Garden parquet: short description and scope of application
Decking is a square or rectangular section that can be rigid or soft fastened. Rigid are made of hardwoods, and soft ones are made of plastic substrates( grids with fastening system).By the way, it is this substrate that provides the necessary ventilation and drainage in some buildings( for example, baths).Another such coating is called "garden plastic parquet".
If we talk about wood, it is unusually popular garden parquet from larch, because it has resistance to any external influences, hardness, durability. It was this tree that was widely used in the period from the 5th to the 9th century in the construction of telegraph poles, piles, and parts for ships. This wood was not afraid of any weather phenomena, no time.
Garden parquet from a thermo-tree( ash, oak, beech) is also in great demand. Heat treatment is carried out at t 210-220 ° C in an inert medium. This leads to an increase in the longevity of the wood( by a factor of 25), a decrease in deformation( by a factor of 5-15), and better water-repelling properties. This coating is intended for those places where there is high humidity: garden paths, streets, garages, piers, open areas, verandas, etc.
In general, decking is used for arbours, terraces, socle, cellar, balcony, porch, veranda, sauna, baths, areas near the pool, bathroom and other sites.
Advantages of garden parquet
Decking in comparison with paving tiles is highly environmentally friendly. And when used at home, it's also "warm."It is pleasant to walk on it, and the feet will not freeze, as if they come in contact with granite. But these are not all advantages. If to enumerate them completely, then we can single out the following.
- Has a beautiful wood pattern, it can be stacked in various ways.
- Uncomprehending in care and maintenance, no need to think about how to clean and repair the parquet.
- Strongly does not heat up during heat, unlike cement. At the same time it is able to keep heat.
- Moisture-proof and does not rot.
- The surface is non-slip, so even with the strongest downpour there is no risk of falling.
- Easily mounted and dismantled thanks to special fasteners.
Laying rules
If there was a question - how correctly to lay a parquet? The mounting technology is simple enough, and the process itself takes much less time than laying any other floor covering. Before you start decking flooring, it is important to make the screed( that is, level the surface), which should be equipped with special water drains. Also, the laying can be carried out on a gravel-sandy surface or compacted earth.
Then begin to mount square or rectangular sections, which consist of wooden slats( decking).In each section there are slots for better ventilation. The size of the gap directly depends on where the coating will be used. The sections are fastened to special supports, which can be of different heights( unusually advantageous for embossed surfaces).Thus, they smooth out these differences.
The size of each section can also be different. Most often, manufacturers define standards themselves. But the most common are the 50x50 cm and 30x50 cm. You can arrange the bars in a section in a straight line or diagonally, it all depends on what pattern you want to create.
Note! In cases where the decking was laid on the street, at the end of the season it should be dismantled and stored for storage in the premises. In the next season he is laid again.
