Alan Ambrose Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 If part of the objective is to get some ventilation, then covering half the opening with solid glass won't help that much. Would some kind of a minimalist maximally perforated screen of some sort appeal? Even glass with a bunch of big holes in it? Does it face west? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Ambrose Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Ah one solution would be to use s/s rigging (similar style to below). I like this stuff having done a lot of sailing when I was younger. You'll get maximum ventilation and it'll look minimalist. This is stainless steel 'rigging wire' with clamp on fittings. Proper yacht fittings look best IMO but are pricey. But if you design it right, you won't use many of them. I'd also use S/S tube rather than painted steel tube. Not that big of deal to get it welded if you need. Send a hand drawn sketch on the back of an envelope to a fabricator or two? Also, you have enough glass there already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETC Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, Alan Ambrose said: Ah one solution would be to use s/s rigging (similar style to below). I like this stuff having done a lot of sailing when I was younger. You'll get maximum ventilation and it'll look minimalist. This is stainless steel 'rigging wire' with clamp on fittings. Proper yacht fittings look best IMO but are pricey. But if you design it right, you won't use many of them. I'd also use S/S tube rather than painted steel tube. Not that big of deal to get it welded if you need. Send a hand drawn sketch on the back of an envelope to a fabricator or two? Also, you have enough glass there already Doesn't comply - forget it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandgmitchell Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 ETC's right - guarding shouldn't be easily climable by children let alone have gaps of more than 100mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Ambrose Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Ah sorry to be slow replying. FYI the detail was by troughton mcaslan and I know the balconies were a similar design on this particular building. The ‘children’s ladder’ is a concern although it obviously didn’t concern the bco at the time (about 30 years ago). Not I think a problem, I wasn’t meaning ‘exactly this design’ but these materials. However, the op seems to have vanished, and you have to ask ‘how would you get into the position of designing and building this without knowing what the balcony was going to look like?’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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