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| + | ====== Balcony Brackets ====== | ||
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| ===== Why Important ===== | ===== Why Important ===== | ||
| Lighter balconies usually rest on the projecting string course at first-floor level, being fixed to the stonework with lugs which form part of the floor grid, staved into undercut holes. | Lighter balconies usually rest on the projecting string course at first-floor level, being fixed to the stonework with lugs which form part of the floor grid, staved into undercut holes. | ||
| - | However heavier balconies are supported on a bracket of cast or wrought iron of various designs. The base and wrought-iron coping rail of the balcony itself are usually built into the wall. Making sure these brackets | + | However heavier balconies are supported on a bracket of cast or wrought iron of various designs. The base and wrought-iron coping rail of the balcony itself are usually built into the wall. Because of the loads they may carry, it is particularly important that balconies be securely fixed to sound stonework, and treated against rust. |
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| + | It is important that these are well maintained as they provide the embellishment of the building. Being made of cast or wrought iron, they also need careful maintenance to protect them from rust. | ||
| Balconies running the length of a street are tied back to the stonework with wrought- or cast-iron bars at the party walls; these ties sometimes take the form of decorative cast-iron panels fixed across the balcony to separate adjoining houses. blah blah | Balconies running the length of a street are tied back to the stonework with wrought- or cast-iron bars at the party walls; these ties sometimes take the form of decorative cast-iron panels fixed across the balcony to separate adjoining houses. blah blah | ||
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| + | ===== When to look ===== | ||
| ===== What to look for ===== | ===== What to look for ===== | ||
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