How to demolish the window piece in the apartment?

A spacious kitchen-dining room with a large round table for family and friendly gatherings and a kitchen island placed in the balcony / balcony area. A cozy bedroom, the harmonious continuation of which can be a winter garden, a study or a corner for needlework, arranged on the balcony. Luxurious living room, which can even get a zone with a bar counter, if you attach a loggia to the room. It sounds tempting, does not it?

And it's even more pleasant that all this is realistic, you just need to remove the balcony block (window and door to the balcony) and pull down the window section of the wall.

However, since there is a real redevelopment, all work must be coordinated in appropriate instances and carried out according to the requirements established by law. But first things first.

Why the demolition of the window sill must be coordinated?

The dismantling of the window unit refers to complex works, therefore a professional survey of the given zone should be conducted beforehand for the possibility of making such a redevelopment. The project organization will help you in this. And it is very important that she has SRO admission. Based on the results of the survey, a technical conclusion is issued, and a redevelopment project is prepared. With these documents it is necessary to apply to the Housing Inspectorate to agree on the future re-planning. Usually, these cases GI examines within 45 days. If the decision of the housing inspection will be in your favor, consider that the demolition of the window unit is legal, and therefore, it is possible to begin work on the dismantling.

And if without documents and approvals?

You might think that the services for issuing those. Conclusion and drafting that the project organization provides, it is not necessary, and applying to a dwelling and paperwork is long and tedious. What if you do without these steps and immediately demolish the window piece? Doing so, you, at least, create difficulties for yourself in the subsequent sale of an apartment or renting it, and as a maximum - you will run into a large fine for unauthorized redevelopment. And this is not to mention the fact that dismantling of walls with violation of construction norms is fraught with even the collapse of part of the house. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not engage in such a re-planning yourself, without recruiting specialists!

The subtleties of the process

1. In the place of the window unit and the window sill, the double-glazed windows must be installed. The most popular option - sliding glass doors, called "French".
2. In most cases, you can not dismantle the necklace and the piers located on the sides. In particular, this applies to "Khrushchev".
3. It is not recommended to demolish the so-called sill. As a rule, in panel and brick houses, it closes the joint of the apartment and balcony slab while keeping the last one. In addition, the sill is a kind of buffer that keeps cold air (which, as is known, is collected mainly at the floor) in the balcony zone.
4. It is forbidden to take radiators of heating, which were located on the window block, on the balcony / loggia wall. This can disrupt the circulation of the coolant throughout the riser, that is, not only will you remain without proper heating of the room, but also your neighbors from above and below.
5. It is forbidden to arrange "warm" floors in the balcony area. In some cases it is possible to obtain permission to install an electrical "warm" floor, but water systems are always banned.

As you can see, there are a lot of nuances. When carrying out such a procedure, as the dismantling of the window unit, the proverb "Miser pays twice" works almost always. Therefore, it is better to do everything at once as it should, that is, consult with the experts of the project organization, get those on their hands. The conclusion and the project of re-planning, to coordinate the documents in the housing inspection and only then to begin work on the demolition of the wall.

Successful repair to you!