Help me make my conservatory warmer!

bengraves38

Hi all.

Can you help me to make my conservatory a warmer place.
I have no doors between my dining room and conservatory and it is quite draughty!
I appreciate that i should have doors but i dont and also do not want them. Is there anybody out there with any hints or tips on sorting out the cool air?!

The roof panels do not seem to be fixed to the ring beam and lift up. That was to be my starting point, but what is best to fill/insulate the gap with?

Cheers all.

subinagee

Im not sure I get how you have your conservatory set up but my father managed to insulate our conservatory quite well (from the racket the noise makes and the cold) with a large piece of material stretched horizontally - effectively creating a flat ceiling. We had a large conservatory with a high centre.

This of course reduces the amount of light coming in, but with the short winter evenings it has been a real cosy place to hang out.

I hope this helps a little bit or at least gives you some inspiration!

sunshinetours

We put insulated curtains across the opening (have similar set up to you by the sounds of it) and it has made a massive difference in the evenings and overnight to the kicthen/dining room

The conservatory is heated during the day with an oil filled radiator with a thermostat and timer and works quite well to make it pleasant even in current weather. We use ours as playroom so kids are in there during the day

If you want to use the conservatory during winter months you will need to consider roof blinds or similar and suitable heating as conservatories are notorously bad at keeping heat in. Obviusly fix all the draughts etc first as you are doing

beaker141

Any possibility of putting some doors on that you would be happy to take off for the summer, and on for the winter ! Rise and fall hinges might allow you to quickly take them off.

allan673

consider having a radiator from your central heating system plumbed into the conservatory, quite common to do this.

beaker141

I had 2 rads in mine, I think one was a double too, and it used to warm up wuite quick, circa 30 mins and it was very usable, however that heat is going straight out the roof so we tended to have it on only when we were in there for tea and then turn it off for the night on TRV's.