The balcony is just the place where you can have a good rest after a busy day, and if it is with a beautiful view, and even more so. But in order not to overshadow the impressions of his stay, you should take care of a high -quality coating. In winter, your legs will only tell you thank you, and in the summer the sensations will remain good. So what should be taken into account before starting work.
Preparation for the floor of the floor of the balcony
First of all, you should know the balcony room closed or not. The further process will depend on this.
Closed balcony. Materials and their styling. Everything is quite simple here – you can put anything from the tile to linoleum on the floor, see examples here. However, you need to level the floor before all and prepare it. It is necessary to remove the old filling, using a hammer and something sharp, chopping off a piece behind a piece of a layer of cement up to the base of the stove. Then you need to set the flood level. To do this, you need to install the beacons (you can read about this on any construction forum or portal). Now that everything is leveled, fill the floor with a solution and wait until it dries. If everything is done correctly, you get an excellent base for any floor material.
Open balcony. Everything is a little more complicated here, because the floor surface will be constantly affected by rain and other precipitation. In this case, we also need to reload the base. However, now you need to make a slope of 5-6 degrees directed from the wall. Everything is performed again on the beacons. In order for everything to be even and beautiful – we make a formwork from a wooden beam, attaching it to the outer side of the balcony slab. After the floor is dry, select two coating options: leave the concrete or lay the tile. The second option is slightly better, because most modern manufacturers make high -quality frosts – and heat -resistant. It will last a very long time and retain the original appearance for many generations. After the tile was laid, you need to make a small edging so that the edges of the balcony do not crumble and do not break in the process of their service. This is done using aluminum profiles attached by dowels simultaneously through the tile and to the concrete base using a drill and special.
A separate point can be carried out and warm floors for the balcony, but often people regret such a choice, because the warmth goes nowhere and is much easier to put slippers so as not to catch the cold.