Combining a loggia and a kitchen: is it legal + instruction on redevelopment of premises

Approval procedure

How to legalize such a connection of premises? Actually, there are two regulatory bodies here - the BTI and the Housing Inspectorate.

First of all, you need to contact the BTI to call an engineer. He will make an inspection and the necessary measurements, on the basis of which a new registration certificate will be issued.

Next, you should contact the research institute that designed your house or a licensed design office to obtain a project. The price will vary depending on the complexity.

The BTI will tell you what other documents are required specifically in your case. Often this is permission from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, SES, the Committee for the Protection and Protection of Historical Monuments. Always oblige to provide heat calculation. For a cadastral extract, contact Rosreestr.

After that, all documents are submitted to the Housing Inspectorate. A decision usually takes a standard two weeks. After that, you will be given permission or refusal. Which, however, can be challenged in court.

Consolidation stages

Before starting work on combining a room with a balcony, there are several important points to consider. The climate in the entire apartment should be the same, it is impossible to allow deviations in the level of humidity and temperature changes in this zone. Light mixtures can be used for finishing; when installing a frame lattice for insulation, only wood is used

If it is decided to remove concrete partitions, their strength must be taken into account. The window ledge, the threshold are made of concrete, so special tools will be required to dismantle them.

Balcony glazing

Only warm glazing is suitable. Without special skills, such work cannot be carried out on your own, so it is better to use the services of companies offering turnkey repairs. Double-glazed windows can be wooden or metal-plastic. You can insert windows the old fashioned way, leaving part of the wall below, or create a designer room with stained glass windows. Frameless structures are best not to use.

The more cameras in a double-glazed window, the higher the rate of sound insulation and heat saving.Installation takes place according to the standard scheme. First, measurements are taken, the parapet is prepared, the gaps are eliminated with the help of galvanizing, siding. Then a frame for frames is installed around the perimeter.

The scheme for installing window blocks is the same for both a small loggia and a large long balcony. After installing windows, insulate the wall

This point should be given special attention, since the preservation of heat is the most important point when increasing the space of the main room.

Balcony insulation

Preparing a room for insulation involves cleaning walls and floors from old finishes, sealing gaps, and treating surfaces with an antiseptic. Thermal insulation is best done with expanded clay with a light screed. The next layer is the electrical heating system.

To insulate walls and floors, it is better to use lightweight materials with a minimum volume. High thermal insulation and low thermal conductivity are possessed by: stone wool, polystyrene foam, polystyrene foam, polystyrene. The materials will provide excellent waterproofing, protect walls and floors from the effects of steam.

Parsing the opening and leveling the floor

Dismantling the opening is a difficult dusty job. Before proceeding with the destruction of the partition, furniture should be removed from the room, the built-in items should be covered with foil and fixed with adhesive tape. Start the analysis by removing the door. It must be lifted and removed from the hinges. Glass is released from the windows, then pulled out of the grooves of the frame. If they are securely attached, they must first be cut with a hacksaw.

Often a radiator is located under the windowsill. It is unscrewed from the wiring, the pipes are separated from the riser. You can immediately place the battery in a new place or postpone installation until the work is completed to combine the balcony with the room.

Before proceeding with the destruction of the window sill, it is necessary to determine its composition. If it is made of brick, it is broken with a sledgehammer. The concrete structure is destroyed using a perforator or grinder. First, notches and cuts are made, then they are knocked out with a sledgehammer.

Not every redevelopment project involves removing the threshold to level the floor. In some brick, monolithic houses, the threshold is not part of the wall. It is broken with a hammer or perforator. In panel buildings, the threshold is not removed. The only way to level the floor is to raise its level on the balcony and in the room.

Where to put the battery

Heat loss on a balcony or loggia is obviously higher than in a living room. Due to the low density of the walls and the presence of a large window opening, this area needs heating much more than the others.

It is absolutely impossible to place a battery on the balcony, because with an increase in the number of radiators in the apartment, residents will receive more heat than they should. This can harm the neighbors below, the intensity of their radiators will decrease significantly. The only option for the battery is to move it to the next wall.

Reasons for refusal of planning permission

To obtain permission to connect the balcony to the kitchen, you need to make a lot of effort. But they are not always successful. Let us analyze in what cases representatives of instances may refuse to legitimize redevelopment.

