Balcony Railing

The balcony is an important area in a flat or a house, It offers the home owner a view of the surroundings. It connects inside space of the house with outside world. It is often a favourite area to spend free time, However many owners in the flats intend to cover their balcony for many reasons, sometime after occupying the house.
Generally we use balcony for:

• An outside sit out place for enjoying a cup of tea with breakfast or having a zoola or swing with light reading in leisure time and enjoying outside view and getting out of the room.
• Viewing processions, street views etc.
• Sometimes balcony provides privacy and also controls heat penetration in the room.
• Balconies are free of F.S.I, when it is open from three side and periphery have only railing/low height wall. Most of the builders use this as a profit making tool and sell the flat with more usable area by providing such balconies.
• Though designed for all the above uses, the most frequent use by middle & lower middle class is always for drying clothes, which is not possible elsewhere in small/medium types of flats.
• However 4’wide balcony will not be useful for outside sit out, breakfast place or for a swing.
• Desirable dimensions of balcony is 6’ x 7’for sit out, swing, etc.