The weather has been getting colder and colder recently. Xiao Ming, I felt cold all over even when I was sitting at home. I turned around and found that the balcony was not closed! The cold wind outside the window is now pouring into the house wantonly.
After closing the balcony door , I suddenly fell into deep thought: No wonder there are still many hard-nosed owners who insist on sealing the windows of their balconies despite repeated prohibitions by the community property management. If nothing else, in the cold weather now, sealing the balcony is definitely better than not sealing it.
In fact, there are always some people in favor and some people opposed to the issue of closing the balcony . After all, everyone has different needs for their home. Putting aside Xiaoming's own personal likes and dislikes, today we will discuss with you whether it is good to seal the balcony and how to seal it. I hope that after reading this, you can make your own decisions more rationally. Whether to block
or not, let’s look at these points first:
✿✿✿Let’s talk about the advantages first:
1. Increased space utilization
This is also an important reason why many people choose to enclose the balcony. Especially for some small apartments where the living room space is not spacious enough, incorporating the balcony area into the living room space will directly make the living room grand and open.
Moreover, the balcony area has better light, and if the scenery is also good, then after it is enclosed, it can be used as an extension of the living room, as a work and reading area, or as a leisure and tea drinking area.
2. Isolate bad weather
Seal the balcony and close the windows. Whether it is the cold wind in winter, the heat wave in summer, or the rain on rainy days, you can perfectly avoid it, and your happiness in living will be greatly improved.
3, increased sense of security
If you have babies or furry children at home, sealing the windows can better prevent outside situations from happening. After all, little kids are not sensible. If one accidentally falls, the consequences will be disastrous.
Moreover, for low floors, sealing the balcony can also better prevent thieves and avoid dangers such as falling objects from heights.
4, good looks, broad vision
Let the living room have a large panoramic floor-to-ceiling window, which is the dream of many romantics. If there happens to be an eye-catching scenery outside the window of your home, as shown by many Internet celebrity bloggers, with mountains and water, then using panoramic glass to seal the windows is indeed a good choice.
If they could live in such a room, many babies would probably not even want to leave the door.
5, cleaner and more hygienic
Living in big cities, many children’s homes will inevitably be close to streets or highways. If the windows are not sealed, the noise and dust pollution will be relatively serious, and sealing the windows will greatly reduce this harm.
✿✿✿ Let’s talk about the shortcomings:
1, affecting ventilation and natural lighting
The window sealing effect is good, but it sacrifices the ventilation effect of the house, and it looks like it is sealed. If you are the kind of person who likes natural style and pursues natural ventilation and lighting, it may be difficult to accept this.
2. It is not conducive to drying clothes
After the balcony window is closed, it is equal to being brought indoors. The effect of drying clothes is definitely not as good as if the window is not closed, and if the clothes are hung "indoors", it will not look good. Therefore, if the windows are sealed, it is generally recommended to use a dryer. Of course, the renovation funds will be burned again.
3. It is not conducive to the growth of flowers and plants.
It is difficult to dry clothes, let alone flowers and plants that require high sunlight and air.For those who like to grow flowers and grass, sealing up the windows means bidding farewell to the "window sill garden" of their dreams.
Of course, in addition to analyzing the above advantages and disadvantages as to whether or not to seal the windows, another thing to note is that depends on whether the property in your community allows it. Some communities do not allow encapsulated balconies due to safety issues or due to the load-bearing capacity of the building.
There are also some that will make some unified requirements for window sealing, such as it must be enclosed within the railings, unified color, unified material, unified style, etc. If you want to seal off the balcony, you must report it to the property management in advance to avoid being punished.
window-sealing 6 solutions: There is always one suitable for you
window-sealing or not. In the final analysis, it still depends on whether it is suitable and whether the effect is good. In any case, maybe after you read the following window sealing solutions that are suitable for different home environments, you may be inspired to change your initial thoughts.
1, panoramic large glass + swing door
Picture source: Xiaohongshu blogger: "I am Anne"
Advantages: wide field of view, beautiful atmosphere, large ventilation area after opening the window
Disadvantages: swing doors may have safety hazards, need to install protective fences or anti-theft nets
2, large panoramic glass + casement windows
Picture source: Xiaohongshu blogger: "Giggy"
Advantages: Broad vision, moderate glass area, relatively safer
Disadvantages : The field of view is limited to a certain extent
3, sliding door sealing window
This method is to move the sliding door originally located between the living room and the balcony to the outside of the balcony, and use the sliding door to replace the window.
Picture source: Xiaohongshu blogger: "Xiaoxin Boss"
Advantages: You can freely switch between open balconies and closed balconies, and the lighting, ventilation, and visual conditions are all very good. Disadvantages of
: It is also a safety issue. If there is no guardrail originally, you need to install a guardrail or anti-theft net.
4 and folding window sealing
have two types: left and right folding and up and down folding.
Advantages: Freely switch between open balcony and closed balcony, all window sashes can be overlapped and moved to one side of the balcony, providing the best lighting, ventilation and visual field conditions.
Disadvantages: The cost is high, and if it is folded left and right, there is a problem that the curtain cannot be installed normally. If it is folded up and down, it will be easier to handle.
5, electric lifting and closing windows:
Change the large panoramic glass into an upper and lower part, and can lift and open the window.
Picture source: Xiaohongshu blogger: "He Bo"
Advantages: The biggest feature is that it is intelligent and does not require manual operation. It also makes up for the shortcomings of the first two options due to more closures and limited ventilation, allowing the balcony to switch freely between closed and open.
Disadvantages: high cost.
6, half-wall glass window sealing
This is a relatively traditional way of sealing windows. The advantage is that it is simple and trouble-free, and relatively safe, but the disadvantage is that there are too many window frames and the vision is severely limited.
and above, Xiaoming has summarized several popular window sealing solutions for everyone, and also analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of each solution in detail, hoping to provide you with a reference.
In fact, after the above analysis, especially after reading so many various plans, Xiaoming feels that if the funds are in place, the advantages of closing windows generally outweigh the disadvantages. I wonder what you guys think?
