The use of wood is the warmest aesthetic choice to dress up any space, especially for the coronation of the pools where the wet skin comes into direct contact with the ground.

Its maintenance requires more care, but alternative materials are currently sold made ​​from wood fibers that have many advantages: virtually no maintenance, no need to varnish, resistant to termites, moisture and weather, slip, no wear, no leave and do not chip.

Among the outdoor wood iroko highlights of presenting different natural shades ranging from yellow to dark brown, the teak and ipe.

The sun dries, breaks and splinters of wood, so you have to take some precautions to keep it in good condition and to achieve to enhance their natural beauty.

1.The main agents affecting the exterior wood are the weather, such as changes in temperature, variations in humidity, rain and ultraviolet rays. These circumstances facilitate decay, surface color changes of wood or the attack of insects that feed on it and destroy it from within.

2.Existen keep preventive treatments that require regular maintenance to avoid having to resort to more expensive palliative and less reliable.

3.The first be clogging the pores by applying a primer colorless and elastic to fill the holes to prevent excessive bleeding or penetration of water.

4.If the wood from conifers such as pine or spruce may occur during the early exudation of resin, tannins or oils should be cleaned with a cloth soaked in alcohol, acetone, oily solvent, or in some cases with turpentine, but this product is recommended to cause fewer side effects on the subsequent layers are applied.

5.Once surface is clean, apply a fungicide to prevent its decay in the future and leave the timber ready to receive the definitive primer, as well as prevent damage by insects or fungi.

6.Finalmente be given a coat of protective paint or varnish must be resistant to ultraviolet rays. To improve the waterproofing of woody materials can be enhanced with silicone or waxes. This step must be repeated annually.