Attach the loggia to the apartment.

Adding a loggia to an apartment is a redevelopment. But there are cases when the loggia cannot be connected to the total area of the apartment, it depends on certain technical conditions of the possibility of changing the warm contour of your apartment. If such an opportunity exists, it is necessary to create a redevelopment project. There are three main points that will depend on whether you can attach a loggia or not. The first is the presence of external glazing, the second is the wall between the apartment and the loggia, and the third is the possibility of changing the warm circuit. We will talk about this in this article.

Connecting a loggia to an apartment is a re-planning and requires coordination. Before proposing a planning decision regarding

connecting the loggia to the total area of the apartment, we will first learn about all the technical possibilities and only after making sure that there are no obstacles, we will replan your home. It is important to take into account the load-bearing walls when joining, remember that they cannot be touched or changed, if the wall is not load-bearing, it can be completely or partially dismantled, it all depends on the design of the project. Everything will depend on various technical conditions. If the slab that forms the floor of the loggia is clamped by the walls, it cannot be dismantled either. If your apartment is higher than 15 meters from the ground, it is also not possible to completely dismantle the wall, this is a fire safety requirement. The presence of external glazing of the loggia can already be from the developer or arbitrary glazing, but in strict accordance with the approved concept. The next step is the need to insulate all surfaces adjacent to cold areas. These are the loggia floor, ceiling and side walls. In this case, we change the warm contour of the apartment, it becomes insulated, and here the question arises whether the radiator can be moved or not. If it becomes a part of our bedroom or kitchen, where to put the radiator, this is more likely not a legal, but a purely technical issue. In any case, this issue should be clarified in the design and technical organization and only then make a conceptual decision. Advantages of joining a loggia to the living space the largest, probably  you can call it yours
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will become more It will become more expensive when sold, as the living space of the premises will increase. But there is also a minus of utility services, you also get a little more expensive. Well, and most importantly, if you have a legalized redevelopment project in your hands, not a single organization will be able to prevent you from connecting a loggia to an apartment. It is advisable to do such a redevelopment if you really have a loggia that has decent dimensions and will give you some advantages in terms of increasing the living space of your apartment when you join it.

Which loggias I do not advise you to attach to the apartment. The first is a very narrow loggia, the second is complex corner loggias, again narrow in such spaces, there is simply no way to place any furniture and there is no point in connecting them, because there are no advantages except for additional costs. Even if you have a long loggia that has two exits from different rooms, but it is narrow, there is no point in connecting it, you will not get the desired result that will justify the money spent on the connection. And the main thing is to remember that the balcony cannot be attached to the apartment.