Laying a lawn carpet on a balcony

What you need:

• scissors
• knife
• Artificial turf glue
• Quartz sand

You can convert your balcony into a green oasis by laying a lawn carpet. The workload is very low and there are no high costs.

How to lay a lawn carpet on the balcony

A lawn carpet consists of artificial turf. It is available in many different designs and qualities. The artificial turf is offered for laying in strips. The big advantage is that the race does not grow back and does not require any special care. You can lay a lawn carpet on all kinds of surfaces. So it doesn't matter whether the floor of your balcony is made of wood, concrete or other materials.

1. Laying a lawn carpet is very easy. You only need to lay the individual strips next to each other. You can trim the lengths with a sharp knife or larger scissors.
2. However, you should not lay the individual strips too tightly on the balcony edges. It is better if you leave a gap of 5 mm between the house wall and the balcony railing.
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3. You then have to fix the seams and the edges of the artificial turf with artificial turf glue. You can get artificial turf glue wherever you can buy a lawn carpet.


Laying artificial turf on the balcony

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4. After you have laid the lawn carpet and the glue has hardened, you still have to fill it with quartz sand. You can then use the balcony again immediately.
5. A lawn carpet requires little maintenance. It does not need to be watered, fertilized or mowed. If it is very dirty, you can simply vacuum it off with a vacuum cleaner.
6. In spring you can also do a thorough cleaning with a pressure washer. That doesn't damage the lawn carpet and afterwards it looks like new again. So you can enjoy the fresh green on your balcony all summer long.