• If the fire evacuation plan provides that the balcony or loggia are places of shelter for people and subsequent evacuation of people in case of fire.
• If redevelopment leads to the destruction of the facade and, thereby, a violation of the integrity of the structure.
• In the case of an increase in the volume of heating in the building by attaching a balcony, when the throughput of heat pipes should increase, but there are no reserves for this.

Internal insulation

If it is not possible to insulate the wall from the outside, they resort to interior decoration. In this case, the same task remains - to prevent contact of warm vapor with a cold surface. To get rid of condensate and prevent rapid wear of the insulation, a special vapor barrier is used. To do this, during the insulation of the balcony, foil or polyethylene is placed between the layers of insulation, for example, foam. For this purpose, special balcony vapor barrier heaters are produced. Mineral wool is not recommended for insulation purposes.

In this case, the dew point is in the interior of the balcony. Since the insulation gradually changes its temperature under the influence of warm air and a cold wall, the dew point moves inside the insulation. Condensation protection occurs due to the fact that the warm side does not allow condensation to form on the surface of the heat-insulating material, and the vapor barrier itself will not let it through.

In this case, the loggia, which provides for all the norms of insulation, the ventilation system is correctly installed, sufficient heating is provided, for example, using an electric radiator or a “warm floor” installation, will become another comfortable part of the apartment at any time of the year.

Pros and cons of a kitchen combined with a loggia

Before proceeding with redevelopment, you should weigh the pros and cons of such a decision. The advantages of combining a kitchen and a loggia include the following factors:

• increase in the useful area of ​​​​the room for cooking;
• the emergence of additional sources of natural light;
• the ability to improve the thermal insulation of the kitchen;
• organization of an unusual interior and original decor of the transition.

This method of expanding the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe kitchen has its drawbacks. One of them is the need to obtain permission for redevelopment in the BTI. The approval process can take several months.

In addition, if there is a load-bearing wall between the kitchen and the loggia, its complete destruction is strictly prohibited. In this case, residents may be allowed to remove interior doors and windows. The rest of the concrete structure can be used as a countertop or bar support.

Another disadvantage of such a combination is the need for warming the loggia. Without this, in the cold season, the temperature in the kitchen will be uncomfortably low. The "warm floor" system, high-quality glazing and wall decoration of the loggia will solve this problem. However, the purchase of the necessary materials and related work will significantly increase the cost of redevelopment.

How to independently make ventilation on the balcony

Device ventilation on the balcony do-it-yourself business is quite feasible. In any case, you can’t do without it, so it’s better to start this work sooner rather than later.

It is better to calculate the air supply according to the norm - 3 m3 per hour per 1 m2. In terms of intensity of use, a balcony or a loggia, even glazed ones, is inferior to other rooms, but a supply will not hurt.

Breather. When buying a breather, you should entrust the installation to professionals, as this requires a certain skill. However, this does not mean that the installation cannot be done by yourself.

A template is supplied with the device. From it you can determine the optimal place for installation. Having outlined the area for the hole, a neat hole is constructed under the duct. The choice of penetration tool depends on the thickness of the wall. If the thickness is large, a drilling rig may be required.

The main work is done. It remains to bring an air duct into the hole, hang the device in place and connect it to the network. The outer part of the pipe should be protected with a grate, and the edges of the hole should be treated with sealant.

Diffuser. Installing a diffuser requires the construction of a nest for it. As such, a piece of ventilation pipe available at any specialized store can serve.

Having created a hole in the wall of the balcony, according to the diameter of the pipe, the nest is installed in the wall and fixed with mounting foam. After drying, the excess foam is cut off, the diffuser is put in place. You should make sure that the device has risen to the end with the latch fully fixed.

For a simple hood on the balcony, choosing a diffuser is the best option.

Fans. Creating air exchange with fans in the outer wall is one of the most affordable ways. Required for this:

• drill (crown for concrete of the appropriate diameter);
• perforation mechanism;
• sealing material.

Plus the fans. Depending on the type of devices, it may be necessary to run wiring to the installation site. A puncher or a drill (depending on the material of the balcony wall) makes the necessary holes - for the hood at the top, for retraction at the bottom. Then the fans are fixed with sealant in the openings made. It remains only to power the devices.

If there is a fan that works both for exhaust and exhaust, you can get by with a single unit.

Forced ventilation. The inlet valve consists of:

• an intake block installed above the window from the outside (the ingress of precipitation is blocked by a visor);
• internal block, with a regulating mechanism, a filter and a nozzle;
• connecting part, in the form of telescopic sleeves passing through the frame through specially drilled holes.

