10 Stylish covered terraces ideas

Published: Do it yourself // Published 23.09.2019

Ideas for covered terraces

Best 10 ideas for covered terraces

A covered terrace is something your garden needs. This is not only about your garden, but you also need a covered terrace. This space extension is perfect for everyone, cheers up the place, relaxes and books you a vacation everytime you need a change of scenery. If you want privacy – you can find it on your garden terrace, you want silence and a space that allows you to focus easily – you visit your garden terrace, if you want to enjoy a relaxing outdoor meal – you have the garden terrace, you want to throw a party on the grass for your friends – the garden terrace is the right place. Many other activities can be carried out on the covered terrace of your garden. Here are some ideas for making sure you have the terrace you want:

1. For a covered terrace you don't even need a building permit. However, if you build an extension of your house, with foundation and structural frame, then you will need a building permit.

2. Choose a more intimate area for the covered terrace, as close to house as possible. It is not convenient to walk large distances and you shouldn’t need special incentive for reaching terrace.

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3. Build your covered terrace on solid ground. You will have problems with soil creep so you’ll need foundation, cast concrete, permits and things get complicated.

4. Choose the smoothest area or one with minimal bumps, this surface will allow flooring to be installed directly on the ground, without installation accessories.

5. For an uneven ground install flooring on adjustable paver pedestals (floated floor) for adjusting bumps. For soil creep with higher steep, adjustable paver pedestals will not do and there is need of more soil for leveling.

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6. Use natural stone for flooring, it is hard, durable to freeze – thaw cycles, heat and UV rays, corrosive agents, maintains its initial look and also handles fine pedestrian traffic. PIATRAONLINE recommends more solutions for covered exterior terraces flooring: large tiles of 60 x 30 cm or smaller, from granite, slate, marble, travertine, polygonal flagstone for flooring but also access road and cobblestone for the access road. For a smooth passage from the natural stone terrace to the lawn area, landscape it with gravel or decorative mosaic. In case you are also using this terrace for parties, keep in mind natural stone as the material with best handling of traffic, dancing and high heels.

7. For terraces connected to houses, install a retractable roof (awning, pergola), designed to roll back the roof and open it to the outdoor, ensuring light and warmth whenever needed.

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8. If you have a terrace on your backyard, install a roof made from lightweight materials, with good thermal insulation (bamboo is an inspired choice and so is cane); there are 2 types of roofs: flat, with slope lower than 5 degrees and tilted. Keep in mind that choosing the roof type is essential for water drainage.

9. Contract design experts, otherwise entrepreneurs will recommend you their favorite products, not necessarily matching or compatible with your terrace.