Standing/walkout balcony ideas

[Leland S.]

I'm struggling with this project to get a finalized design. My original design is shown below with nice large walk out balconies, however my GC never prepped the framing to support such balconies. I'm a year into the project now still with no design. My default was to go down to Juliet balconies but for the upstairs I think it will really detract from the space given it's a small room and the doors dropping off into nothing seem odd to me. I have a truss system and therefore there are no LVL's in place to drill into, but blocking can be added across the trusses. It is bricked on the outside.

I found something like this: https://deciron.com/cubist-sty...

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[Chad McMahan]

Originally posted by @Leland S.:

I'm struggling with this project to get a finalized design. My original design is shown below with nice large walk out balconies, however my GC never prepped the framing to support such balconies. I'm a year into the project now still with no design. My default was to go down to Juliet balconies but for the upstairs I think it will really detract from the space given it's a small room and the doors dropping off into nothing seem odd to me. I have a truss system and therefore there are no LVL's in place to drill into, but blocking can be added across the trusses. It is bricked on the outside.

I found something like this: https://deciron.com/cubist-sty...

Architectural Rendering:

What I got:

 Hi Leland.

Pay $300+- and hire a local architect (You may also need a structural engineer- also pretty reasonable) to come out and consult. No need to struggle with this or delay it any longer. Get great on-point advice from a local expert, pretty cheap, considering.

This looks like a fun project that you can transform into something special.

Good luck!