How to make a rack for the balcony

On the balcony, you can equip a corner for storing things. Even if this room is used as a resting place, it will find a place to install the rack for things, tools and conservation.

It is easy to make a rack on a balcony with your own hands, it can be with the open shelves, if the place allows, or with the doors by type of coupe. This article describes types of racks and methods for their assembly.

Types of racks

Racks are built-in, side, open and closed

The rack for the balcony can be made of several types of materials, from wood, metal, or combining materials. Before making, it is necessary to determine what purpose the rack will be used, which will be stored in it.

Main types:

Built-in rack with mounted shelves is mainly used if there is a niche on the loggia;
The corner locker can be with open shelves or closed, attached to the walls on both sides of the corner to the brackets, is quite compatible;
The low racks installed around the perimeter are most commonly used on open balconies, their upper part can be made in the form of a shelf, it can be used, like a seating shop, you can also make a rack with the opening upper lid;
Open shelves located at one of the walls, such a rack can be any height: from the floor to the ceiling, until the middle of the balcony, or is made in the form of suspended shelves, then the place remains at the bottom, let's say, in order to put the bike;
The shelving with the door is suitable for use on the loggia, it is necessary to provide a place to open the door, you can buy a ready-made system under the door of the coupe if it will be shifted in width.

Materials for making racks

Wooden racks are one of the most popular

For books and colors, you can make open shelves, for storing conservation, things with an unsightly species, items that burn out under the influence of sun rays is better to make a closed locker.

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Materials used for the manufacture of rack:

Sheet chipboard, fiberboard, OSB Plate are suitable for the manufacture of shelves, if you treat the edges of the edge material (you can purchase in stores selling furniture accessories), you can make a beautiful design, if necessary, you can make doors from the same material by choosing holes in them loops. These materials are not recommended to be used in open balconies, as they are afraid of high humidity, the chipboard can wake up, while the appearance of the entire structure will be lost.
Wood is suitable for use on an outdoor and glazed balcony, it is more resistant to ultraviolet and humidity. Previously all parts used for the manufacture of the rack are processed by impregnation, antiseptics, compositions that protect moisture, ultraviolet and insects. The tree is easily processed and cuts out, from it you can make the rack of any configuration, is an environmentally friendly material, has a small cost. The disadvantage is sensitivity to atmospheric influences.
Metal is the most durable, reliable, durable material, when processing parts from corrosion, will serve for a long time even on the open balcony. For the manufacture of shelving, aluminum and galvanized metal fit. The cost of such a rack will cost more than a wooden, but on the open balcony he will justify itself.
Durable plastic will be an excellent alternative to the tree, it is not afraid of moisture and temperature drops, you can use plastic window sills as shelves, which can be purchased in firms manufacturing metal-plastic windows. The width of the windowsill can be from 150 mm to 700 mm.
The impaired glass will look very stylish, the moisture and temperature drops are not afraid, does not accumulate dust, but it is expensive.
Combined with a metal or wooden frame and plastic shelves, stainless glass, plastic window sills.

When choosing a material and the design of the rack, it is necessary to take into account the properties of objects that will be located in it, they are afraid of moisture, direct ingress of sunlight, high or low temperatures.

Quality requirement

Before making, it is necessary to think about which weight will have items stored on the shelves, when choosing a material, and designing the shelving, you must correctly calculate the load.

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Requirements for racks for the balcony:

It is necessary to choose a place to accommodate it so that it does not block the passage, did not interfere with the passage of light from the window and from the lamps;
must be compact, and at the same time roomy;
The design can be developed so that it is harmoniously fit into the interior of the room;
Elements for design racks and shelves must be strong, reliable if the shelf has a big length, it is necessary to stop the insertion, even the thick material can be fed under the high weight;
All attachments and connections should be durable so that it does not work out that the shelf suddenly falls on the head:
Materials must be processed by means that protect moisture, mold, corrosion, to avoid their destruction and fungal lesion.

The metal rack is able to withstand elevated loads.

Wood rack with their own hands

Consider how to make a rack on a balcony of wood, this material is most often used by the owners.

Prepare materials and tools, you will need:

Lobzik or Bulgarian, if there is no power tool, you can use a manual tree pink;
Electric drill or screwdriver;
roulette, construction level, hammer;
The timber bar of 50 mm x 50 mm and more, it is desirable that it is dry, otherwise when drying may be deformed;
board, plywood or other material for shelves;
Metal corners, selflessness, dowel, nails.

Wooden Shelving Stages

The wood rack will have a low cost, it is easy to construct and mounted with your own hands. For details on the manufacture of the shelving, see this useful video:

Getting to work:

We think over the placement and load on the design, make a drawing on paper, consider the amount and size of the shelves.
We prepare the place, we remove all the garbage, put in order wall, near which we will mount the structure.
We process all the wooden elements with protective compositions.
On the walls with a dowel or self-tapping of the bars, the walls can be previously closed with laminated plywood so that the rear wall looks beautifully. Breeping on both sides on the wall, parallel to each other, two bar. To close the side walls, you can use fiberboard, chipboard.
We establish metal corners or bars to which we will secure the shelves.
Fix the shelves.

All work performed using construction level.

Metal stellage

Metal racks are manufactured on open balconies and in the case when heavy items will be stored. On how to make a rack on the balcony, see this video:

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You will need tools:

Hoven for metal, wood or Bulgarian;
roulette;
building level;
screwdriver or screwdriver;
Corners for fastening shelves;
welding machine, electrodes;
Metal or galvanized pipes, squares, P-shaped or L-shaped metal racks, depending on the preferences of the owners, their budget, and the requirements for the reliability of the design;
Wooden board for shelves or plywood, a thickness of more than 15 mm;
Protective mixtures for metal and wood.

Stages of manufacturing metal rack

Make a rack stable legs

We determine the place of installation, we think over and sketch the design, make the calculation of the material, produce purchase. If there is no welding machine, you can invite a welder or order the necessary parts, and then combine them with bolts.

Do not forget to use the construction level in the manufacture of the rack on the balcony with your own hands. About how to make a rack made of metal, see this video:

Start mounting:

We make the markup of the desired sizes in chalk on the racks, cut off the barrage parts of the required size.
With the help of welding, we make side framework parts, mark on them the chalk of the installation of the shelves.
For each shelf from the corners, we boil the frame, along its perimeter drills the holes for fastening the shelves.
We process the metal frame of the anti-corrosion composition.
We process the boards with a protective composition, we saw the board or paneur for the shelves, the desired size.
Fresh boards or Phaneur to the frame using self-tapping screws.
Instead of a board, you can use durable plastic for shelves.

You can order the details of the welder's rack, then connect them using the bolts of the house. So that the shelves were tight, it is better to lay them across the frame.

A well-thought-out design of the rack will not take a lot of space, solve the problem of storage of things, and the manufacture of it will not take much time and it will cost enough cheaply.