Reno My Balcony. Any Advises?

[sleepy 0]

Hi RenoTalk forumers,

I had recently brought an EA flat in 38wang with round balcony. After discussion with my partner,

we decided to hack away the balcony sliding door and install windows around the balcony. But

it will means that the balcony floor will not be level with the living room floor.

One solution is to look/buy the same tiles (subjected to availablility) for the balcony floor.

There are any other suggestions?

Thanks!

Sleepy

[JuzChris 1]

Watz the diff. in height? Perhaps..

- levering the balcony flr to living rm flr? cement or platform

- Add a step or two, staircase.

- Removable slab, tiles or wooden strips works, but may trap dust.

Hope this helps

[sleepy 0]

Hi JuzChris

Yeah, dun really have to level, as you mention, maybe can use parquet / laminate floor for my balcony floor.

I think should be more visially appealling ba:)

I am not so worried about the dust but more about the rain becos water will damage all the nice woods.

Thanks for ya advise.

Watz the diff. in height? Perhaps..

- levering the balcony flr to living rm flr? cement or platform

- Add a step or two, staircase.

- Removable slab, tiles or wooden strips works, but may trap dust.

Hope this helps

[Chunky Monkey 2]

I think you need to conceptualise what you would be doing in this balcony area after you internalise it by building up windows. For a fact that you will be spending money to install windows all around, you should consider using this area as as dry area, and integrate it as part of your living room. And yes, level it to the living room floor. The cost would be worth it.

Laying the same floor tiles as the living room's would give one the perspective of a bigger space, and that's a real plus if you want your home to look bigger.

I suspect once you internalise your balcony area, you will make proper use of this area, and not leave it out open, even in bad weather. So, you will not need to worry about the need to keep rain water out.