Balcony glazing with your own hands

The unglazed balcony does not fully function. It seems to be possible to carry out some action, but there is always the fear that the bad weather, or neighbors from the top floors will make some adjustments in your plans. Use it as a storage place, too, can not. In order to protect a piece of your space, the right decision is balcony glazing .

types of glazing of balconies there is a huge number, in this you can see by looking photo in the article, but the most interesting is independent of such repairs.

Preliminary measurements and calculations

Before you perform a plastic glazing the balcony, you need to clearly understand what the dimensions of windows are needed. To do this, remove the old glazing, if it was, of course, dismantling the frame and fixtures. We remove everything cleanly, so that overlap is visible from above, and the base of the parapet.

The next step is to directly measure all the necessary dimensions: from the ceiling to the parapet, and between the two walls. It is also important to make sure the level of the parapet is horizontal. After all, if there is a skew in more than 15 mm, the frame can simply not fit in the connector.

Preparatory work

When glazing balconies with their hands preliminary work is to produce a parapet for the future installation of a window frame. Carefully inspect the parapet, if you have any doubts about the strength and stability of its foundation, it is better to make a new one. To do this, remove the old one, and put it in one brick in a new brick, all strictly according to the level.

After that, we make a framework for installing the frame along the entire perimeter of the parapet. For this purpose, a corner of metal with a cross section of 0.5 cm, which is screwed with dowels to the parapet, is perfect.

If you are satisfied with the old parapet, then it is necessary, if there is a gap, to seal it, using a sheet with galvanizing. For this purpose, we are measuring the gap size, after which the plant pre-cut piece of galvanized, on the outside and under the railing on the screws fix it. It's better to do such work with a partner.

The process of glazing the balcony with your own hands

1. We remove the double-glazed window from the frame, to facilitate weighting by 25-30 kg. To do this, pull the glazing bead, which is directed along the window, pull out the glass and place it next to the cleaned floor. The opening flap can be left with the double-glazed window.
2. Remove from the sash frame: the upper hinge push rod in the direction of the bottom, and then tilt the flap and lift it by 3-5 cm, finally removing the flap with the lower hinge.
3. Attach a plastic base profile to the bottom of the frame.
4. Mount the fastening elements for the frame. Leave 150 mm from all the extreme positions of the frame and, using silvery screws and a drill long at least 3 cm, fix the fasteners.
5. Mount the frame in the opening. For this, fix the mounting plates with screws.
6. We assemble the frames in one piece using self-tapping screws. Verify vertical and horizontal.
7. Attach the frame to the parapet by anchors.
8. We take up the slots and mount the visor.
9. We insert the double-glazed windows, and hang the sashes.
10. After checking the tightness of the fitting of the closed flaps, and the full operability of all elements, we mount the ebb and sill.

With video on the glazing of balconies can be found below in our article.

Video of balcony glazing