Balcony decoration, the pit is not much, but there are often some projects that unconsciously step on the pit, and you can slowly detect it until you move in, we will take inventory in this period, and everyone avoids it in advance.
1. Don't neglect dynamic design
There are too many "dynamic" things on the balcony, windows, curtain drying racks, cabinet doors, washer-dryer doors, and even faucets.
This causes them to "beat each other" without saying a word, and sometimes it also hurts motionless lamps, walls, cabinets, etc.
Recommendation: Plan ahead during the design phase
In the design stage, we must focus on dynamic design, try to avoid similar windows and drying racks, cabinet doors and drying racks, cabinet doors and faucets... And so on and so on.
If you really can't avoid it, plan ahead, such as:
Fighting with windows and faucets can be defused with a faucet that rotates back and forth;
The cabinet and the window fight, you can cut off a piece of the cabinet in advance.
2. Don't be delusional about the drying opportunity to completely liberate the balcony
As an "upstart" home appliance in recent years, the dryer has been sought after by many young people, and it is expected that it can liberate the balcony and enhance the happiness of living.
I also made the independent dryer with this idea in mind, and now I have been using it for more than 1 year.
As far as the drying effect is concerned: the independent dryer must be the best!
Whether winter clothing, spring and autumn clothing, summer clothing, wear it after baking;
The four-piece set, occasionally not completely dry, was later solved with wool balls, and it can also be directly laid or stacked into the cabinet.
Tips：
During the drying process, wool balls can play the role of patting clothes, preventing entanglement, and increasing the gap between clothes.
This effectively shortens the drying time and makes the clothes fluffier and softer.
In the cold winter dryer will maximize the value, so you never have to worry about not having to wear the next day because the clothes are not dry.
In addition, there is a special wool collection box, which can collect the wool that falls off the clothes and sheets, and solve the problem of natural drying, and the home is full of wool.
However, its use cost is not low!
The previous condensing all-in-one machine really consumes electricity, 2000W power, 2-3 hours at a time, is 5, 6 degrees of electricity;
Today's heat pump type, the hot air power is 1000W, more than an hour full load is more than 1 degree of electricity, although it is reduced, but the cost is still higher than natural drying.
Therefore, there is often a reluctance to use the dryer psychology, the elderly are a little heavier, will not take the initiative to use.
Moreover, there are disadvantages such as loud noise, insufficient drying and trouble in moving clothes
Most of the noise of the dryer is around 60 decibels. What is the concept? The sound of opening and closing doors and alarm clocks is really not small.
Redraw required
It doesn't matter if the apartment is large, but in a small apartment like mine, the dryer is on the balcony, and the balcony is next to the bedroom, rumbling for more than an hour each time, accompanied by the sound of zippers on clothes and metal decorative buckle lights hitting the inner cylinder, it is easy to make people irritated.
It is unlikely that you want to dry your clothes by the way when you go to bed at night.
Secondly, the drying time, although not as exaggerated as condensation two or three hours, but basically 1 hour to start, not short.
After using an independent dryer, what I miss the most is the convenience of integrated condensation, no need to manually move clothes, wash yourself and dry by the way, and the independent heat pump dryer needs to be manually taken out from the washing machine and then placed in the dryer, which is slightly troublesome.
Of course, there are also integrated heat pump dryers, but the price of that thing is really scary.
Dryers can't completely liberate the balcony!
Because of its shortcomings, the current use of my home is as follows:
In winter, spring and autumn, my wife and I will use it occasionally, on average once a week, mainly for large clothes that are not easy to dry, or clothes that are in a hurry to wear on rainy days.
And the old people in the family, only when drying thick coats in winter, will use the dryer, or at our instigation.
Advice: Don't expect it to liberate the balcony, the southern region is of greater value
In short, to talk about the ability to liberate the balcony, it does have.
But because of its own shortcomings, coupled with our thrift and trouble, it cannot really liberate the balcony, I believe that not only my family, but most families are like this, so you still have to have a correct expectation before choosing.
Of course, despite this, it is still a very worthwhile appliance in the "electrical upstart", and in my personal home appliance list, it ranks seventh, after refrigerators, TVs, washing machines, rice cookers, smart toilets, sweepers.
Especially in the southern region, there is a drying demand itself, which is more worth starting;
As for the north, don't treat it as a must-have appliance, if you have a budget, you can think of it as an appliance that enhances happiness in case you need it.
3. Don't let the washing machine and balcony cabinet protrude
Washing machines, washing sinks, washing machine cabinets, balcony cabinets, etc. are deep, and in the process of decoration and landing, a little attention will appear that the washing machine and washing machine cabinet will protrude, which is very unsightly.
Especially like this balcony, the balcony cabinet is convex, so that the effort to make the arc is also in vain.
Moreover, it often brings trouble to the installation of mouth covers and skirting boards.
Tip: Plan ahead and don't lie flat afterwards
Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, we need to pay attention to the relevant dimensions in advance for planning.
Like the balcony pictured above, if the washing machine cabinet is on the side of the opening, it is destined to protrude.
So the owner put the washing machine cabinet on the window side, and the shallower sink cabinet on the side of the entrance, and the two were arranged side by side in a staircase, and the final effect was not perfect, but it avoided the pit protruding outside the washing machine cabinet.
Tips：
If it is already convex, don't give up, you can also rescue it through decoration.
In the above protruding rollover case, the owner couldn't bear it after moving in, so he thought of the idea of decorating with a flower stand, and found that it was a little good looking after landing.
4. Do not leave a hole between the washing machine and the sink
When the washer and washing machine are placed side by side, be sure not to leave a gap between the two.
When my family was making a balcony cabinet, I didn't pay attention to this problem, I just wanted to save a little more width, and as a result, the water from the wash basin often splashed on the washing machine, and then the water flowed down the washing machine to the ground.
The gap formed a sanitary dead spot, and it took little effort to clean and move the washing machine every time, and worse, I found that the bottom of the cabinet had begun to bulge because the water began to deform.
Recommendation: Add a riser in the middle to block water
Hangzhou aluminum alloy beauty laundry cabinet
Therefore, when making a balcony cabinet, try to add this vertical plate in the middle to block water.
Of course, ordinary plates may not be a good choice to block water, and we need to continue to look down.
5. The panel custom balcony cabinet is not durable enough
Because the balcony is relatively special, in addition to facing water, the balcony cabinet also needs to face strong ultraviolet rays and large changes in humidity and temperature.
After ordinary plates are used for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be problems such as fading, embrittlement, bubble bulging, deformation and cracking.
Suggestion: Upgrade the balcony cabinet to aluminum alloy and stainless steel customization
Stainless steel, aluminum alloy customization, relative to plate customization performance is much more stable, can not worry about the sun wind and rain, use for decades is not a problem.
HUANG Zehao
There is no need to worry about the problem of aluminum alloy stainless steel custom appearance, the current aluminum alloy, stainless steel customization, has long been not the kitchen back kitchen in our impression, as long as the design is properly valued, the appearance is not lost to plate customization.
However, the price is higher, unlike plate customization, there are hundreds of pieces of a projection area price segment to choose from.