Attach rain protection for balcony
Sitting on the balcony despite the wind and rain? You can do this with a rain cover on the balcony. However, so that you can only really enjoy your weather protection completely, you should pay attention to a few important points before attaching it.
Of course, a rain cover not only protects you from getting wet, it offers you even more advantages, because it also protects sensitive flowers on your balcony and your seating furniture.
Before you attach a rain cover to the balcony
- Most balconies are built in such a way that they are practically covered by the balcony above. This type of construction is mainly found in apartment buildings. The problem here is that the rain is blowing in from the side. It is therefore understandable if you want additional protection.
- If you are renting an apartment with a balcony, talk to your landlord first. Attaching a rain protection device to the balcony does not actually mean any interference with the building fabric of the House and is part of the individual design of your apartment, but it influences the appearance of the House facade. If your neighbors have already been granted rain protection, your landlord must also grant you one. In the case of a community of owners, the consent of the community of owners must be obtained.
- There are various rain protection devices to buy, and you also have the option of building a balcony protection yourself. Before you buy, consider whether you would like to take your rain cover with you if you move, because the specialist trade offers you solutions for this too.
- Various materials can be used as rain protection, so you can freely choose from impregnated linen and natural materials to glass walls. In the case of Plexiglas or glass walls, however, craftsmen should take care of the installation on the balcony. Please also note that glass allows more daylight to pass through, but that it heats up considerably when exposed to sunlight, especially when it comes to rain protection canopies. With this variant, you can also opt for sliding windows that you can close as required.
- Another nice option is to apply a plant discount, which you can let overgrown and thus enable rain protection in a natural way.
- Awnings and sun sails can also be used as rain protection with appropriate impregnation. You can buy awnings with an electronic motor for retracting and extending or simply with manual operation. Usually only ropes are used for fastening the awning, for which you only have to mount hooks in the appropriate places.
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When attaching the rain cover to your balcony, make sure that the holes you may have need to drill, do not go so deep that the steel support of the balcony is attacked, as this would otherwise rusts.
