[Greenbuilding] Low-mass sunspace floors

Nick Pine nick at early.com
Fri Feb 20 09:50:22 CST 2009


njh writes:

>... My house sitter used some of my reed bed reeds to form a 'paving' 
>for the paths through my garden: 
>http://flickr.com/photos/pfh/3175373495/sizes/l/

Pretty.

>... this is a resource which otherwise is hard to compost, and also 
>feels nice underfoot.  And if the cat takes a dump, you can chuck it in 
>the compost and add some more.

We ended up with a 12'x32' piece of new Astroturf, about $200 from Home 
Despot. My previous sunspace had a shredded oak playground mulch floor, 
which ended up making a lot of dust in the house living space. A carpet 
seems nicer if we plan to drop needles or contact lenses.

Nick




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