Combining a loggia with a room - the best ideas for a functional apartment redevelopment

Think about whether you need to conduct a loggia pool with a room, and to make a decision it is important to evaluate all the existing advantages and disadvantages. Preliminary work on the project taking into account all the details, so that the result does not disappoint and meet all the requirements.

Is it worth it to combine a loggia with a room?

To understand whether to decide on redevelopment, you should familiarize yourself with the existing advantages. By removing the wall, you can increase the living space, which is especially important for one- and two-bedroom apartments. Other advantages of combining: increasing the cost of living space, obtaining additional natural lighting and a wide selection of design. It is important to know the existing requirements for combining the loggia with the room:

1. First you need to find out if the wall is in the balcony opening of the carrier, because if it is so, you can not completely demolish it and you can only remove the door and window.
2. There should be a balcony glazing and, ideally, it is better to remove the windows on the sides. Leave one opening flap for ventilation.
3. The combination of a loggia with a room implies mandatory insulation of all surfaces: floor, ceiling and walls.
4. Think of additional heating, so if you do not plan to carry the radiator, you can use a hinged convector , an oil cooler or put a warm floor.
5. If you plan to use a lot of furniture, then it is recommended to mount the supports from the wall to the edge of the balcony concrete slab in the form of a triangle.

Combine the loggia with the room just will not work, because you need to get permission from the BTI. To legalize operations, it is necessary to collect a package of documents, for example, permission from the housing inspectorate and a project coordinated with the project organization. First in the BTI, you need to take a technical passport and order a project from the relevant organization. All works must be approved by the Housing Inspectorate. When the dismantling is completed, the commission will have to be invited to evaluate and draw up the completion certificate. Obtain the received document in BTI to re-issue the technical passport.

Cons of pool logging

It remains to pay attention to the existing shortcomings, which are important to consider in order to understand whether it is worthwhile to carry out the redevelopment or not.

1. It has already been mentioned that it will be necessary to spend a lot of time and effort in order to issue documents.
2. A combined loggia will require financial costs, as it will be necessary to carry out additional repair work. Besides, very few people will be able to master the work independently, so they will have to hire specialists.
3. Things that used to be stored on the loggia will have to be moved somewhere, and with this problems are possible.

Options to combine a loggia with a room

Carrying out the unification of residential and non-residential premises, you can carry out a cardinal re-planning or just make small adjustments. When redeveloping an apartment, the loggia and kitchen or other rooms can be combined in such a way:

1. Only the door and window are dismantled, and the part of the wall located under the window opening remains, and it can be decorated under a table or bedside table.
2. Part of the wall under the window is also dismantled and a wide doorway is obtained. It can be issued in the form of an arch.
3. Completely remove the wall is obtained only in rare cases, since permission is given to units.

Combining a loggia with a kitchen

There are several options for the arrangement and it is important to first think over where and what will be:

1. The kitchen, combined with the loggia, can assume the transfer of the work surface. Thanks to this, the main square will be left under the dining room. On the loggia you can place large household appliances. If you take out water pipes and sewerage, you will have to spend a lot of energy and be sure to provide a good waterproofing.
2. A more common option is to use a loggia as a dining room so that you can enjoy not only food, but also the scenery outside the window. You can take out of the kitchen table with chairs or put a sofa there.
3. The combination of a loggia with a room can only be carried out with the dismantling of the door and the window, that is, there will remain a part of the wall that can be used to organize the bar counter. It not only adds functionality to the kitchen, but also serves to decorate the room.

Pool of the loggia with the living room

If the joint wall with the living room, then there are several options for using the new space.

1. A common solution is to organize a study on the loggia, where children can additionally learn lessons. The living room combined with the loggia, where the office is located, can be executed either in one or in a similar style.
2. On the added square meters you can arrange an extra bed, for example, for guests. Another combination of a loggia with a room is an ideal option for creating a place for relaxation, where you can relax and read a book.

Combining a bedroom with a loggia

Another option that is possible when carrying out repairs. When combining a loggia with a room, the design should be worked out in detail, if these zones do not have a partition, that is, the door, then the style can be different, and if not - common. For what purposes can you use an additional area:

1. Organize on the loggia a place for reading or rest, putting there a small sofa or the original idea - a hammock .
2. It is possible, when pooling a loggia with a room, to place a dressing room or dressing table on the additional territory, where you can put yourself in order.
3. Love to play sports, then install the simulator on the loggia.

Children's, combined with a loggia

Children always do not have enough room in their room, so an additional area will be appropriate, especially if the family has several children. The children's room, combined with the loggia, requires careful planning, so, often use such ideas:

1. Arrange for the child in the new area a play area, placing there, for example, a doll house , boxes for storing toys and other items.
2. To make room in the room, place the workplace on the loggia, that is, the table with the chair.
3. Another interesting option is the sports corner . Put a Swedish wall and primitive simulators for a teenage child.

Studio combined with a loggia

To walk, so to walk, if the room with the kitchen is combined, then why not add there also a loggia. The design of an apartment combined with a loggia can be made in different styles, and with the arrangement you can use such ideas:

1. On the loggia you can move the dining room, freeing in the room place, for example, for a sofa or a large bed.
2. In the additional area you can put a sofa or chairs.
3. You can organize there an office, a library, a place for rest or even a mini gym.