let's see if there's anyone who can help me get on the right track anyway,
I currently have a metal roof above the bathroom, and now there's a very small balcony. I would like to extend it a little BUT then it will go beyond the roof, so I need to install a glulam beam or similar there to provide support.
I will also attach a joist to the facade so it gets good support there. It is about 2X1M; these are not exact measurements, but I can sort that out if someone wants to do precise calculations.
I live in VARA municipality.
I currently have a metal roof above the bathroom, and now there's a very small balcony. I would like to extend it a little BUT then it will go beyond the roof, so I need to install a glulam beam or similar there to provide support.
I will also attach a joist to the facade so it gets good support there. It is about 2X1M; these are not exact measurements, but I can sort that out if someone wants to do precise calculations.
I live in VARA municipality.
Not entirely easy to understand what you mean, a drawing or simple sketch would help. Should the balcony hang out from the house without posts at the front?
as you can see in the last picture, I want to extend the balcony so I can bypass the window, and it is 160cm from the current railing to the trim on the last window.
if I can avoid a post, that would be great, it depends a bit on what will be easiest to do
if I can avoid a post, that would be great, it depends a bit on what will be easiest to do
Based on the images, the overhang appears to be about 60 cm from the wall, and for this, you should not need either a post or glulam. This assumes that you can place a beam on top of the wall at the front edge of the balcony and let it hang out. With a beam against the house wall, it is then "just" a matter of laying the floor joists between these.
but how am I supposed to attach the studs? because the idea, as mentioned, is to have a stud screwed into the facade, and then have horizontal studs that will be the overhang of about 60cm, and let's say I use 60CC studs so it will be 2/3 studs in total, but it's just how I'm supposed to attach them to the sheet metal roof itself?
How is the existing balcony attached to the sheet metal roof? Or does it "hover" above it?
So the floor joists are wedge-shaped and follow the slope of the sheet metal roof? Making your extension completely floating above/outside the roof is almost impossible. The best would be if you could place a front beam along the entire balcony that has support from the wall below and then cantilever this 60 cm.