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Building our slipform stone house on Main Street: an ongoing journal of the building adventure, Part II.
Part I: April, May, & June 2005! We made "terra tiles" in the basement from cement, fly ash, dye, sand, and dirt ... September we terra tiled the basement floor. Terra tiles were originally conceived by a rammed earth builder, David Easton, in California. His terra tiles were made ... the big stuff to get the dirt we needed for the terra tiles. There was so much rock and gravel in the pile, ...
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Building our slipform stone house on Main Street: an ongoing journal of the building adventure, Part IV.
With an over-size cookie cutter to cut the tiles, we tiled the floor with "terra tiles" made from sand, cement, fly ash, dirt, and dye ... the floor and used the stamping tools to cut out the tiles. Bonnie and Lisa also added an artistic touch, embedding a mosaic ... cabinetry back out and mopped a protective coat of epoxy over the tiles. Then we grouted the floor and started installing the cabinetry. We ...
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Glass, cast iron, stainless steel (without abrasive cleaning), and terra cotta without lead glaze are the best choices. Microwave Ovens I am a proud member ... powder, water, and distilled white vinegar is an effective mold and mildew remover for bathroom tiles. Toxicity testing by Anderson Labs, an independent toxicology lab, found that Ecover unscented dish soap ...
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Terra Green Ceramics manufactures ceramic tile using about 60 percent recycled glass. They are the largest business in the "recycled glass tile" category. Their tiles look very much like ...
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Sourcebook: Floor Coverings
VOCs) Recycled Content Tile: Add your company to this list! Summitville Tiles Inc. Summitville, OH 43962 (216) 223-1511 Tile from feldspar byproduct Syndesis Studio 2908 ... 213) 829-9932 Concrete tiles with a variety of recycled aggregate material, also does countertops and wall panels, material can be worked with wood working tools. Terra Green Technologies 1650 Progress ...
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Telus: Revitalization of an Office Building
Material that was more economically valuable was generally retained on the building site. ... reused. These include suspended lighting, electrical conduit, sprinklers, raised access floors and carpet tiles, floor mounted washroom fixtures, sinks, mirrors, steel studs, electrical equipment, concrete blocks, interior ...
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The History of Plumbing in Babylon
Although clay tubs were supposedly reported 200 years earlier in the reign of Sargon the ... was a smaller pot in which slanted a drain pipe of baked clay protected by terra cotta slabs. It is supposed the drains were made to absorb the sticky substances spilled ...
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English and Roman Plumbing History
Crete featured four separate drainage systems that emptied into the great sewers constructed of stone. Terra cotta pipe was laid beneath the palace floor, hidden from view. Each section was about ... the deep pit of excrement below. Underground channeling was a haphazard arrangement as well. Drain tiles, constructed from the "roughest brickwork" or masonry, were 12" in cross section, made by laying ...
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DayCreek Journal - July 12, 2003
It just so happens that I have quite a few terra-cotta tiles left over from another project. This should make a nice windowsill. Having a tiled ...
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Old radioactive tiles
All sorts of ornamental work and structural tiles were produced. I have discovered (sitting in my grandmother's yard) a number of old tiles ... clear yellow. We also have about five fiesta-like colored tiles 2" square in our bathroom floor that are radioactive. ... perform a search of the Journal abstracts using the word "tiles." With luck, you might find a few relevant articles that ...
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