Given the availability of valve varieties - mechanical and manual, the master needs to make sure that the appropriate option is selected. Mechanical ones are automatically adjusted, while manual ones require human adjustment. Separate members of the family are rebate valves, without the need to drill a frame for them

They are installed instead of a section of the window seal of the appropriate length.

Individual members of the family are seam valveswithout having to drill a frame for them. They are installed instead of a section of the window seal of the appropriate length.

Recuperator. A universal mechanism that combines exhaust, supply and temperature control of air flows

When installing it, it is important to keep the distance from the heating devices, since the heat exchanger is mounted indoors

The sequence of steps roughly corresponds to other systems - perforating a hole for an air duct, supplying a pipe, fixing the case to the wall. The tightness of the junction of the pipe with the opening is provided with foam.

mixed method. In addition to the above methods, there is an option to make ventilation combining some of them. The fence will be carried out by a valve on the window. This allows you to maintain impermeability with a constant influx of outside air.The hood will be done by a fan.

The air circulation scheme should be calculated based on the purpose of the glazed loggia or balcony. Each apartment uses them differently. But in any case, the presence of ventilation, at least a simple hood, is necessary.

Issue price

It is impossible to name the final price that such an alteration of housing will cost the owners. It all depends on the scope of the planned work, the organization in which the project is ordered. Each authority that you have to apply to has its own prices for issuing permits.

Approximate prices for the implementation of actions are as follows:

• permission for redevelopment - from 20 tr;
• acceptance certificate - from 15 tr;
• registration certificate at the BTI - from 7 tr;
• development of those conclusions - from 30 tr;
• state duty plus registration - 200 - 1000 tr.

Coordination of the redevelopment of the balcony is a complex process that requires special knowledge. In order for all changes to be legalized, perform all actions with the participation of specialists, experienced lawyers, and intermediary firms. This will allow you to avoid possible unpleasant consequences.

You can find information about such a remodeling of housing in this video:

Kitchen expansion features

As practice shows, kitchens are not only combined with adjacent rooms, but also increase the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe catering unit due to the adjacent territory. With such an extension, it is also necessary to comply with the requirements of the regulation. For example:

• Relocation of the barrier. You can add part of an adjacent room to the kitchen, reducing the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe living space by no more than 1/4.
• When moving the partition, these added squares cannot be used to place kitchen equipment. This means that the stove and sink remain in the same area.But in the updated interior of the kitchen, you can expand the work surface or organize a comfortable dining area.
• Housing legislation allows non-residential premises to be added to the kitchen. These are corridors, pantries or dressing rooms.
• The regulation prohibits the expansion of the kitchen at the expense of the bathroom.

It is worth remembering that for any type of redevelopment, coordination with the competent organizations with documentary evidence is required. At the same time, you need to be prepared for possible difficulties in the sale of housing with redevelopment.

Carrying out reorganization

According to Art. Housing code of the Russian Federation, a change is considered to be a change, replacement or installation of various engineering networks, electrical equipment, plumbing or other equipment in the apartment, after which the necessary amendments are made to the cadastral passport. At the same time, during redevelopment, a larger overhaul of the premises is carried out. In this situation, they dismantle large and small interior partitions, increase the living space due to the pantry, etc.

These changes are also recorded in the cadastral passport.

What can be done

• installation of various electric stoves;
• transfer of water heaters, KGI;
• installation and reconstruction of outdated toilets, bathroom;
• laying 1 or more new or replacing obsolete pipelines, electrical networks and various devices when installing a shower cabin, jacuzzi bath, automatic washing machines, etc.

During apartment redevelopment, the following legal actions are performed:

• connect the kitchen to the hall or other adjacent room. Then 1 more doorway is installed in the wall;
• build an open interior arch - connect the kitchen to the hall or another room;
• increase the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe bathroom or toilet due to part of the corridor.At the same time, the floor in the bathroom is 3-5 cm below the floor covering of the hallway;
• they stretch out new plastic or other pipes and transfer the water tank of the sewer riser from one place to another in the bathroom. At the same time, the drain angle is maintained;
• isolate the balcony with glass.

Important! When carrying out the reconstruction of housing without prior agreement, an engineer or a highly qualified designer is consulted in advance. After the redevelopment is completed, a housing inspectorate specialist is invited, who draws up an act of the acceptance committee

According to this document, in the future they will receive a new BTI plan and an extract from the USRN.

