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Now the balcony is a place to bear a lot of romance and relaxation in the family. The place with sunshine is always very romantic and beautiful, and the night scene at night is also so charming. So now more and more people also began to pay attention to the balcony decoration, but many people are not willing to install wood floor on the balcony, mainly to avoid the sun and rain, will make wood floor appear a lot of problems. In fact, as long as the wood floor material and decoration method selection is correct, balcony installation of wood floor is not a bad thing. This article gives an overview of wood floor balcony and recommends the best materials for balcony floors.
Can You Install Wood Floor In Balcony?
1. For opened balcony
Open balcony is exposed, it’s more common for the old house, the old house generally will not seal the balcony, because the usage of such a balcony is to plant vegetables or flowers. For the balcony of such an old house, wood floor laying is not recommended. Because the floor can't be exposed to the sun for a long time, otherwise it is easy to crack and deform, and then it can't be drenched. Therefore, it's better not to lay wood flooring for balcony.
2. For enclosed balcony
Now there are many small units will transform the balcony into other functional areas, gym, study, leisure area and even bedroom, so in this case, the balcony floor can be installed with wooden flooring. Anyway, a wooden balcony flooring is available in many variations. Of course, you can purchase items ready to build a wooden floor on the balcony. With a little 'technical skill, but you can also build wooden floor itself.
3. What kind of floor is more reasonable
It is OK to use all kinds of floor, but if there is floor heating at home, composite floor can be used. First lay a damp proof foam pad, usually 1.5cm thick, this layer of foam pad can effectively play the role of moisture-proof. You can also use solid wood flooring which looks more textured. But the floor that installing on balcony had better not choose solid wood, unless it is redundant after laying indoor floor, or it’s better to choose composite floor. For the balcony window curtain, it is suggested to choose shading curtain. The first is to avoid the balcony floor from being exposed to the sun and change color and blister. Second, if the closed balcony is used as it, its privacy will be better.
What Is The Best Flooring Material For The Balcony?
1. Cobblestone
Cobblestone materials are generally used outdoors, but there are also many people who decorate indoor balconies. This kind of natural stone can instantly increase the design effect of balcony, giving people a summer feeling as a whole. However, cobblestone decoration has certain advantages and disadvantages, and its biggest disadvantage is cleaning. After installing the cobblestone flooring for balcony, due to the uneven ground is easy to accumulate soil, dust, water, etc., it may not be easy to do cleaning.
2. Ceramic tile
Ceramic tile is the most traditional and common material. Both indoor and outdoor floors and walls can be decorated with ceramic tiles. It can be grand and elegant. Different colors, different sizes, different styles and different styles can make the interior decoration unique and decent.
3. Natural stone
The natural stone is not like ceramic tile. The surface of natural stone is unprocessed with rough feeling. It has the color, temperature and texture of natural stone. Some natural stone has good appearance but poor quality, while some have good quality, but the appearance may not be so atmospheric. Therefore, the application of this material is less than that of ceramic tile.
4. Antiseptic wood
A lot of wood flooring materials are used for indoor floor, and the possible maintenance cost of outdoor floor is relatively large, and the price is more expensive, the use time is shorter, and the use effect is more beautiful. Among all kinds of wood, one kind of antiseptic wood is the most commonly used one. The wood with high density and high oil content is treated with special technology, which has the excellent characteristics of anticorrosion, moisture resistance, fungus, insect and ant resistance, mildew resistance, etc. it can contact with water, soil and outdoor engineering.
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