Veranda convertible: the best solutions

Verandas transformers that of the closed quickly become open and vice versa, is slowly but surely gaining our harsh latitude due to its versatility.

Systems and materials that are used for installation of verandas, Transformers, just look fragile and weightless: from good Manufacturers are reliable, can withstand strong gusts of wind, and in most cases, they use anti-shattering glass.

Member FORUMHOUSE Paul again He made the porch with a removable glazed in an old house where the terrace looked as it should be in the old terrace houses.

Paul again (Member FORUMHOUSE)

Half a meter from the floor boarded above - a frame with a plurality of triangular, rectangular glass pieces.

During repairs, Paul found a solution: to make the removable window of Plexiglas sheets. Such techniques are: on threaded studs screwed into the wall, were hung from sheets of transparent plexiglass floor to the roof (thickness 5 mm, height from floor to roof - 2.5 meters). For the summer, "walls" are removed, it turns out an open terrace, while in winter and autumn - sun deck.

Here is an interesting option-transformer verandas panoramic window of a country house can be closed by a huge shutters (for example, when the owners leave for a long time). The shutter can be lifted up, and it turns out the visor, and the glass doors swing open windows and glass walls are protecting from the wind.

The original design like people who value mobility and versatility. Huge shutter covering the picture window, folds down to form a platform for the rest. When owners are not, folding shutters protect windows from vandals.

However, in most cases the device used verandas-transformers sliding systems. The glasses are not removed, and apart or shift to one side. In summer you can open the wall and let the house of all the sounds and smells of the evening garden, and in the winter - from the comfort of tea after the bath and watch the snow.

Spreading can be all three walls of the veranda, or one, or even a roof terrace. Sliding systems may occupy the entire space from floor to ceiling, and then the whole wall is transparent (especially if it is a frameless systems), and can be installed as windows. Quite often make a combined glazing - some leaf mounted statically and some apart. Overall, the appearance of verandas, Transformers, country houses began to look not as much as before, and their level of comfort significantly increased.

BobSol (Member FORUMHOUSE)

I want to make the veranda convertible, open in the summer (the frame under the overhang of the roof, the fence down). And all close in the fall.

Types of sliding systems

The main criterion by which classified veranda transformers - warm or cold glass used in their construction. As a rule, if a country house provides a permanent winter residence, while the porch and house common ground, make a tight warm glazing. Warm glazing systems can also be transformed, the leaf can be moved apart, the walls - open, making open veranda. The main difference is that for a cold glass Single use strong glass for warm - double glazing in aluminum profiles.

Lifting-sliding

One of the most popular sliding veranda glazing systems is lifting and sliding, which is arranged like a closet. In this case, one large frame shifts for the other, the wall may consist of only two frames. Rama rises quite a bit, sash clip below is weakened, and the flap "rides" on the rail. When the flap back into place, the pressure activated mechanism. And thanks again seals the wall becomes completely sealed.

This design is popular in FORUMHOUSE users because of its reliability. It is used not only when the device veranda, but also for sliding doors inside the house.

Make a veranda "winter" can be crafted by using the heating system. Thus, the member of our portal chicken-A It exploits its veranda glazed double glass pane, all year round, because it is heated warm liquid baseboards. Plinth chicken-A DIY, but they have the same parameters as that of the industry. One feature of these devices is that they are heated veranda wall-to-five-foot height. Plus - terrace facing south, and warmed by the sun. Veranda is not used every day, so is heated only as needed, half an hour before gatherings - so electricity costs are negligible.

chicken-A (Member FORUMHOUSE)

Insulate the wall connecting the porch with the rest of the residential home circuit, set to electric version warm baseboards and can quickly and effectively turn it into a winter room suitable for a pleasant pastime.

Harmonic

Sliding folding design, better known among the owners of country houses as an accordion, can fully open the wall of the veranda. Leaf "move out" by the end of the wall and are installed there, taking up very little space. Can not disclose the entire wall, and move it to one or two doors. Most often in such a profile design made of aluminum because it is lightweight and strong enough.

Unfortunately, the accordion - this design, which is suitable rather for a cold glass. Talk about high-quality thermal insulation of such a structure should be cautious, not in vain in the cold regions, it is extremely rare. The undoubted advantage of the accordion - in a variety of portal accessories: it is made from aluminum and PVC, and wood.

The entire power load of this design takes the upper beam, along which a traveling carriage suspended on them the panels. In these designs, there is no threshold, and it is - another advantage.

Member of our portal Funny Child It intends to do on the veranda attached to his house, spa pavilion with a heat-insulated sliding doors across the entire width of the opening. Among the different options offered by colleagues Forumhouse, and was "an accordion." The advantages of this type of glazing verandas that the doors can be made of wood, which perfectly fit into the overall rustic style home.

Funny Child (Member FORUMHOUSE)

If necessary, the lower bellows seals need a high threshold. It is not always convenient.

Frameless Glass

Funny Child

Frameless glazing is ideal for porches, but, alas, it is cold.

Many people are attracted to our portal frameless glazing, Which was developed in Finland specifically for porches, terraces and balconies. In this structure, no vertical support members, and it looks as a transparent wall. Instead of insulating glass with frameless glazing Single use toughened glass, but durable, 10 mm thick. Wall verandas, glazed thus - a few rather narrow, from 80 cm to 2.5 meters, the valves, the height of which usually does not exceed three meters. Thus, the glazed veranda wall may be of any length, simply changing the number of valves.

Valves are supported on rollers and is easily shifted in the right direction on aluminum or plastic rails, which is bred from above and from below. Due to the flexibility of these materials can be installed even curves angles and shape of the glass veranda-transformer can be daunting. The rollers are placed at both ends of the sash and therefore it moves freely without jamming.

In this type of glazing flaps are extremely close to each other, it provides a sealing wall. Most manufacturers of the flaps for frameless glazing provides winter silicone laying - in winter they are placed between the doors, and they are not allowed to enter the premises wind and snow, and in summer removed.

In principle, it is said FORUMHOUSE builders, single glass does not mean that the porch is only year. In the normal insulation of the walls and the floor it will be quite suitable for winter use.

Leo060147 (Member FORUMHOUSE)

If there was a good overlap of the floor, ceiling and walls of the porch, even a single-chamber double-glazed windows would be enough. If these issues are solved, then everything will be OK.

But at the same time to lock yourself in the summer of stationary, even transparent wall also no one wants. Therefore, on reflection, as it should, most of the owners of country houses is coming to the decision to make the porch a transformer to use the premises all year round.

renat322 (Member FORUMHOUSE)

After weighing all the "pros" and "cons", braked with the implementation of the open veranda of the project and I think over the glazed version with removable transparent panels. Because in the cool autumn days - not comme il faut to sit on the "drafts", but also on the air since necessarily want to sit down, take a breath.

On FORUMHOUSE you can read an interesting article about types and methods of finishing verandas, watch a video about guest house with a beautiful terrace for a barbecue, find any information that will help in construction, glazing and landscaping porch, terrace or porch.