Method of installing a balcony, and device for the same

A kit for securing a balcony to a façade of a building, the kit comprising:

• a balcony, the balcony including a support beam suitable for securing to a projection of the façade, and a joining plate suitable for bridging a gap between the support beam and the projection, when the balcony is aligned with the projection;
• and
• an activatable balcony fixing including a shaft and an actuator, mountable to the joining plate, and configured to move the shaft relative to the balcony to drive the shaft through a socket of the projection by operation of the actuator, to thereby secure the balcony to the projection of the façade, wherein the shaft and/or the socket in the projection are configured so as to provide tapering engagement between the shaft and the socket, wherein the activatable balcony fixing is configured to be removable from the balcony, after locking the balcony to the façade through one or more further fixings, and wherein the activatable balcony fixing is configured to support and hold the balcony in place by itself when the balcony is secured to the façade through the activatable balcony fixing.