How to make a draining and ecological outdoor flooring

When designing a outdoor flooring There are many factors to take into consideration. The purpose for which the work must be carried out must be evaluated; the composition of the terrain on which you will find yourself working; the available budget and the operational indications that will arrive from the client. If, then, you wanted to create one sustainable and draining flooring, the variables at play would increase substantially.

For example, i materials to be used during the realization of the work acquire great importance. In fact, only through a careful selection of the products to be used will it be possible to create a square, a road or a car park that can truly be considered ecological and eco-compatible.

Let's see together how one is made sustainable outdoor flooring and which ensures high mechanical performance and a high level of permeability.

How to make sustainable outdoor flooring

The design phase is, as can easily be imagined, the one that requires the most attention. As already mentioned, in fact, before creating definitive drawings and projects it will be necessary identify the most suitable materials to the work to be carried out.

If, for example, you want to create a square/parking inside a private garden it will be possible to opt for solutions that preserve the integrity of the turf and do not require large-scale interventions; if, however, one must be created bicycle path or a road Bianca in the open countryside, the solutions to be adopted must guarantee high mechanical resistance even in the case of sustained vehicular flow.

Once the design phase and choice of materials have been completed, we move on to the practical phase: that of the construction site. Regardless of the technical solution you want to adopt, it will be necessary to create a homogeneous and solid substrate, which gives stability to all the upper layers. In the case of a draining and ecological flooring it is advisable to create the base in stabilized mixed, perhaps using recycled aggregates coming from building demolitions. This material, if properly compacted, not only allows the passage of rainwater (and thus avoids the formation of stagnations and puddles on the surface), but is sufficiently stable and solid to support high operating loads.

At this point we can move on to laying of the flooring real. As mentioned, depending on the work to be carried out, you can opt for the most disparate materials. Within this "cauldron", however, two stand out for their versatility, sustainability and overall low construction costs.

Draining and ecological flooring: stabilized earth

Among the many options for making draining and ecological outdoor flooring, la stabilized land it is one of the latest to arrive on the market. It is a mixture of soil, crushed stone and environmentally friendly stabilizers which, once laid on the earthy substrate, guarantee a high degree of mechanical resistance and high permeability.

This mixture, extremely versatile and easily workable, can be used in the construction of avenues within protected areas and natural parks; dirt roads in the countryside; squares and car parks serving commercial and urban areas; pedestrian paths or cycle paths. All while respecting nature and the surrounding environment.

Products like those in the line Nature Stabil Road by Terra Solida Italiain fact, not only do they allow the creation of driveway surfaces, which are often small and immediately usable, but they are also ecological and 100% recyclable. The stabilizers used to bind the mixture of soil and crushed stone, in fact, are environmentally friendly and do not release toxic substances into the underlying soil. This means that they are not considered as special waste and, at the end of the road's life cycle, they can be recycled in landfill as common waste (or be reused in other road or construction works).

The lawn-saving grid for squares and private roads: the ecological and sustainable solution

Although it is a more "traditional" solution than stabilized earth, the lawn protection grid (or armed lawn whatever you want) equally guarantees sustainability of the work, permeability and low costs. Unlike the first, however, this type of intervention is more suitable for smaller interventions. For example, the grid is perfect for creating a parking space in the garden or for a driveway in a country house.

La lawn protection grill is a honeycomb structure which must be placed on the permeable substrate and filled with soil suitable for grass growth. A few weeks after sowing, the turf will grow again without impediments, while cars and other motor vehicles will be able to pass (or stop) on the surface without fear of sinking or getting bogged down. The ground will allow the flow of rainwater, while the grid - made of plastic or concrete - will give solidity to the avenue or square.

Solutions like Garden Grid by Terra Solida ItaliaFurthermore, they allow you to create sustainable and environmentally friendly armed lawns. The honeycomb structure, in fact, is made with materials from renewable sources and it is also recyclable. Furthermore, rainwater can infiltrate into the ground, respecting the requirement of "hydraulic invariance" in new urbanization works.