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completehandy
We have a bungalow built on a sloping site so the floor at the back is around 1.5 metres above the outside ground level.
We want to build a balcony / raised deck and to keep costs to a minimum I am planning to build two brick piers around 2 metres from the back wall and around 4.5 metres apart. Between these I will run a timber beam and then run floor joists back from this beam to a wall plate.
Although it would probably be the cheapest option I really don’t want to use timber decking and would ideally like a tiled surface for minimum maintenance and to create a dry area below which could be used for storage.
On a new build down the road they used two layers of shuttering ply and then tiled directly onto this.
I did briefly speak to the guy who was tiling this and he said he was simply going direct onto the ply using a “Special” adhesive. This sounds like a recipe for disaster to me but I have to admit that after two years it does actually still look OK.
In was also thinking using shuttering ply but laying something like Ditra Membrane (or a cheaper equivalent if possible) between this and the tiles. I know Schulter do a range of products for balconies but they look very expensive and would probably make the project too expensive for me to go ahead.
Any suggestions / alternatives bearing in mind I have a very tight budget.
John.
We want to build a balcony / raised deck and to keep costs to a minimum I am planning to build two brick piers around 2 metres from the back wall and around 4.5 metres apart. Between these I will run a timber beam and then run floor joists back from this beam to a wall plate.
Although it would probably be the cheapest option I really don’t want to use timber decking and would ideally like a tiled surface for minimum maintenance and to create a dry area below which could be used for storage.
On a new build down the road they used two layers of shuttering ply and then tiled directly onto this.
I did briefly speak to the guy who was tiling this and he said he was simply going direct onto the ply using a “Special” adhesive. This sounds like a recipe for disaster to me but I have to admit that after two years it does actually still look OK.
In was also thinking using shuttering ply but laying something like Ditra Membrane (or a cheaper equivalent if possible) between this and the tiles. I know Schulter do a range of products for balconies but they look very expensive and would probably make the project too expensive for me to go ahead.
Any suggestions / alternatives bearing in mind I have a very tight budget.
John.
