General apartment buildings have no yard, so private outdoor space is a dream of most people living in city apartments - even if it's just a small balcony. Many people like to spend their time on the balcony. If you are lucky enough to have a big balcony, would you choose to enclose it? Read on to find enclosed balcony ideas and decor inspirations, as well as some tips on how to enclose a balcony and how to make full use of an enclosed balcony.

Why Do You Enclose Balcony?

1.Safety

First of all, closed balcony, the safety factor will be much higher. It can prevent thieves and other criminal acts, and has stronger prevention. It can also avoid many incidents of falling objects. Reduce accidents, especially suitable for families with small babies. For such a family, the balcony is a good choice.

2. High cleanliness

The enclosed balcony can make the house clean and tidy. Especially in cities with more sandstorms. The balcony closed off, you can reduce a lot of dust, more convenient to clean.

3. Large space utilization

The enclosed balcony makes the indoor space bigger. The versatility of the balcony is also reflected. You can design the balcony as a study or a gym. Make the space a lot bigger.

Small environmental impact

The open balcony is more easily affected by the environment. So relatively speaking, closed balcony in waterproof, anti ash, and sound insulation will be much better than open balcony.

There are also many people will feel that closed balcony has many shortcomings, ventilation will be much worse than open balcony. If you want to enjoy the beautiful scenery on the closed balcony, you can choose to install the folding panoramic window. The super large field of vision can combine comfort and generosity, enlarge the space and make life more comfortable.

Enclosed Balcony Ideas - How To Enclose Balcony & Make It Beautiful And Practical?

For creating a beautiful enclosed balcony, the selection of window frame is important. Choosing the material of the window frame has an impact on the beauty and practicability of the enclosed balcony. Window frame materials are generally aluminum alloy, solid wood and plastic steel. It's better to break the bridge aluminum window, because the sound insulation and sealing effect of this material are better. The more popular choice is the frameless balcony window, which is directly all large area of glass, which does not hinder the viewing of outdoor beauty at all.

1. Wooden window frame: The frame made of wood has better sound insulation effect than other materials, and the appearance value is also higher. Patterns and texture can bring a full sense of advanced in home decoration. However, the price of wood materials with better quality is relatively high.
2. Ordinary aluminum alloy window: The heat insulation of aluminum alloy is relatively poor, and it is easy to transfer the heat from outside, so it is not very popular now.

3. Broken bridge aluminum alloy window: Broken bridge aluminum alloy window is to put heat insulation strip into aluminum material. This is a good way to prevent thermal conduction.
4. Plastic steel window: Plastic material has many advantages, and its weight is relatively light. It's also better in heat insulation, but many people are worried about aging. However, as long as it is a high-quality plastic steel window, the service life can be long, as long as more than 100 years.
5. Frameless window: Frameless window is made of high-strength tempered glass, mainly made of hardware accessories and large area of aluminum alloy. Frameless design, so that each window can be 90 degrees open, you can also open all, lighting, visual has great advantages.

There are also many disadvantages of frameless windowsill, so it is difficult to install. Because all the glass needs to pass through the designated process port before it can be opened. And before opening the window sash in the middle, you have to open the front one, so the cost is relatively high.

Should You Enclose The Balcony First Or Install Tiles First?

We should first enclose the balcony, and then lay tiles.

1. First, after enclosing the balcony, waterproof will be better.
2. More beautiful. (because in front of the enclosing of balcony, expansion screws or slots are needed. It will damage the wall, so it can be repaired when tiling).
3. Use silica gel for waterproof, if you enclose the balcony first, and then when you install tiles, you can cover the place with large gap, and the waterproof aspect is better.

If the balcony is high inside, low inside, first lay tiles, can avoid water. So when laying tile, mend outside high inside low, after sealing balcony like this, won't have the circumstance that the water can't drain out.

Balcony if it is inside high, outside low type, first tile, can avoid water. So when sticking ceramic tile, mend outside high inside low, after enclosing balcony won't have the circumstance that water can't drain out.

Balcony Enclosing Tips

1. Before enclosing the balcony, clear away all the sundries around.
2. The size of the window is smaller than the balcony. At the bottom of the window, a space of 2 cm should be reserved. It is filled with elastic mineral wool or special sealing foaming agent. In this way, the window frame is not easy to deform, and the rainwater can be prevented from penetrating into it.

3. All around the shelf of the window, after all filling, to do a layer of waterproof layer. You can apply the finish after it is dry, but you can't block the overflow hole.
4. After installation, make sure that there is no resistance for doors and windows to open or move.