Alignment of balcony (loggia) with kitchen, room

There are not many ways to increase the area of apartments. The most affordable is to combine a balcony or loggia with a room or kitchen. Even if it joins and not a very large area, but in small-sized apartments and it – as a godsend.

What documents are needed to combine the balcony / loggia

Balcony can be combined in two ways: just removing the window unit without demolishing the window sill part of the wall and the threshold and with its removal. If you decide to only remove the window/doors, no permission is required. After the work is completed, you take the plan of the apartment to the BTI, make the changes you have made

If there is a need to remove the sill part of the wall, then such a change is called redevelopment and requires a number of authorizing documents for its implementation. And keep in mind that in recent years in the capital to remove the window sill block is allowed only if you install glass sliding doors. Also note that on the balcony or loggia to take out radiators are not allowed. It will be necessary to separately organize the heating of the balcony, as well as to determine a new place for the radiator, which was previously on the window sill block.

Required documents and actions

In any case, you will need to:

• Take in the BTI technical passport for the apartment.
• With tehpasporotom apply to the design organization with a certificate for the right to provide such services to draw up a project of redevelopment. The second option – to order a redevelopment project in the organization that developed a standard project of your house (for residents of the capital it is a more reliable option).
• Taking the received project, documents confirming ownership rights, a completed application for redevelopment, apply to the Housing Inspectorate.

After receiving the authorizing resolution, you can start work. Upon completion of the repair, you will need to invite a representative of the Housing Inspectorate to receive the Act of completion of works on redevelopment. With this document you apply again to the BTI to obtain a new technical passport.

Note that when choosing the second option, only the part that was under the window is subject to demolition. To demolish the remaining side walls, threshold without additional approval is categorically impossible, as well as to cut out the window beam. They may also require reinforcement measures. All work will be specified in the redevelopment project and must be carried out scrupulously.

If you need to remove walls and beams, stipulate this in the design organization when submitting documents. They calculate whether this option is possible. If so, they will issue measures to restore the load-bearing capacity and a list of works.

Work procedure

The main attention in the works on joining the balcony to the kitchen or room should be paid to insulation. It will be necessary to insulate all parts of the structure except the inner wall. Use the most effective materials, otherwise the whole room will be very cold in winter. Also, when installing glazing will need to pay special attention to the place of the joint of the frames with the wall – to lay a vapor barrier material. It will block the access of warm air from the room, preventing the formation of condensation.

Preparatory work

First you need to destroy everything to the ground, so that then…build everything again. In general, the order of preparatory work is as follows:

• Dismantling of the old glazing and finishing materials on the balcony / loggia (the window unit in the room leave in place for now). The metal fence remains on the balcony, on the loggia – a thin standard partition, if any. If there is no partition on the loggia, only the metal frame remains. It is necessary for the safety of the work.

  

• Leveling of the floor in the place of installation of the wall. After dismantling the old finishing materials, the balcony slab on the edge is very uneven. Since the edge of the slab will have to install a wall, the base must be level. Pits are concreted with ordinary mortar of M300 grade.

  

• Erection of the wall to a given height. To date, for the erection of the wall on the balcony, the best option is considered to be aerated concrete. The thickness of the blocks used is 100 mm (read here about the laying of partitions from the gas block). It is warm, easy to lay, weighs little.

If the standard finishing of the balcony or loggia was removed, in parallel with the erection of the wall, it must be covered from the outside with the selected finishing material. Usually – siding. For which the outside is attached to the wooden bars, to them – siding.

Finishing the balcony from the outside should be carried out at this stage. Then it will be necessary to call promalpov, and their services are not cheap. And while there is no glazing, you can bind yourself with insurance and do everything from the balcony.

Glazing and insulation

Gradually, the concrete platform sticking out on the wall acquires a different look. Now you can believe that not only birds can be here. Glazing is carried out in parallel with insulation. And it is better not to save on insulation. Otherwise, the room will be very cold, and heating bills will be large.

• Installation of window blocks. For glazing it is necessary to use two-chamber double-glazed windows. Their area will be large and single-chamber ones will not be able to provide the proper degree of thermal insulation. Profile for windows should also be taken with a large number of chambers – at least five. Although the profile has a smaller area, heat escapes through it.

  

• Removal of the window unit, destruction of the sill wall if necessary, measures to strengthen the walls and window beam.

  

• Laying of electrical wiring, installation of mounting boxes for sockets, switches, wiring for installation of light fixtures. To increase safety, wires can be laid in a special non-flammable corrugated hose.

  

• Insulation of the floor, walls and ceiling. The most common variant of insulation is between wooden bars of the purlin. For insulation use or extruded polystyrene foam or mineral wool mats. Polystyrene foam is used more often, because at the same degree of thermal insulation has a smaller thickness and is not afraid of getting wet (condensation). For the Middle Belt of Russia, the thickness of polystyrene foam should leave 70-100 mm. Lay the insulation in two layers with overlapping seams. Fasten with special plastic dowels umbrellas or glued to the mounting foam.

  

• A layer of metallized insulation (such as penofol). It additionally retains heat.

  

• Laying of floor heating (if provided).
• Covering with finishing materials. This can be plywood or GKL, followed by spackling and wallpapering or painting.

In fact, the unification of the balcony can be considered complete after laying the foam. Then the finishing work begins, and they strongly depend on the fact that the room is joined to the balcony / loggia or to the kitchen, as well as on the design of these premises.

Kitchen combined with a balcony: ideas + photos of design

Combining the balcony and kitchen allows you to make this room more comfortable: a fairly solid area is added, unloading the “main” room.

But not everything can be taken from the kitchen to the balcony. It is allowed to put there:

A few photo examples of possible design and use of the window sill, inherited from the former window.

Combining a balcony and a room: options for using the area

Even a small area of a few square meters provides a lot of opportunities for its use. The final choice depends on what is a higher priority for you. So, what can be done on the attached loggia (balcony):

Arch design

How harmonious the attached loggia will look depends largely on how to design the passage. In some cases and styles, a rectangle looks good. Then all you need is to play it correctly. And from a lack of planning, it turns into a decoration.

In a bedroom with an attached balcony there is an arc way out – to close all translucent tulle from wall to wall. Hard lines are softened, harmony is restored.

Sometimes a simple rectangle is not suitable categorically. Then the corners should be rounded, adding smoothness.

Another option to give meaning to the remaining part of the window wall is to make shelves above it.

If the arch is made rounded only on one side, it will better fit into a modern design, with the appropriate design is suitable for minimalism and high-tech.