Will the balcony guardrail be removed?

Generally, the developer will reserve a guardrail for our balcony or bay window, which looks 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 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.

It's best to remove the iron railings.

It's best to remove iron railings: some developers will use iron railings to paint balconies 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 remove the original guardrail of the balcony, please close the guardrail inside the balcony.

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

Leave the railing, remove the glass 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, cross beams and vertical beams should be generated at the original railing position as far as possible, so that the original guardrail can be hidden and there will be no sanitary dead angle after the glass is removed.

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

No matter whether the guardrail is removed or not, we should put safety first, and we should not patronize the beauty. Therefore, it is best to suggest that you try to keep the guardrail. In addition, if it must be demolished, we must first seek the opinions of the property and get the consent before we can start construction, otherwise we will be forced to restore the original appearance and we will still suffer great losses.