Patio Building in Bulgaria

Building a patio in Bulgaria is easy as long as you follow the simple steps and plan ahead before diving into it.

Planning ahead is the key to success here and some time spent thinking about what materials you will want to for your finished Bulgarian patio.

There are a number of choices such as concrete, paving slabs, brick, wood or a even a mixture of these. You will many suitable materials in Bulgaria for patios as every house has one but not necessarily bought from shops more likely recycled - nothing wrong with that.

You need to know exactly what your Bulgarian patio is going to be used for not only will it determine what size it will be and if for dining you need to consider the size of your dining room inside your Bulgarian house to compare the types of dimension you need. Building a Bulgaria patio too small for the purpose is a mistake that many people actually do make, even Bulgarians!

Have you accounted for how many guests, including your frequent Bulgarian neighbours, you will have? Is there enough room for the host to wander round to serve everyone and refill those rakia bottles? All these and many more will give a a better idea on what area will be most practical.

If your Bulgarian patio is adjoining an existing building you need to allow some 15 cm below the internal floor level to the top level of your patio this applies to concrete, brick and paving based materials.

The construction of your Bulgarian patio follows very basic rules and is not difficult but the rules have to be adhered to for many years of a trouble free Bulgarian patio.

The patio must be firmly bedded onto a mortar mix to ensure solid base, this is very important and should not be constructed on sand. The reason is quite simple it will erode away leaving an uneven surface.

A concrete mix is the next layer to be put down over a hardcore base if the patio is to be subjected to heavy traffic.

The depths involved here should travel 5 cm for the paving, 5 cm for the mortar and 10 cm concrete or hardcore.

You need to allow a slope away from the house of with a gradient of approx 2 1/2 cm per every 5 metres.

Lay the pavings parallel to the house one row at a time using a straight edge and level as you proceed. Using a string line to guide each course it essential for lining all pavings in straight rows.

Pavings should be allowed to set overnight before jointing using a damp mortar (as opposed to wet). You need to clean away any excess mortar off with a damp cloth or sponge as you go to keep pavings clean.

All the joints should be full or have a slightly rounded finish, there are specialist tools for this but being Bulgaria improvised tools are just as good.

After these simple step you Bulgarian patio should have many seasons of use trouble free, now where did I put the salad and rakia?