Open balconies or terraces are always not conducive to use, while enclosed balconies have the advantages of improving safety, cleanliness, and expanding the scope of use. Many friends will close the balcony or terrace. At present, the more common materials used to seal balconies or terraces on the market include the following:
Materials for closed balconies: 1. Aluminum alloy
The thickness of the aluminum alloy profile for closed balconies should be 1.2mm or more. Aluminum alloy is suitable for use in southern areas, and sliding window type is recommended.
Advantages: It has good weather resistance, anti-aging ability and excellent decorative properties.
Disadvantages: The thermal insulation is not as good as other materials, and it is not an energy-saving product.
Price: Low-end products are below 200 yuan/square meter, and mid-range products are between 200-300 yuan/square meter.
Materials for enclosed balcony: 2. Plastic steel window
The middle is a steel structure, and the outside is wrapped with plastic extruded profiles. It is generally white. If you need other colors, you can only stick a PVC film on the surface, but this film will easily change color and fall off after a long time.
Advantages: It has good sound insulation, heat insulation, fire resistance, air tightness, water tightness, anti-corrosion, heat preservation, etc.
Disadvantages: The profile section is larger and the lighting performance is slightly worse than that of aluminum alloy windows.
Price: Low-end windows are less than 200 yuan/square meter, mid-range windows are between 200-400 yuan/square meter, high-end windows are more than 400 yuan/square meter, up to about 3,000 yuan/square meter.
Closed balcony materials: 3. Solid wood windows
Advantages: It can produce rich shapes, use a variety of colors, and has good decorative effects.
Disadvantages: Wood has poor aging resistance, changes greatly in expansion and contraction due to cold and heat, and is easily corroded after being exposed to the sun and rain.
Price: Ordinary wooden windows are about 100 yuan/square meter, and high-end European wooden windows are more than 1,000 yuan/square meter.
Closed balcony materials: 4. Frameless windows
Advantages: It has good lighting, maximum area air convection, beautiful appearance and easy folding, etc.
Disadvantages: poor thermal insulation, poor sealing, and average sound insulation.
Price: 200 yuan-700 yuan/square meter.
Closed balcony materials: 5. Broken bridge aluminum alloy
Broken bridge aluminum alloy means that the inner and outer layers are aluminum alloy, connected with plastic profiles in the middle, so that both aluminum It has the durability of alloy and the thermal insulation of plastic, and its surface can be spray-painted in a variety of colors. At present, the well-known broken bridge aluminum profiles in the domestic market include: Duobao broken bridge aluminum, Guangya broken bridge aluminum, Fenglu broken bridge aluminum, Binglun aluminum, Heping broken bridge aluminum, Aolian broken bridge aluminum, Beixin broken bridge aluminum, Huajian Broken Bridge Aluminum, Jiaojian Aluminum, Nanshan Aluminum, Weiye Broken Bridge Aluminum and other well-known brands.
Advantages: A heat insulation layer is added on the basis of ordinary aluminum alloy profiles; it also has good sound insulation, heat insulation, fire resistance, air tightness, water tightness, anti-corrosion and thermal insulation Safety, maintenance-free, etc.; it is a metal aluminum profile that can be used for a long time without changing shape or fading.
Disadvantages: Aluminum is expensive, the production process is complex, and the production cost is relatively high.
Price: The price of ordinary windows is more than 400 yuan/square meter, and the price of high-end windows can reach several thousand yuan/square meter.
Closed balcony materials: 6. Aluminum-clad wood and wood-clad aluminum
This is a relatively high-end new door and window. It combines solid wood and aluminum profiles through mechanical methods, which can both It maintains the decorative nature of solid wood and unifies it with other indoor styles, and has the advantages of aluminum alloy. However, because it is relatively expensive, only special people will choose this material.
Among the above common materials for closed balconies, plastic steel and broken bridge aluminum alloy often make people hesitate. Their main difference is: compared with plastic steel windows, the biggest advantage of broken bridge aluminum alloy is its good strength. Corrosion-resistant, not easily deformed, good water-tightness (no water will flow into the room when it rains), good air-tightness (no dust will get in when the wind blows), its thermal insulation is similar to that of plastic steel windows, but the price is lower Plastic steel is more expensive.
In addition to the material, the opening method of doors and windows also affects their performance. Push-pull is more space-saving, but has the worst sealing performance. Casement opening or other top-suspended, inward-tilt opening methods have better sealing performance. Of course, push-pull method is also the best. The most economical option, but unless there are special circumstances, it is recommended not to choose push-pull.
In addition, closed balcony materials include fiberglass doors and windows, color plate doors and windows, aluminum-wood composite doors and windows, plastic-aluminum composite doors and windows, stainless steel doors and windows, etc.
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