Will the balcony guardrail be removed?

Generally, our balcony or bay window, developers will reserve guardrails, which look very strong. But if you want to make a closed balcony, is it really good to leave the guardrail like this? Some families have closed their balconies. It seems that this guardrail is useless, just like tearing down this guardrail. So should this guardrail be removed?

closed balcony

If your balcony is closed, the railing can be removed. If it is not removed, it will greatly affect the installation of balcony windows. Moreover, the enclosed balcony does not need to consider additional safety issues, and the railings are dispensable.

Will the balcony guardrail be removed?

In fact, there is a way to judge whether the balcony guardrail should be demolished.

Might as well tear down the iron railing.

It is better to get rid of iron railings: some developers will paint balconies with iron railings in order to save costs. Although the height and width meet the safety standards of the balcony, the iron railings are easy to rust after a long time, so it is good to remove them early.

If the height is less than 1. 1m, it should be removed.

If the height is less than 1. 1 m, it should be removed: some railings are less than 1. 1 m for decoration and will not play any safety role. It is also recommended to remove such railings and install safety fences later.

Aesthetic problems

How to solve the aesthetic problem without dismantling it? If you are not going to or are not allowed to dismantle the original guardrail of the balcony, please close the balcony inside the guardrail.

Leave a railing to remove the glass and seal the balcony inside.

Remove the glass from the railing and seal the balcony inside: the original guardrail balcony of aluminum alloy/broken bridge aluminum+laminated glass is the best to deal with. Keep the aluminum alloy/broken bridge aluminum railing of the guardrail, and remove all the glass in the middle. When closing the interior of the balcony, try to generate beams and vertical beams at the original railing position, so that the original guardrail can be hidden and there will be no sanitary dead angle after removing the glass.

Do up and down sliding windows, leaving no dead ends.

Push-pull windows are made up and down, leaving no dead ends: try to generate beams and vertical beams at the railing position of the original guardrail, but make the fixed window at the lower part of the aluminum alloy door and window beam into a push-pull window, so that there will be no sanitary dead ends after the lower part can be pushed and pulled. However, if the bottom is also made into a sliding window, the strength of the whole aluminum alloy window will be affected and its service life will be discounted.

safety first

Whether the guardrail is removed or not, we must put safety first, and don't patronize the beauty, so it is best to suggest that you keep the guardrail as much as possible. In addition, if it needs to be demolished, we must first seek the opinions of the property and get the consent before we can start work, otherwise we will be forced to restore the original appearance, or we will suffer a big loss.