Lay acacia wood on the terrace

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If a terrace is to be provided with a covering, of course, the question always arises as to which one it should be. If you are also concerned with this topic, you have certainly already thought about a wooden flooring. For example, there is a possibility of using acacia wood for the terrace.

You can lay acacia wood outside.
You can lay acacia wood outside.

What you need:

  • Terrace tiles
  • Craft knife
  • Folding rule
  • Wooden slats
  • drilling machine
  • Jigsaw

Acacia wood for that terrace is a very robust wood that is ideal for laying outdoors. Acacia wood is of course available in different shapes. First there are acacia wood planks. But there is also this in the form of tiles in the trade. How far you use which shape is up to you. The following is intended to show you to what extent the differences arise when laying.

Lay acacia wood as floorboards for the terrace

  • If you are laying acacia wood in floorboards on the terrace, you will of course first need a clean subfloor. In most cases this is already available as a finished concrete slab.
  • You then have to build a frame out of wooden slats on top of this, which is screwed to the floor. This frame should remain open at the front. You then have to insert struts made from these wooden slats in the frame and screw them together. Of course, you have to pay attention to the laying direction of the acacia planks. If these are laid in an elongated manner, the battens must be laid across, and if these are laid across, the battens must be laid in an elongated manner.
  • In order to ensure perfect water drainage, the wooden slats should be laid lengthways and the acacia planks should be laid across. A few millimeters of space should be left between the planks to ensure perfect water drainage.

Installation is easy with tiles made of acacia wood

  • One of the easiest installations on your terrace is with tiles made of acacia wood.
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  • These have a plastic grille on their back, which ensures that water drainage is optimally guaranteed after laying.
  • You can easily click these tiles into each other to lay them.
  • This means that all you need is a clean surface, ideally a concrete floor, to lay the tiles. If necessary, the panels can be cut to the correct size with a craft knife.

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