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by Aurornis 57 days ago
> The balcony appears to have full coverage on the railing - there isn't a gap at the bottom for anything to fall out through. The metal frame makes it looks like there is at first glance, but look at the seam on the glass - it continues further down than that bottom crossbar.

There is a gap at the bottom. You must be looking at something else because the glass panel clearly terminates into the horizontal metal bar.

A gap is typically left for water drainage and so debris like leaves don’t get trapped.

The panel isn’t going to fall off the balcony, but it could get damaged or become such a nuisance that it’s removed long before it has any chance of payoff. This is actually an easy way to acquire cheap balcony solar gear: Many kits are bought by people who didn’t think about the realities of having it out there all the time and sell it later.