Balconies are in every home, but what are balcony doors? They belong to special types of structures that combine several functional purposes. In addition to blocking the passage to the balcony. they must provide access to the room of external lighting. In this regard, constructive solutions for balcony doors have common features with projects for windows. In the drawings, balcony doors are also linked into a single block with a window opening, differing from the latter in the presence of door panels.
In construction practice, the following division of balcony doors is accepted:
- single-sheet, one-and-a-half-sheet and double;
- mounted separately, combined with the window frame;
- according to the material of manufacture - wooden, plastic, combined.
The most demanded is a single-leaf type of balcony door, combined with double-leaf window frames. In this case, the latter can be located both on the right and on the left side of the door. Also, this type of balcony block allows you to install a window sill, underwhich the radiators of the heating system are mounted.
Quite often you can find balcony doors, in which the window block is located to the left and right of the door leaf.
The minimum width of such a door is not regulated, but it is generally accepted that a clean passage, excluding protruding parts of fittings, should be 600 mm. In terms of height, balcony doors also do not have a specific standard, and depend primarily on the thickness of the window sill and its level above the floor in its pure form. However, experts do not recommend installing the door below 1900 mm.
To increase the clear opening, balcony doors are equipped with special frames of the minimum allowable thickness, and to increase the strength of such systems, it is recommended to use metal squares.
Many problems of size and structural strength of the balcony block are solved when plastic balcony doors are installed. Due to its versatility, environmental friendliness, ease of operation and adjustment, plastic products are conquering the modern market. Also, the increased demand of consumers for goods of this kind contributes to a long service life and high rates of heat and sound insulation. The use of double-glazed windows allows you to maintain a constant room temperature on the loggias and balconies.
Recently, during the complex renovation of apartments, many begin to install sliding balcony doors at the entrance to the loggia. At the same time, consumersguided by the following considerations:
- sliding doors significantly save the area of the apartment, which must be reserved for swing balcony doors;
- allows you to get a larger opening without changing the existing doorway in the load-bearing wall;
- gives the opportunity to get an aesthetically pleasing entrance to the balcony, which does not have many horizontal lintels from the profile.
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