A wooden terrace is a fantastic way to add a new space and new character to your home or garden. It can be fun, innovative and cost effective as these ideas will demonstrate.
The wooden terrace is increasingly adopted on balconies and in gardens. It is trendy, noble and resistant at the same time.
However, when you embark on the project of buying and installing a wooden terrace, several questions arise. Should we opt for slabs or boards? For natural wood or composite?
For your terrace, you will have the choice between many varieties of wood species. To decide you will have to take into account your budget, the climate of your region, the resistance of the material and your tastes in terms of aesthetics.
Small budgets will turn to simple but resistant woods like spruce or pine. Larger budgets may consider exotic woods. As for the color of your patio, the essence of the wood will be decisive, but the same essence can have several shades thanks to the saturation process.
In terms of resistance, there are autoclave treatments classified from 1 to 4 which make the wood rot-proof and resistant to climatic shocks.
A natural wood deck is easy to maintain. It should be cleaned once a year and stained from time to time. However, if you want a terrace that is even easier to take care of, consider turning to the composite wood terrace.
It is made from wood particles mixed with a resin. It is thus very resistant and dispenses you from any maintenance, since, unlike solid wood, composite wood does not gray over time.
The disadvantage of composite wood is that it is not insulating and on the contrary has a high conductivity to heat. Finally, composite wood is expensive. Its price is close to exotic wood
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