Often the balcony is fairly considered the peculiar buffer protecting the dwelling from harmful external effects. Glazing of balcony allows to minimize penetration into the apartment of city noise, dust and at the same time to expand living space.
Among owners of city living space several ways of glazing of balconies, loggias are widespread. Each option of constructive change serves various purposes: it is enough to someone to protect loggia from bad weather, and someone wants to have the additional area with all conveniences. For example, it can be recreation area or winter garden. Nevertheless most often use normal method of glazing that is caused by the low cost of materials and possibility of independent work.
Preparation and choice of design
At first examine protection if it reinforced concrete or brick, then on it does not be cracks, chips. If the parapet represents metal framework with asbestos-cement sheets, then it is necessary to spread wall from foam concrete blocks. Them it is necessary to fix by means of cement slurry or special glue. Application of brick is undesirable since it will give additional load of balcony. Pay attention that the edge of parapet has to be in one plane with ceiling.
If the protection is ready, then it is possible to think of the choice of type of double-glazed windows, previously having measured the area of their future placement. The current market offers several types of window systems, depending on execution material: PVC, aluminum, tree. Especially It should be noted the last option - modern wooden frames strongly differ from the predecessors; designs do of high-strength glued bar, process material flame retardant (against burning) and antiseptic structures. Qualitative wooden window system – one of the most expensive options of glazing of balcony therefore more often choose PVC.
Installation of plastic windows
Before mounting it is necessary to collect window design. For this purpose it is necessary to sort partially plastic windows, having pulled out fillings from there: double-glazed windows, shutters, sandwich panel. Window frames connect among themselves by means of broad elements. Further to frames privorachivat by means of self-tapping screws the anchor plates necessary for fastening of frames to parapet, ceiling and walls. In advance mark on walls of the place of fastening of frame and drill openings under dowels there. Further the collected design is inserted into aperture, verified on construction level and is fixed. From outer side to window system the facing corner and window outflow fix. When all additional elements are established, it is possible to fill with foam all slots between frame and wall, parapet, ceiling. After that the filling taken earlier is inserted into frame: double-glazed windows, shutters, etc. At the final stage in "new living space" the windowsill is established if it is provided by design of window system.