Any country house tends to have a veranda with a beautiful view of the garden or an adjacent park, a river, lake, etc. This is a fully glazed extension, which is most often driven and is a kind of transitional link, binding the inner space of the house and its surrounding nature. Based on this, it is easy to conclude that the choice of flooring for the veranda is important.

Criteria for the choice of flooring for the veranda

First of all, it is the floor in this room that feels the greatest loads and is more susceptible to wear. First, through the veranda pass in the shoes, which is removed only before entering the inner rooms, so in one way or another, moisture can penetrate into the inner layers of the flooring.

Secondly, due to the lack of heating, the floor for the veranda should differ high frost resistance.
Consider the most suitable options for flooring for the veranda.

Wooden floor

Wooden floor on the veranda is the most common option of flooring.

• Such gender features environmental friendliness, excellent external characteristics, wear resistance and other advantages.
• However, it is worth remembering that not any tree can come up for this purpose. It is advisable to choose solid wood, which is more resistant and durable to use. At the same time, the cost of such a tree is more expensive, for example, pines.
• In addition, no matter what kind of wood is used for the floor, it is very important to carry out the processing of the boards with special anti-corrosion compositions and cover the paint on top. This is done in order to prevent the processes of rotting.

• To improve the board, on the veranda, the upper plant layer of the Earth is removed, on top of which layer of concrete layer.
• After that, brick or concrete column columns are laying up 20 cm high at a distance of an approximately meter, which in two layers lay a layer of waterproofing and mounted lags.
• Wooden boards are fixed with screws directly to lags.
• Sometimes, to make the floor warmer and durable, adolencing plates are additionally installed on the lags.

More detailed about the laying of the wooden floor on the lags can be found in the video:

Ceramic tile or porcelain

In addition to the tree, another popular material for flooring in the veranda is a ceramic tile.

• It is distinguished by practicality and ease of care, durability, durability, external attractiveness, etc.
• The only drawback is such a floor is cold.

• Laying ceramic and porcelain tiles is made on a pre-prepared and thoroughly aligned concrete surface.
• It is very important to carry out the laying of each tile on the same level, as well as strictly observe the recommended sizes of the seams and the thickness of the base of the solution, which should be at least 2 cm.
• In the process of installation, each tile must be carefully trapped with a rubber hammer.

Linoleum

Still remains one of the most sought-after flooring.

• First of all, it is explained by its availability and ease of installation.
• In addition, the linoleum is unpretentious in care, durable and externally is aesthetically attractive.

Laying of such an outdoor coating in the veranda is as follows.

• To begin with, the base is thoroughly cleaned from any garbage and dust, and the linoleum gives time to fly away at least two days in the room where it will be consequeled.
• Then the installation of this floor covering using special cold bitumen mastics. They are applied with a smooth layer over the entire surface of the floor, armed with a toothed spatula, and withstand about 30-40 minutes.
• After that, the linoleum is tightly pressed to the surface in such a way as to form a science.
• The edges of each canvase are left non-flored by about 10 cm. After 3-4 days, all the scuffs are cut and samples the edges by the same mastic.

Bulk floor

This is a new ultra-modern solution for flooring in the veranda, which every year is becoming increasingly popular. It is easy to explain, since the bulk floors practically do not have drawbacks.

• They are distinguished by practicality, durability, antistaticism, are not afraid of sudden temperature differences, fire, moisture, do not have seams and are not cracking.
• At the same time, laying such an outdoor coating is very easy to produce independently without special skills and experience.
• It can be mounted on top of the old militant, concrete or any other floor. The main thing is to clean the surface from dust and dirt in advance, as well as seal the pits and pits.

• After that, the primer is applied, which should dry well and only then produce the fill of the floor. It makes uniform portions and carefully smash.
• When the solution is driving, it is covered with a special protective varnish, which will extend the service life of this floor covering at least 15 years.

In addition to the above materials, other, for example, mosaic floor, PVC tiles and many others can be used as an outdoor coating for the veranda. The choice depends on the characteristics of a particular room, the financial capabilities of the hosts of the house and the requirements that are put forward to the floor itself.