What you will face if you combine a balcony with a room

Square meters of living space can be well expanded by combining the balcony with the room. But such an alteration requires solving a number of issues: from the transfer of communications to official approval. What will have to be faced in the process of combining the balcony and the room?

Official permission

Before proceeding with the alteration. It is necessary to obtain a series of official permits and approvals from housing services. What needs to be done:

• Submit a request to combine the balcony and the room;
• Provide a certificate of ownership;
• Provide written agreements of all competent residents of the apartment for redevelopment;
• If the balcony slab is common, then you will have to ask permission, both from the neighbors above and below;
• If the housing is municipal, it is important to obtain consent from the chief engineer and the head of the DEZ;
• If the apartment is in a house that has architectural value. It will be necessary to obtain permission from the authorities for the protection of architectural monuments.
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List of required documents to combine:

• An executed technical passport of the apartment, which is rented to the BTI;
• A project carried out by a specialized organization;
• Conclusions from the security services: fire and emergency situations;
• Conclusions from SES and Rospotrebnadzor;
• Document of agreement with the architectural commission;
• Copy from a notary public about ownership;
• Document authorizing registration from HOA;
• Contract for the control of work by a special body conducting technical supervision.

The whole procedure of approval and official approval may stretch for six months with self-registration.

Thorough warming

Warming is one of the most important stages of remodeling, since now the balcony is part of the room, it should not bring large heat losses. What to consider when cladding:

• Be sure to insulate the outer part of the balcony and parapet;
• Next, glazing with three-chamber double-glazed windows with all energy-saving components;
• All cracks are sealed with a mounting foam, which is then coated with protective compounds;
• It is important to organize a waterproofing layer. To do this, use bitumen mastic;
• Since it is impossible to take out the central room outside the apartment, either a warm floor or a heater is set on the balcony;
• Thermal insulation is carried out in two layers.

Solve electricity problems

It is impossible to make full and permanent wiring in the balcony zone. For lighting, you can use the lamp, not exposed to moisture, in the opening between the room and the balcony you can hang the lamps. The direction of which will be in both directions.

To be able to connect electrical appliances in the balcony area, it is necessary to make a hole in the opening under the power cord, the plug of which will be in the room, and on the balcony there will be an extension cord for several nests.