What kind of work can not be carried out without a permit

• demolition of load-bearing interior structures or violation of the stability of apartment walls;
• an increase in the kitchen area, a significant expansion of the bathroom or a small bathroom due to living rooms;
• combining a hall or other room with a kitchen where there is a gas stove;
• demolition or disruption of the operation of common house heating batteries and radiator pipes connected to them;
• arrangement of a toilet or bathroom in a place where the residents have a living room below;
• provision of underfloor heating through centralized heating systems;
• expansion of a small balcony at the expense of a hall or another nearby room (an exception is the construction of arches up to 1 m wide);
• apartment redevelopment and re-equipment in a residential multi-storey building, which is recognized as emergency;
• violation of the functioning of various ventilation systems at home;
• construction of an attic;
• attic refurbishment.

Attention! Reorganization in the kitchen is carried out only if there is at least 1 window opening there.When opened, the windows provide good lighting of the kitchen area, natural exhaust of various harmful odors and fumes, and quickly ventilate the gas leak.

non-residential premises

According to the law, redevelopment is also carried out in non-residential various premises. For example, this is done in offices that are located in office buildings. To obtain official permission to carry out such repair work, they go to the department of architecture.

Important! During any apartment overhaul, the specific purpose of the non-residential or certain residential premises is retained.

For example, a new grocery store is not opening in a formal conference room.

According to paragraph 9 of the Law of the Russian Federation of December 27, 2018 No. -FZ on the redevelopment of apartments and various non-residential premises in apartment buildings, in paragraph 3 of Ch. 4 of the LC RF, some amendments were made. Now, if the re-equipment of a particular apartment is impossible without joining a part of the common property of a multi-storey residential building to this real estate object, then in this situation they draw up a protocol of the general meeting of owners, which reflects the consent of the majority of the residents of the house to carry out such repairs.

How to legalize

In this situation, do the following:

1. File a lawsuit in the local district court;
2. Gather the required documentation above;
3. Pay a state duty in the amount of 300 rubles. and the ticket is added to the package of documents;
4. Come to the court session;
5. Conduct a separate examination (if necessary);
6. Get a court order.

Attention! After receiving a positive court decision, a new cadastral passport is issued.In case of refusal to satisfy the claims, an appeal is filed within 1 month.

What can be done in the apartment

What can be changed in the apartment:
1. Combine a kitchen with an electric stove and a living room by cutting a doorway in an adjacent wall or making an arch in it.
It is impossible to completely demolish the wall / partition. If this is a load-bearing wall, then a narrow opening with reinforcement is made, and if it is a partition, you can make a wide opening and insert sliding / swing doors.
2. Enlarge the bathroom or toilet, "taking" the area of ​​​​the corridor. The main thing is that the floor level of the bathroom is 3 cm lower than the floor level of the corridor.
3. Enlarge the balcony by forming an arch up to 1 meter wide.
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Stretch a new pipe system with the transfer of the water tank of the riser (the main thing is to maintain the drain angle).
Important: if the redevelopment affects the common house area, then it must be agreed with the neighbors.
At the same time, all changes should not worsen the living conditions of other people, threaten their life and health, destroy the house and lead to its dilapidation.

Reasons for refusal to agree on redevelopment

If all conditions are met by the owner, the decision will be positive

Practice shows that the reasons for refusal are most often the same. Those whose project:

• does not meet technical requirements and legislative norms;
• did not receive approval from at least one interested service;
• contains errors in the provided documents.

If all conditions are met by the owner, the decision will be positive. When the housing inspection agreed on the redevelopment, it remains to make repairs according to the project and call a BTI representative to check and draw up a new technical passport for the apartment.

Legalization procedure

How to legalize the addition of a loggia to a room or kitchen? To legitimize the unification of the kitchen and the loggia, you need to go a certain way.

It is important that the decision of all family members to reconstruct the apartment is unanimous

You need to start by applying with a statement about the upcoming reconstruction at the BTI.

Even if there is a technical passport, and it corresponds to the actual layout of the apartment, the BTI representative must still make sure that everything is in order so far, and also clarify all the dimensions for the subsequent work of the designers, and examine the structure on site.

If the rebuilding does not damage the building, then it will be allowed. Then you need to immediately contact the design institute, which developed the technical documentation for the residential building.

