I'm thinking I found the answer to the floor situation in the future bunkhouse up north. While paging through several other books on alternative building I came across a grouted stone "patio" floor indoors. Effectively stone laid over packed earth, gravel, and sand much the same as a standard patio, it is then grouted to lock it all in place. With the porch options coming together and replacing the patio which was planned, there are hundreds of granite paving stones already up there and just looking for a new role.
Maybe this would be up to the expectations of the brother? And dogs?
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Sounds like a good possibility. Not sure you'd need the grout. Could sand the seams like outside too no?
I'd imagine you could. I'd just be concerned about the inevitable creep of ants. I don't think there is as much of an ant population up there, but still? The main reason though is that I don't see using all exact square pavers. Break them into curves and things for some more visual effect and work with some larger gaps and fill. Seems like a good idea right now, anyway!
I'd be worried about that floor being really chilly in anything except the summer - or would it really only be used then? I don't know that it would ever warm up on a weekend in the fall or winter...
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