Flooring with Local Materials

Several methods are available for flooring in rural houses, such as: 

1. Overlaying with 18 mm, Surki-Cement mortar of 1 cement : 0.125 surki : 5 sand, over brick-jelly concrete of 1 lime : 1.5 of well ground surki, with aggregate about twice the volume of mortar. 
2. Brick-on-edge flooring with cement mortar pointing. 
3. 25 mm cement concrete of 1 : 2 : 4 proportion over a base of 100 & thick sand and 75 mm thick lime concrete of brick jelly  and 40% lime mortar. 
4. Mud-cowdung leaping over rammed earth. 

Wherever lime and bricks are readily available the first three types of flooring may be preferred as these may not require replacement or repair often. If the building is built with mud-wall or unburnt clay bricks or stabilized mud block wall, then it is better to use mud, cow-dung leaping over rammed earth for which rural people have adequate experience. But frequent replacement is-inevitable. At least the bath-room and kitchen shall have the third type of flooring to ensure a degree of water-tightness.