Mud flooring is commonly used in rural villages, where the soil is not always suitable for construction. Stabilizers like cement or indigenous materials like straw or cow dung can be added to improve the soil's strength and reduce shrinkage. A mud floor is constructed by mixing sifted sand, clay, cow manure, and chopped straw then ramming it into a 150mm thick consolidated layer on the wet base floor. To maintain the floor, a thin cement-cow dung coating is added once or twice a week. Mud floors are affordable, easy to build, warm in winter and cool in summer, making them suitable for places with extreme seasonal temperatures.

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2. ➢ Mud flooring is commonly constructed in villages.
➢ When the available soil is not suitable enough
for construction then soil can be used by
manipulating its composition by adding
suitable stabilizers.
➢ * Stabilizers enhances the property of the soil
by -
- increasing the tensile and shear strength
- reduce shrinkage.
➢ Cement – modern contemporary stabilizer.
➢ Indigenous stabilizer – straw , plant juices ,
molasses , cow dung , animal urine , oil , tanic
acid

3. ➢ Advantages:
1.It is cheap
2.It is hard
3.It is fairly impervious
4.It is easy in construction
5.It is easy to maintain
6.It remains warm in winter and cold in summer and
hence it is most suitable for places where the
temperature is extreme during these seasons.
➢ Disadvantages:
1.It is only well suited for small towns and villages.

4. Materials required for mud flooring –
- sifted sand
- clay
- cow manure
- chopped and sifted straw

5. • Wet the base floor with water
• Spread out the mix
• Ram well so as to get consolidated thickness of
150mm
• Water is not added during the process of ramming
• Flatten the floor surface with trowel
• To maintain the mud floor in good condition, a thin
coat of cement-cow dung is added once or twice a
week in proportion of 1:2 ratio
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