Wrought iron juliette / juliet balconies

Wrought iron juliet or juliette balcony, there seems to be two ways to spell the same thing. It comes from shakespeares Romeo and Juliet and is a balustrade with only a front. Regardless of how you spell it the modern day versions are the same thing, a balcony or balconette stopping any one from falling out of french style doors higher than ground floor level. This differs from a standard type balcony which are often railings to building regulation height of 1100mm around a flat roof, or a balcony which includes a steel platform allowing you to walk on. In other words a balcony that is enclosed from multiple sides with balcony railings.

Examples of metal / steel juliet balconies

A small wrought iron juliet balcony, in the redhill, reigate, Surrey area. Constructed to the customers own design all to current building regulations, and allowing for suitability of windows either side of doors being lower than the required balcony regulation height. Side projecting decorative fixing brackets placed below the window line allow for solid fixings.

wrought iron bow bar juliette balcony, in greyshott, Hampshire.
Bow bar juliette balconies inherit a problem when it comes to the corners over a straight bar balcony, meaning they may not be compliant with building regulations. To solve this problem bars are set so that they form an impressive flowing curved corner. Making sure that no gap at the widest part is more than 100mm

Very similar in many ways to the previous steel juliet balcony pictures with one main exception, on the corners. Instead a flowing corner each bar reduces in the amount it bows, until the corner bar is flat. An alternate method to keeping with building regulations when dealing with bow bar railings, this solves the problem of bars being very close at the top and bottom of the balconette, as in the previous picture.

A juliet style balcony, built several years ago to a clients specifications, shown here just after cleaning and grinding, prior to painting. A large quantity of steel scroll work give this balcony a little more class than the normal style juliet balcony, which are so often is very plain when balconies need not be. Careful thought in the design can ensure an elegant looking wrought iron balcony that can be building regulation compliant. All balconies should be made to 1100mm high, with a bar spacing of no more than 100mm apart.

Page last updated on: 09 November 2009.