ᐅ Screed with gold sand

Created on: 27 Feb 2016 19:16
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jaeger
Today, I heard for the first time about gold sand used in screed. A small amount of gold dust is mixed into regular sand, which is said to significantly improve heat distribution in the screed. The additional cost is quite reasonable; for around 160 m² (1,722 sq ft), the extra expense is about 400 euros.

I’m rather skeptical about this and wanted to ask if any of you have heard of it before or have more information. Specifically, I’m interested in whether there is a noticeable difference compared to regular screed when using underfloor heating.
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Legurit
29 Feb 2016 23:20
What does heat distribution actually mean? I would rather reduce the pipe spacing if you assume that could be an issue.
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Gartenfreund
1 Mar 2016 07:01
Reading this, all I can do is shake my head. People always come up with new ways to take money from others.

If you simply take 25 €/gram for dental gold, you get just 16 grams of gold for 400 €, spread across 160 m² (1722 ft²). What is the point of that?

I also saw a post where a gravel pit owner runs a facility to extract gold from sand. So there is naturally some gold already in normal sand. What additional effect is the extra gold supposed to have?
Mycraft1 Mar 2016 08:09
This then leads to an inflated ego because you can claim to have gold in the ground.

It's simply a scheme to deceive people, and there are certainly those who fall for it.
Neige1 Mar 2016 09:04
However, I have also read about gold sand being used in the screed, but it is only allowed to be applied during certain moon phases. 😀 😀 😀 😀 😱
11ant12 Apr 2017 15:10
Bieber0815 schrieb:
Is there a reliable source for that? I don’t think so.

Hehe, reliable sources for esotericism – I love dry humor. But the fact that this stuff is supposed to work in homeopathic doses at least "fits" ;-)
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Steffen80
12 Apr 2017 17:32
Those who believe in that... also believe in homeopathy nonsense 😉