I’m planning on laying a mud floor in my bathroom tomorrow and my question is this. I need to mix it up (by hand) in the driveway and lug it upstairs to the bathroom. The temperature is suppossed to be in the low 20″s and I’m wondering if that will have a negative effect on the mud once it is mixed or while mixing. i’m planning on mixing it all up and then filling 4 or 5 buckets and bringing it all up at once and leave it inside. does anyone see any problem with the mixing outside in below freezing temp.? This is my concern. Thanks for input.
Ron
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Seems like if you used room temperature water and got the buckets inside as soon as the mixing is complete, there shouldn't be a problem. Could you mix it in the garage?
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. T. Roosevelt
not as long as it doesn't have time to freeze ...
especially ... as I'm assuming ... you are talking drypack ....
which means ... way less water.
But .... why can't you mix it inside?
It's done thru out the remodeling world all the time in the winter ....
tarps and plastic make the world go round ......
Jeff
Buck Construction Pittsburgh,PA
Artistry in Carpentry
I thought we were a little more civilized than mud floors. Mud might be fine for tepees and adobe houses in third world countries but come on. What will your wife think?
Anyway, if your mixture of dirt and water freezes, you can always thaw it out in the oven.
~Peter
[The cat made me type this a clawpoint.]