Build balcony box holder yourself

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Material procurement and processing

Measure the thickness of your balcony border precisely in advance. To get the right material, go to a hardware store or a locksmith you trust. There you ever acquire Flower box(€ 149.00 at Amazon *) 2 steel sheets with the following dimensions:

  • Steel sheets: 100 cm long, 3 cm wide and 0.5 cm thick

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In the metal works, you have every sheet of steel bent into a U-shape. It is important to note that the short side should be about 20 cm long. The long sides of the steel sheets allow you to bid another 'U', whereby the base width is matched to the width of the flower box that will be placed here later.

The remaining steel sheets are shaped according to this scheme until you have 2 brackets available for each flower box. Unless it is Window boxes

(€ 7.99 at Amazon *) with a length of 100 cm and beyond, we recommend a third bracket for the middle.

Attach the bracket - this is how it works

You can now hang up the finished brackets on the balcony railing at home. Place the formed sheets so that they fix a balcony box indented by a few centimeters on the right and left. Please note that these brackets only prevent a planter from falling off the railing to the floor. Therefore, do not place an empty plastic box in the brackets, as strong winds could literally throw it off its hinges.

Tips

If you have a Flower box Build it yourself from wood, think about the right bracket when you are designing it. Screw on curved brackets on the right and left as well as in the middle of the balcony box, with the help of which you can securely hang the vessel on the railing.