Increasing the useful area of the apartment due to the connection of the balcony will not be great work, the main thing is that there would be enough money. It will be very difficult to do some work without the help of specialists, but a number of processes can be done with your own hands and even necessary. In this article, we will consider how to make the floor on the balcony with your own hands.
You should start with the choice of material for the floor, since preparation for different materials must be done different.
The traditional view of the floor on the loggia is wooden. It has been used for a long time, therefore the styling technology has long been developed and quite simple. The laying process begins with the installation of wooden lag along the perimeter of the loggia floor and inside the frame with a step of 40-50 centimeters. Lags to the floor can be attached with the help of metal corners on both sides, first the corners are attached to the floor of the dowel with nails, then screwed with self -tapping screws to the lag itself. Next, thermal insulation is laid. It can be foam, mineral wool, polystyrene foam, and so on. Vapor barrier is laid on top and the boards are nailed as tightly as possible to each other. It is better to take a finished downted board.
How to make a floor on a balcony with your own hands. You can use ceramic tiles for this. To do this, the floor surface is aligned, the concrete screed is made. You can warm such a floor with foam. First, waterproofing, such as roofing roofing, then lays foam sheets, covered with a plastic film, and is poured from above with another layer of screed. Now you can lay ceramic tiles and your floor is ready.
You can also use laminate and linoleum. They have a wide variety of shades and drawings and have become very popular in the field of construction. The preparation of the base for these materials can be done as preparation for tiles, and then lay linoleum or laminate, or you can also install lags as for laying wooden boards, only to confuse them after insulation, to nail a thick plywood or chipboard, and then lay the coating.
All these options are very widely used in flooring on the balcony. You just need to choose how to make the floor on the balcony with your own hands.
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