INVESTA Real Estate - Larissa real estate agency, contacted notable engineers to get a reasonable explanation on the issue of the day, on the occasion of the incident that happened at a Syngrou hotel in Athens. We are referring to a phenomenon that is not so rare after all, balconies that suddenly collapse. The responses we received are listed below.

The phenomenon of the balcony falling has nothing to do with the staticity of the building, as much as with the weight included in the balcony and the small cracks caused by it, allowing moisture to corrode the reinforcement.

Our balconies are designed in such a way that they can bear a weight of 500 kg per square meter. This has been true since 1945 until today. If there is a construction problem on a balcony, this will be immediately apparent in the first decade after its construction. There are some signs that show the problem, some of them are when the balcony starts to deform from the weight or "squeeze" easily. Also when water collects in a certain place. In most cases, of course, the tiles will start to peel off.

For these reasons, it is good that the floor of the balcony is waterproof and that any damage is repaired immediately.