I believe many people have imagined such a scene in their hearts.
Grow flowers and grass on the balcony, and put a comfortable chair with back and a small table to turn the balcony into a recreation areas. When the sunshine is good, one reads books and enjoys the time. When friends get together, enjoy tea and talk about life together, which is a very beautiful picture.
This unwrapped open balcony is very popular abroad.
However, when you buy a new house and are preparing for a good renovation, do you need to know whether the open balcony is suitable for you?
Because of the great climate difference in the north, heavy snow often falls under smog in autumn and winter, which is not suitable for open balconies. In the south of the Yangtze River, it is also not suitable for open balconies in three days and two typhoon days. For example, Yunnan can choose an open balcony if it is spring all the year round and has little rain and typhoon.
Some people may wonder why the balcony must be sealed. Is it OK if it is not sealed?
The open balcony is certainly beautiful, but the cleaning and maintenance problems are very troublesome. Compared with open balconies, the beauty of closed balconies is not bad, and there are many benefits.
| The benefits of sealing the balcony |
① anti-theft effect
generally, anti-theft doors and windows will be chosen to seal the balcony, which improves the safety factor a lot and reduces the risk of being visited by thieves at home.
② prevent accidents
after closing the balcony, it avoids the situation that the clothes flowerpot falls. The most important thing is to protect the safety of the child and avoid the risks brought by him climbing the balcony at will.
③ relieve the pressure of fear of heights
for people with acrophobia, it is good to live in the lower level, and it is easy to feel dizzy when living in the upper level. Sealing up the balcony and blocking the vision can alleviate this problem.
④ improve space utilization
the use of open balcony is relatively single. The closed balcony can be used for writing and reading, storing articles, and exercising, greatly improving the space utilization.
⑤ increase privacy
no longer worry about neighbors seeing their daily life, which ensures the privacy of the house.
| Disadvantages of sealing the balcony |
after the balcony is sealed, the sunlight cannot directly illuminate the room, which is not conducive to indoor sterilization. It also blocks air convection, and indoor heat is not easy to emit in summer, resulting in sultry heat. Remember to say hello to the property before closing the balcony. Some properties clearly stipulate that balconies are not allowed to be closed, while some developers will seal balconies in advance.
| Balcony sealing materials |
profile
the enclosed balcony mainly includes plastic steel, aluminum alloy and broken bridge aluminum. Although the interior of plastic steel has steel support, the plastic shell is easy to be damaged; While Although aluminum alloy has high hardness and long durability, the heat conduction of aluminum alloy is relatively fast, which affects the indoor temperature control.
The most suitable profile for balcony is broken bridge aluminum, broken bridge aluminum is a kind of alloy, but heat barrier material is added between the two aluminum alloy profiles. According to the national standard, PA66 nylon is used. This material is resistant to high temperature, long service life, good heat insulation effect, but high cost, the thickness of heat insulation nylon strip should not be less than 1.4mm.
Plastic steel
glass
the choice of high-rise balcony glass is stricter than that of the bottom layer. It is best to use tempered glass for safety first. Qualified tempered glass will have "CCC" logo at the corners of the glass, tempered glass will not produce sharp fragments after breaking.
For more than 10 layers, you can choose 8mm tempered glass, or double glazing unit with better sound insulation and heat preservation.
Protective grating
generally, the balcony comes with protective grating.
The vertical height of guardrail of the balcony on the 6th floor and below 6th floor should not be less than 1.05 m, while the residential buildings on the 7th floor and above 7th floor should not be less than 1.1 m according to the principle of ergonomics, the vertical clearance of the railing should be less than 0.11m to prevent children from drilling out.
| Can the original railing be removed? |
many people have a question about whether the balcony railing built in when buying a house can be removed. The answer is OK.
First of all, the reason why developers want to install guardrails is that there are no windows on the balcony. Installing guardrails is a necessary link, and if the owners want to seal the balcony, there is no need for guardrails.
Moreover, the guardrail is removed and the balcony is sealed, so that the manufacturer can do a good job in the waterproof treatment of the window. If there is a guardrail, the window is installed in the guardrail, it is very difficult to glue the contact surface between the window and the balcony, and it is not easy to check whether it is waterproof, which will leave hidden dangers for the future window to seep water.
