I am going to help my parents build a new balcony floor and railing for their house. I need help on how to attach the beams and posts to the railing. I don't want to make any damage to the sheet metal that is there. Has anyone done something similar? Attached are two images.
Loose battens at a suitable height to reach above the sheet metal joints, possibly leveled if the slope is too steep, which you then screw the decking into.
Should there be a rainwater system at the front edge?
Loose-laid battens at an appropriate height to reach over the sheet metal seams, possibly adjusted if the slope is too steep, into which you then screw the decking.
Will there be a rainwater system at the front edge?
Yes, that's correct. There will be a gutter there afterwards.
Don't forget to anchor it to the facade, it won't be good if it slides down if there's ice or frost between the beam and the sheet metal in winter, and the beams in the same direction as the seams.
Yes, that's correct. There will be a gutter there later.
Then it's about attaching posts to some form of spacer as best as possible. Through bolt is one solution. It can also work as a spacer if you use two in a thicker dimension.
Then it's about fastening posts on some form of spacer as well as possible. A through bolt is a solution. It can also work as a spacer if you use two in a larger dimension.
Type 300mm long M16 bolt, which you place in the post with a washer/nut behind and then attach through the bearing beam under the roof with a washer/nut on both sides.. And two in each post. The bolt is therefore long enough that the post comes out beyond the gutter. Did that make sense now?
Did something similar this summer
Placed 45×95 in the same direction as the grooves, which I leveled and put legs on. They have a slight slope so that the water will run away from the wall.
I mounted the posts with post shoes, which I painted white to blend in with the white-painted railing.
The post shoes are attached with lag screws to the decking and joist.
It took about 1 day to do all the carpentry and 2 days preparing with painting all the wood by the meter, and half a day to paint all the cut surfaces.
About a 300mm long M16 bolt, which you place in the post with a washer/nut behind and then fasten through the beam under the roof with a washer/nut on both sides. And two in each post. The bolt is thus long enough for the post to extend beyond the gutter. Did that make sense now?
I was planning to attach the gutter in a similar way as in the picture below.
Yes, I don't know how they have attached the posts on that balcony. Just attached to the floor's thin framework doesn't feel like it meets the fall protection requirements as necessary.
I'm thinking that I'll first build the deck "floating" on the metal roof. Secure it to the wall. Then build the railing on the deck. The posts are securely attached to the wall, as well as post shoes that fasten down into the deck. Should be a sufficiently stable construction, right?
It is usually enough to screw a 45*70 on the inside of the rule that you lay the trall on, on the outside of this you then place a 45*70 on the rule, screw the two together with a regular screw into a post. It becomes very stable!
Inside by the wall, you need to fix a bracket, either to the wall or a brace down into the trall to make it stand firmly.
I'm thinking that I first build the deck "floating" on the metal roof. Secure it to the wall. Then I build the railing on the deck. The posts are securely attached to the wall and post shoes that attach down into the deck. Should be a sufficiently stable construction, right?
No, not if you ask me. It should withstand all conceivable stresses even in 10 years...
