Below is an example of raising the floor level of a balcony with Excellent Six-Packs. This solution combines low weight, excellent storm water drainage and optimal stability.
- Excellent Six-Pack infill is used to equalise the large difference in floor levels
Project:
Raising of balcony floor, Holland
Material:
Excellent Six-Pack infill and Excellent Six-Pack.
Situation:
The wheelchair user could not access his balcony, due to the very high interior floor level. A ramp solution was not suitable as the limited space available would require a ramp with too steep a gradient.
- Excellent Six-Pack infill is built up in layers on top of the existing balcony floor
The floor structure itself is built up using layers of Excellent Six-Pack infill. A robust design that provides a very stable base.
A Six-Pack infill element weighs less than 1 kg (in comparison, a concrete slab of the same dimensions weighs approx. 15 kg), and the holes ensures that rainwater can easily drain to the underlying drainage system in the balcony floor.
- An elegant solution which gives lots of extra space and better quality of life for the user.
The finished result. Grey Excellent Six-Pack tiles are placed on top of the Excellent Six-Pack infill elements. At the balcony door a small corner ramp is used so that the balcony floor level does not interfere with the door frame.
The user now has an extra 20 square meters of useable space, not to mention the added pleasure of being able to sit on his balcony in summer.
A solution using other materials is not always possible due to requirements for weight, water drainage and stability.