If such an organization no longer exists, then you need to find an existing design bureau, where they will make a design sketch for a new version of the apartment, already with the addition of a loggia to the kitchen or room, as the owner wishes.

Now the drawing will be developed taking into account all building codes and regulations.

Here they will also make a heat engineering calculation, without which the set of papers will not be complete. It will be cheaper to bind a typical project.

Submission of documents

Where is the replanning done? Next, you will have to collect approvals in those organizations where the designers and BTI employees will be sent, depending on the situation:

• Ministry of Emergency Situations;
• Committee for the Protection of Historical Monuments;
• SES, etc.

With a full package of papers for redevelopment, you need to contact the housing inspectorate.

The full package of documents required for approval includes:

• statement;
• the passport;
• registration certificate;
• reconstruction project;
• all approvals - from the SES, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the society for the protection of monuments, etc .;
• documents for the ownership of the apartment;
• thermal calculation.

Still sometimes required technical examination of the state of building structuresand the written consent of all household members.

If, simultaneously with the connection, the warm glazing of the loggia itself is carried out, then approval for this from the architectural and planning department is required.

All papers must be collected and submitted with them to the single window of the Housing Inspectorate, from where the papers are transferred to the redevelopment department. The application will be registered.

Terms of registration, cost and result

The review will last no longer than 45 days.

The cost can range from 20 to 40 thousand rubles. When re-registering ownership, you will need to pay a state duty in the amount of 1000 rubles.

What documents are issued after registration? It will be either permission or refusal. The refusal must be justified, that is, with an explanation of the reasons (Article 27 of the LC RF).

Failure cases

In what case can they refuse? Refusal may follow if:

• in neighboring apartments, such redevelopments have already been legalized and implemented, which weakens the load-bearing walls;
• consider that the heat loss in the house is too great;
• the house is an architectural monument, etc.

By making inquiries to different authorities, housing inspectorate workers may receive a negative response from them, which will become a motive to send the tenant home. You can try to challenge the refusal through the courts.

Redevelopment of the loggia in the kitchen

Redevelopment of the loggia into the kitchen is no different from the balcony, but there are some subtleties. The loggia can withstand much more weight than the balcony. You can put quite heavy furniture and household appliances on it, although in any case there are weight restrictions that cannot be violated.

The current rules prohibit the demolition of the wall located between the loggia and the kitchen due to the fact that a central heating battery is being installed in this place. However, the radiator can be moved to the loggia, as well as to mount a warm floor on it.

When combining the kitchen and the loggia, the heating radiator can be moved to the loggia

In addition, a heated floor will help to make the balcony warmer.

Do not overload the loggia. Instead of natural wood furniture, you should buy lightweight options made of chipboard or put wicker furniture that looks beautiful and is light in weight.

If a redevelopment of a kitchen with a loggia is planned, the photo should be prepared in advance in order to choose the appropriate design. The existing window sill on the loggia can be turned into a coffee table, and the built-in wardrobes can be reoriented to store dishes and kitchen utensils. If you put a light portable partition on the loggia, you can equip a resting place.

Do not overload the space loggia furnished

In any case, both on the balcony and on the loggia, it is necessary to hang blinds in order to regulate natural light.

Advantages and difficulties of redevelopment

Using a balcony room as a kitchen has several positive aspects at once:

• the kitchen becomes more spacious and functional;
• much more sunlight enters the room;
• sound and heat insulation in the apartment is improved due to glazing and insulation of the balcony.

Among other things, combining a balcony with a kitchen opens up many options for optimizing free space. Such a room can be arranged in several ways, it can be a kitchen:

• canteen;
• bar;
• living room;
• greenhouse.

However, in addition to the positive aspects, the combination of a balcony with a kitchen is associated with several unpleasant moments.

As for the design of combined rooms, there are no restrictions, but the redevelopment itself should be carried out exclusively with the permission of the authorized bodies. Otherwise, the work performed will be considered illegal, and if the owners decide to sell the apartment, they will have certain difficulties.

It should be noted that paperwork is a very long, nervous and costly business. Do not forget about the cost of the repair itself and the interior decoration of this space.

Types of ventilation on the bed or balcony

Like any other premises, balcony ventilation can be organized in the form of a natural air intake and exhaust scheme, or in the form of forced ventilation with the installation of fans.

natural ventilation

What is natural ventilation - these are two channels, into one of which air enters the balcony, from the second it exits. That is, a draft is organized with a low air velocity - up to 1 m / min. It will be invisible to humans, but it will be necessary to exchange air in this way on the balcony.

