 Carol hunter Wall/floor tiles with lime..? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237792#Comment_237792 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237792#Comment_237792 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:45:07 +0000 djh Wall/floor tiles with lime..? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237807#Comment_237807 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237807#Comment_237807 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:20:35 +0000 renewablejohn Wall/floor tiles with lime..? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237817#Comment_237817 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237817#Comment_237817 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:00:42 +0000 jfb I'm not sure you'll get behind the taps!

Elsewhere it may work.

How about a continuous piece of copper or stainless mechanically fixed for the kitchen sink area?]]> Wall/floor tiles with lime..? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237819#Comment_237819 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237819#Comment_237819 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:32:36 +0000 owlman Wall/floor tiles with lime..? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237822#Comment_237822 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=14130&Focus=237822#Comment_237822 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:01:38 +0000 djh Posted By: owlmanCan you get a mechanical fix to the straw walls?
Yes, the conventional answer is to bash some lumps of wood (vampire stakes) into the bales and fix to them. In my case, I was paranoid about airtightness so didn't allow any holes in the plaster and we just glued everything with AC50 acoustic sealant instead. No good for anything load bearing of course but fine for splashbacks etc. I built a false wall in the kitchen to hang wall cupboards off. We use the dreaded plastic panels in the showers, which are generally against internal stud walls, but a couple of the walls in the shower spaces are just lime on bale. In one case where it's fairly close to the shower head I've put a roller blind that can be pulled down in front of the wall to protect it. The roller blind contains more evil plastic, of course. In the other case it's further away and appears to cope well with the few drops it catches.

I think tadelakt is the right answer for Carol, but it is time consuming and therefore expensive to do.]]>