Select Wood Tiles For The Balcony - What Types Of Wood Are Suitable?

Whether you build a new balcony or embellish the existing, you have many options for floor coverings. Wood tiles in particular provides you with a number of options depending on your budget, whether it's a covered or open balcony, as well as your design preferences. If you select the wood tiles for the balcony, it is good to know which type of wood to use for their particular situation.

Wood Tile For The Balcony

Wood tiles for the balcony

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Cedar and Redwood

If you have an open balcony and want to know what type of wood is suited best for it, cedar and Redwood are the obvious choice. The higher the quality, the intrinsic properties, but Redwood and Cedar are the better choice are, when it comes to outdoor floor coverings due to the water-and insect resistant properties of the wood.

Wood tiles for the balcony - lightweight plastic clips system

Wood Tiles Balcony

Pressure treated pine timber

Pressure treated pine wood is the cost-effective choice for open balconies, as it is the cheapest floor covering. Treated with a special blend of chemicals that damage to be protected from water and Sun, you can paint the pine wood or paint, which gives you a number of options for less money than Cedar or redwood.

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Other types of wood

Other types of wood are the most expensive, like African mahogany or Brazilian cherry. They are suitable only for the covered balcony. You are rather decorative wood rather than functional.

Dark Wood Tiles Balcony

The wooden tiles for the balcony from IKEA are made of Acacia wood with plastic clip system and suitable also for terraces and garden. The Bankirai and larch are very durable and good for outdoor use.

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