How to Feel Good with Sunrock Balconies and Balustrades

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British Homeowners like nothing more than to carry out home improvements to add value, improve their living space and create kerb appeal.

But have you ever thought that it can also have a positive impact on your wellbeing too?

 

Here’s how:-

 

Safety First

If you have small children or pets you’ll be well aware of the dangers of a raised terrace or an unsafe balustrade. Sunrock’s Infinity Glass Balustrades and Juliet Balconies act as an attractive barrier to prevent accidents. They are built to UK Building regulations so your mind can be put at ease that your family will be safe.

 

The UK’s Building regulations are minimum standards for design, construction and alterations to virtually every building. They are developed by the Government and approved by Parliament to ensure the safety and health for people, including those with disabilities, going in or about those buildings.

 

As an example, we follow the main regulations for balustrades below:

  • Balustrade will be minimum 1100mm high from Finished Floor Level.
  • At 1100mm height there is no more than 25mm deflection with a load of 0.74kn.
  • There will be no gap in the balustrade that a 100mm diameter ball can fit through.
  • If there is no handrail then Toughened Laminated Glass is used to provide a barrier if one of the panes are broken.

Sunrock’s Infinity Glass Balustrades can transform a terrace from what could be an unusable space to one that will provide a safe area with the added benefit of being shielded from the wind.

 

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In addition, our new Infinity View Juliet Balconies provide a safe way to fill your room with light and fresh air too.

 

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Sunny Situation

We all love the sun – it has a huge impact on our mood and also boosts health and wellbeing. The vitamin D derived from sunlight boosts the immune system and UV promotes the production of serotonin which improves our mood and levels of energy. Our Infinity Glass Balustrades and Juliet Balconies allow large amounts of light to flood into the room compared to wooden fence or metal railing so they have a positive impact on your outlook in more ways than one!

 

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Feel at Home

For smaller gardens, our Infinity Glass Balustrades really come into their own. They are the ultimate design feature for breaking down visual barriers between your indoor and outside living areas. Beautifully designed they create a feeling of space from inside as well as providing more living space outside. This will help to change your lifestyle by giving you the opportunity to really maximise your garden, giving greater access to a pleasant and useful space so you can feel good about your home.

 

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Having read this you may want to tap into the feeling of wellbeing and let Sunrock Balconies make the difference you are looking for – Add style, function and appeal to your home and bring the outside into your home today. Get in touch – we’d be happy to answer any questions or discuss a job you have in mind.

Working with Planning Drawings

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Sunrock Balconies prides itself on offering a complete end to end service. From design to quotation to full installation we will work with you to get the best results for your balcony project.

 

We design the balcony to fit the exact dimensions specific to your home. The very nature of this means that every single Sunrock product from the smallest Juliet to a full Balcony Frame is custom designed for your property, then made absolutely bespoke to your specifications.

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Our guarantee is that all Sunrock Balconies, Balustrades and Juliet Balconies are designed to pass UK Building Control regulations. For some projects, however, you may need to get planning permission if you want to make a major change to your building. We’d always advise you to check with your local authority if your project will require planning permission.

 

If required, Sunrock can provide planning drawings for £750 + VAT. This is a significant saving compared to commissioning an architect and/or structural engineer to do the same thing. In addition, if you order the balcony from us we’ll discount your final invoice by £250 + VAT so the real cost for planning drawings is £500 +VAT.

 

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We’ll survey your property and provide a full set of drawings to enable you to submit them to the planning authority.  Planning Drawings are a set of simplified drawings that:

  • Illustrate the scope of works
  • Indicate the proposed materials
  • Provide a scalable plan for planning authority to determine overall size of proposal
  • Can include a Site plan, General Arrangement plans, Elevations and basic section through building

 

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Sunrock Balconies offer lots of options to make the difference you are looking for in your property. So, we invite you to add style, function and appeal to your home and to Get in touch with us today – we’d be very happy to answer any questions or discuss a project you have in mind.

All about Balustrades

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Do you know what a Balustrade is? If not, here’s the official definition from Google…..

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To be perfectly honest, you probably did know but frequently when customers ask us to quote for a balcony we find they’d actually like a quote for a balustrade. In other words, they’ve already actually got the patio, balcony, decking or flat roof and are looking for a barrier or railing to edge it.

 

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Example of our infinity glass balustrade.

 

Because these areas are unique to every property, our balustrades are produced specifically to fit them. So, every balustrade we produce is completely bespoke and the glass is only ever made for that particular project. Simply put, we make the balustrade to fit your balcony not your balcony to fit the glass we have in stock! This is the main reason we don’t sell balustrade kits to be fitted by builders or self-fitted.

Sunrock Infinity Glass Balustrades are beautifully engineered and ultra-modern. They can be completely frameless or can be built with a handrail… the choice is yours.  Either way, they deliver a wonderful feeling of space but also provide a safety barrier compliant with regulations.

Sunrock Barbican Balustrades are a stunning Stainless Steel post and clamp system with bag loads of configurations so we can fit to almost anything!

All our balustrades are supplied and fitted by our expert team with a two phase installation:

Phase 1: We fit track or posts and measure for glass

Phase 2: We return to fit the glass and finish off

Here at Sunrock Balconies our dedicated team of experts can help and advise you on all aspects of your project. Our aim is to help add function, style, and appeal to your home so get in touch, we’d be happy to answer any questions or discuss a project you have in mind.