Juliette Balcony rails finally fitted!
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After delays in delivery, meaning builder no longer on site, meaning trying to find someone else to fit, who then needed to source scaffold etc etc etc
we finally have them fitted!!!
Its a small issue in the scheme of things, but for us a big result and one less frustration!
Very pleased with them too, thankfully!!!
we finally have them fitted!!!
Its a small issue in the scheme of things, but for us a big result and one less frustration!
Very pleased with them too, thankfully!!!
Simpo Two said:
A balcony would have been useful 
Not sure of the idea behind having doors where you can just walk out and plunge to your death...
...taking your second point first, you can't....the rails stop that happening Not sure of the idea behind having doors where you can just walk out and plunge to your death...
Moving on, the point is that we get twice as much light into the room, and have the ability to open the doors and get twice as much ventilation too....
...yes, a balcony would have been useful/nice, but the planners would not allow it.....
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Well, do you think it's a smart idea to build a house which has doors on an upstairs floor from which you can walk to your death? I guess the balcony was an assumption which subsequently got refused - which would explain it.
I dunno, maybe in your part of the world everybody has double doors on the first floor; round here we have our doors at ground level, which saves falling out and dying
I dunno, maybe in your part of the world everybody has double doors on the first floor; round here we have our doors at ground level, which saves falling out and dying
Simpo Two said:
Well, do you think it's a smart idea to build a house which has doors on an upstairs floor from which you can walk to your death? I guess the balcony was an assumption which subsequently got refused - which would explain it.
I dunno, maybe in your part of the world everybody has double doors on the first floor; round here we have our doors at ground level, which saves falling out and dying
It's a Juliette Balcony... Look at the thread title...I dunno, maybe in your part of the world everybody has double doors on the first floor; round here we have our doors at ground level, which saves falling out and dying
Simpo Two said:
Well, do you think it's a smart idea to build a house which has doors on an upstairs floor from which you can walk to your death? I guess the balcony was an assumption which subsequently got refused - which would explain it.
I dunno, maybe in your part of the world everybody has double doors on the first floor; round here we have our doors at ground level, which saves falling out and dying
Thanks for the observations Simpo.I dunno, maybe in your part of the world everybody has double doors on the first floor; round here we have our doors at ground level, which saves falling out and dying
For the record you have guessed wrong again. Strangely enough the planners seem to be a lot more rational than yourself........you seem to have a deep seated hatred of juliette balconies, so I'm sorry to have caused you upset....
I can only assume that you live in a bungalow, because having a gap in the upstairs landing walls that you can just walk through, without thought, and fall to your death, is an obvious risk......right?
to the other contributions.....I'm quite happy to listen to people who don't agree with my choice of design - but hopefully it might prove useful for someone considering something similar.Moving on.......
Edited by WWESTY on Wednesday 29th July 11:01
Well a thumbsup from me, so :P
We've done a dormer conversion upstairs, and the builders looked at me very strangely when I asked for a 2m wide sliding patio window in each of 3 (1st floor) bedrooms But it looks ace once people are secured using ropes from plunging to a certain death. Did apply for a crocodile pit underneath ours, but RSPCA wouldn't allow it. So we did railings similar to yours instead.
Julliette balconies (oh, ok, it's just a door on the wrong floor) rock.
You'll be needing some glass cleaner then...
We've done a dormer conversion upstairs, and the builders looked at me very strangely when I asked for a 2m wide sliding patio window in each of 3 (1st floor) bedrooms But it looks ace once people are secured using ropes from plunging to a certain death. Did apply for a crocodile pit underneath ours, but RSPCA wouldn't allow it. So we did railings similar to yours instead.
Julliette balconies (oh, ok, it's just a door on the wrong floor) rock.
You'll be needing some glass cleaner then...
andy43 said:
Well a thumbsup from me, so :P
We've done a dormer conversion upstairs, and the builders looked at me very strangely when I asked for a 2m wide sliding patio window in each of 3 (1st floor) bedrooms But it looks ace once people are secured using ropes from plunging to a certain death. Did apply for a crocodile pit underneath ours, but RSPCA wouldn't allow it. So we did railings similar to yours instead.
Julliette balconies (oh, ok, it's just a door on the wrong floor) rock.
You'll be needing some glass cleaner then...
We've done a dormer conversion upstairs, and the builders looked at me very strangely when I asked for a 2m wide sliding patio window in each of 3 (1st floor) bedrooms But it looks ace once people are secured using ropes from plunging to a certain death. Did apply for a crocodile pit underneath ours, but RSPCA wouldn't allow it. So we did railings similar to yours instead.
Julliette balconies (oh, ok, it's just a door on the wrong floor) rock.
You'll be needing some glass cleaner then...
andy43 said:
Looking more closely, looks like the glass sits in a groove in the top and bottom rails - neat? Much better than the glass clamps I've used. We need to do a raised patio, so more railings/crocodiles/glass, and I like the simplicity of that system - whose is it?
Exactly!This was what attracted me to the system - the lack of vertical supports and/or clamps. The rails have a section cut out. A rubber gasket is fitted to the glass and then it is dropped into the lower rail, and the upper rail is fitted on top iyswim
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