In principle, one of the channels, namely the exhaust, is already in the house or apartment. It is usually located at the junction of the kitchen, bathroom and toilet. Therefore, on the balcony it remains only to install the supply circuit. To do this, you can use two constructive options:

1. Install an air valve in the glazing structure.
2. Install an air valve in one of the walls.

Both options are used today, their installation is simple, the effect is positive.

If the balcony is a separate room from the apartment, but glazed and insulated, then you can think about natural ventilation in the form of two valves installed: one under the ceiling, the second near the floor. They only need to be located further apart in order to cover the space that falls under the ventilation as much as possible.

Forced ventilation

Forced ventilation on the balcony - these are several possible schemes that differ from each other in the installation location of the fan. Immediately make a reservation that in such a small room it makes no sense to install supply and exhaust ventilation. Therefore, we consider two options: supply and exhaust circuits.

1. Exhaust. The most common option, easy to build. For this, one fan is installed, with the help of which exhaust air will be removed from the balcony. It is mounted either in a window or in a wall. At the bottom there is a small hole for air flow.
2. Supply. Here, the opposite is true: a fan is installed at the bottom, an outlet is made at the top.

General requirements and procedure

The main requirement is that you need to get approval before starting work.

To legitimize the actions taken after they have been committed will be much more difficult, and sometimes almost impossible.

The draft of the new layout should be drawn up by an organization that has the approval of the SRO (self-regulating organizations). The homeowner provides them with a sketch and diagrams of the desired changes.

The project details the planned work. It takes from 7 to 15 days to develop it, depending on which organization you applied to.

Before ordering the performance of work in a design organization, be sure to check that it has an SRO permit and a license.In the absence of these documents, the project may not be approved in the future.

The specialists of the organization draw up an engineering project, make the necessary calculations, this documentation is submitted for approval to the following authorities:

1. BTI.
2. Housing inspection.
3. Department of Architecture and Urban Planning.
4. Ministry of Emergency Situations.
5. SES.
6. Gas service.

The names of some organizations depend on the city in which your property is located. In each of these organizations, experts review the draft proposed changes. You may need to visit your apartment by engineers of these authorities.

Based on the approved documents, you need to obtain permission from the municipality. The complete package of documents includes the following items:

• application for work with a permit visa of local authorities;
• technical passport of the apartment and floor plan;
• a draft of the changes to be made and a legally executed contract with a design organization;
• expert opinion before starting work;
• coordination with the engineering service of the developer company;
• consent from all homeowners;
• extract from the house book;
• certificate of ownership of the property.

No more than 45 days are given from the moment of application for execution of the entire package of documents. Preparation of permission from the administration in the presence of all documents should not exceed 10-15 days.

Find out on our website how to start remodeling an apartment, where and how to order a project and get permission to redevelopment of living quarters.

Is it possible to dismantle the wall in a panel house?

It is impossible to combine a kitchen with a room in a panel house, since all the walls in such a building, unlike a brick one, are load-bearing.

As mentioned above, they can only allow the construction of an opening reinforced with a metal frame, and even then only if the following conditions are met:

1. scrap is not very old. In a dilapidated building, work to change the layout associated with a violation of the integrity of the supporting structures can lead to serious consequences;
2. in adjacent apartments above and below the floor - openings in this load-bearing wall were not arranged.

Expert opinion
Irina Vasilyeva
Civil law expert

In rare cases, the kitchen and the room in a panel house are separated by a partition. But it can be demolished only after the conclusion of a technical examination (conducted by a housing inspection) that this wall is not a load-bearing one.

Conclusions and useful video on the topic

Advantages and disadvantages of a kitchen combined with a loggia, as well as design solutions:

There are many nuances about joining a loggia and its insulation:

Combining a loggia with a kitchen is a difficult undertaking. Before taking meaningful actions, it is worth calculating the approximate costs of materials, communications and technological difficulties.

As for the time, it may take about a year for the maximum option with the demolition of the window sill and the expansion of the opening, because often there are difficulties in obtaining permits and laying household networks. Consider the legal component so that you do not have to pay a fine and spend money on restoring the previous configuration of the premises.

You have questions? Ask them in the form below the article. If you combined the loggia and the kitchen, write about it. Tell us what solutions you implemented and whether you liked the result. Your experience may be helpful to others.