Wind protection for the terrace & balcony

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There are normal plant boxes with trellis. To ensure that the boxes are weatherproof, they are made of glazed and impregnated wood (mostly pine). The wooden plant boxes can also be provided with the addition of a pergola. This is a possible attachment for trellis. The same plant boxes are also available in impact-resistant, UV-resistant and weatherproof plastic in different colors.
The boxes are planted with typical climbing or Climbing plants. This windbreak can be found in the well-stocked hardware store from 29.95 euros. The wooden boxes should receive their protective coating regularly for maintenance.


Glass windshield
Furthermore, you can

Set up wind protection elements with (tinted) safety glass. Another variant of these elements is a combination of:
  • Aluminum with a color of your choice 
  • Stainless steel or 
  • weatherproof glazed wood 
  • on which there is a glass or acrylic attachment, which in the exclusive version can be lowered into the element.

All of these elements can be supplied on rolls so that they can be used and placed flexibly. The price is just as flexible. It starts at around 550 euros. The elements come in different forms. They create a cozy, sheltered atmosphere. When it comes to care, you can say: just wipe it off as needed.


Wooden elements against the wind


An inexpensive alternative to wind protection are simple wooden elements from the hardware store, which are available in different glazes and sizes. The price starts from 30 euros. The assembly is carried out according to the modular principle: Simply plug the appropriate parts together. Despite the glaze and weather resistance, these elements show signs of weather-related blemishes after a certain period of time. To prevent them, you should perhaps coat them with permanent protective wood paint right after buying them.

Wind protection elements made of bamboo and stainless steel

The combination of bamboo and stainless steel can be seen as another rather noble and individual windbreak. Bamboo poles as thick as an arm are combined into one element in a stainless steel frame. The individual elements are variable in height and width and can be used in a variety of ways, also as patio protection. The bamboo poles are attached with posts or drive sleeves. The manufacturer has developed a process to reduce the natural cracking of bamboo poles. They are weather-resistant, painting is not necessary and, moreover, is bamboo

another environmentally friendly building material. The bamboo elements serve as noise, wind and privacy protection. With a size of 180 cm x 120 cm, they cost around 120 euros per field in specialist shops.
Elements with reeds, fabric and trellises
The cheap counterpart to this are mats made of reed or willow, which are available in hardware stores from 13 euros. A completely different variant also arises when the terrace borders on a simple picket fence that you are on Attach a balcony cladding made of striped or single-colored weather-resistant fabric with cable ties can. This panel is at best 90cm high and can be shortened to an individual length. It can be found in hardware stores from 6.99 euros.


Another wind and privacy screen with a natural look can also be a fence on which various climbing plants tend to grow, such as B. Hops, clematis or climbing roses. As a simple green wall without a fence, hedge plants such as thuja, cherry laurel and evergreen yew are suitable. They also offer good opaque delimitation for wind protection.


by Claudia Wünsch

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