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Does that assume it was built as a balcony, rather than a flat roof where someone has added some decking?weeg said:I wouldn't call myself a pedant, but I do live in a flat with balconies (plural, because I'm obviously fancy! and I live in a cheap area of Glasgow) and a gardener husband. Your balcony is absolutely fine for those weights.
More technically, I can advise you that your balcony will have been designed to take a point load of 2.0kN (which is approximately 200kg, or a universally distributed load of 2.5kN/m2 (250kg/m2). With a 'safety factor' of 1.5 then applied. As well as plant-owning flat dweller, I'm a structural engineer. And I've seen a LOT of ER dramas where balconies collapse during frathouse parties! We don't mess about!I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
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I'd have thought what you've got will be fine because you are being cautious.
However once you start with plants you tend to acquire more quite rapidly and then you do need a professional opinion 😉I can rise and shine - just not at the same time!
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It assumes it was designed as a balcony or an accessible roof. If it's just a flat roof where someone added some decking - which it does not appear to be from the photograph - then it's not safe at all and I wouldn't even recommend sitting on it.silvercar said:
Does that assume it was built as a balcony, rather than a flat roof where someone has added some decking?weeg said:I wouldn't call myself a pedant, but I do live in a flat with balconies (plural, because I'm obviously fancy! and I live in a cheap area of Glasgow) and a gardener husband. Your balcony is absolutely fine for those weights.
More technically, I can advise you that your balcony will have been designed to take a point load of 2.0kN (which is approximately 200kg, or a universally distributed load of 2.5kN/m2 (250kg/m2). With a 'safety factor' of 1.5 then applied. As well as plant-owning flat dweller, I'm a structural engineer. And I've seen a LOT of ER dramas where balconies collapse during frathouse parties! We don't mess about!1
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