Balco Balcony Systems Ltd

AluOne is a self-supporting, lightweight and recyclable open balcony system. Designed for structural simplicity and ease of installation, whilst stylishly complimenting the building facade. Manufactured at our state-of-the-art production facility, and constructed using a four column self-supporting lightweight system, AluOne ensures ease of implementation on site. Suitable for new builds, renovations and retro-fitting to existing buildings. We have a suitable solution for every building. Guaranteed durability, practicality and a high quality finish, AluOne is a truly bespoke modular system.Available in a wide-range of RAL colours, AluOne can be customised specifically for each project with a choice of balustrade and floor tile options. AluOne comes with a tiled floor of concrete paving slabs. The plates have been carefully sandblasted to allow the natural stone ballast in the plate to appear. Thanks to our manufacturing method, this plate has an unique colour resistance. The paving slabs are 400 x 400 in size and available in three colour shades. Always designed with drainage management in mind, AluOne has a hidden system in the balcony for optional rainwater drainage. The water flows discreetly under the paving slabs, allowing it to move into the drainage pipe via a gutter in the balcony frame. This is connected to the building's drainage system or to a drainage pipe that ensures the balcony rainwater discharge is properly managed. AluOne is available ins 12 different sizes. You can choose between four different widths and three depths, each in convenient increments of 400mm.

AluOne is a self-supporting, lightweight and recyclable open balcony system. Designed for structural simplicity and ease of installation, whilst stylishly complimenting the building facade.Manufactured at our state-of-the-art production facility, and constructed using a four column self-supporting lightweight system, AluOne ensures ease of implementation on site.Suitable for new builds, renovations and retro-fitting to existing buildings. We have a suitable solution for every building. Guaranteed durability, practicality and a high quality finish, AluOne is a truly bespoke modular system.Available in a wide-range of RAL colours, AluOne can be customised specifically for each project with a choice of balustrade and floor tile options.AluOne comes with a tiled floor of concrete paving slabs. The plates have been carefully sandblasted to allow the natural stone ballast in the plate to appear. Thanks to our manufacturing method, this plate has an unique colour resistance. The paving slabs are 400 x 400 in size and available in three colour shades.Always designed with drainage management in mind, AluOne has a hidden system in the balcony for optional rainwater drainage. The water flows discreetly under the paving slabs, allowing it to move into the drainage pipe via a gutter in the balcony frame. This is connected to the building's drainage system or to a drainage pipe that ensures the balcony rainwater discharge is properly managed.AluOne is available ins 12 different sizes. You can choose between four different widths and three depths, each in convenient increments of 400mm.

An adaptable, modular balcony system with a range of balustrade, floor finishes and drainage options.Levitate is manufactured off-site in accordance with our Quality (ISO 9001) and Environmental (ISO 14001) Management Systems. The foundation of Levitate is the steel frame cassette with the anchoring locations to house our balustrade system, enclosed aluminium soffit and finished floor. Concrete floor tiles come as standard but aluminium decking is also available.Levitate comes with controlled drainage, including a drip edge which prevents water from cascading onto the balcony below. Piped drainage can also be incorporated into the balcony.The first part of the installation process can be carried out safely from the scaffold, where stub connectors are installed to the cast-in anchors, which once extended, can allow completion of the external façade works. Once completed, the installation of the Levitate arms can be undertaken as the scaffold is being struck. Levitate then then slides easily onto the Levitate arms and automatically locks into place.The methodology ensures improved efficiencies on-site and a reduction in crane time due to the ease of installation.Features and benefits:When using concrete tiles, the balcony system is available as standard in twenty-one different sizes.Choose between seven different widths and three depths. Bespoke sizes are available by using the optional aluminium decking.

Clarendon Place is located in Portslade, Brighton. For this project, Balco designed, manufactured and installed 53 bespoke Balco levitate open balcony systems over 2 apartment blocks, in partnership with PMC Construction. All 53 of these Balco balconies were identical in design, with vertical bars, steel balustrade, concrete floor tiles and a front falling aluminum soffit panels which allows all excess water drain out of the balconies, resulting in they not flooding. Each balcony stack is slightly off set on every floor; this was an architectural preference and a specific design feature requested to give an aesthetically pleasing finish. Due to Balco’s Bespoke Levitate system, the Levitate balconies was installed quickly and efficiently, considering the fact that the site was small and therefore restricted the amount of balconies which could be held and constructed there at one time. There was also a huge restriction with storage, as there was none on site, which meant that all balconies had to be manufactured and assembled on the site floor, and then installed straight away.

One of Balco’s Levitate balcony projects was in the London Borough of Southwark, on the Lawson Estate, in partnership with Buxton Building Contractors. Balco had a two-year relationship with Buxton Building Contractors for this project. Buxton Building Contractors have been continuously monitoring the scheme since January 2019. This project started on the 16th of March 2020 and finished on the 10th of December 2021. On this project, we manufactured and produced 30 bespoke open Levitate Balco Balconies.Balco’s Levitate balcony allows you to customize your balconies to make them unique to each building. You can choose from a wide range of RAL colours with a choice of balustrades, floor finishes, and soffits. There are also four different types of balustrades available for the Levitate balcony system. These four options for Balco balconies are lightweight aluminium vertical bar, traditional steel bar balustrade, lightweight aluminum-framed glass balustrade, and pure glass balustrade. For the flooring, you can choose from either concrete tiles or aluminium decking.

Another of Balco’s recent projects that has been completed is Southwark Park Road, in Southwark, London. We have previously worked with the main contractor before - Lovell - at The Mill, Canton, Cardiff. The Balco balconies that were chosen for this project are Balco’s Levitate balconies. In this project, there were 46 bespoke Balco balconies over the 7 stories of the building.On this project, the clients chose to use the traditional steel vertical bar balustrade, with standard concrete tiles and a negative drainage system concealed within the soffit tray. There are two main balcony types in this project: 36 single balconies, and 10 oversized double balconies.We are able to offer the oversized double balconies as the Levitate balcony system has been designed to be modular, which allows us to fix the balcony slabs adjacent to each other. This, therefore, enables us to give our customers the balcony sizes they require.Levitate is Balco’s simplest and safest balcony system Balco has created to date. The unique modular construction of Levitate allows our installation teams to maximize efficient use of the site, combining quality and accuracy with speed and safety.