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Buffythedebtslayer

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Well done on your pension MG, nice to see Postman can bring good news just as much as the horrible stuff like bills

Thrifty - fancy coming round to mine and giving it all a good lick over with paint <bats eyelids> we've started painting various bits of doors and skirting etc and it's never been completely finished

Had the quote for new conservatory approx £12K including VAT and double french doors from dining room into conservatory. OK eye wateringly expensive but will be an investment for house. Hmmmm I wonder how much value it would add to the house, does anyone have a ball park figure on these things? Need to sort out a couple more quotes although I do like the company that came first, have been going 30 years unlike the company who did my friends conservatory for £5K, no longer trading.........

Hi Bitsy,

Hope the email worked (and everyone else who wanted the books too)

Re conservatory, would it be better to build an extension? I say this as someone with a lovely conservatory that looks great but,

1. it is expensive/impossible to keep warm in the winter - and gets so cold
2. in the summer (when you think it would be great) it heats up like an oven
3. furniture out there fades in the summer with the intense light, we have a lovely old sideboard that has been ruined as parts have faded and the parts with stuff on have remained dark
4. any flies/spiders that find their way in pretty much cook and i seem to be forever removing dead bodies.
5. when it rains it is too loud (although sometimes nice) for people to sit and chat, when the sun shines it makes it difficult to use a tv or laptop.

Its nice to sit in in the morning with breakfast and watch the birds, its good to have a drink in the evening and feel like you are in the garden but if I could go back in time I would persuade my parents to build an extension - far more uses and in the long run much cheaper to heat


xxx

Bitsy_Beans

Buffythedebtslayer wrote: »

Hi Bitsy,

Hope the email worked (and everyone else who wanted the books too)

Re conservatory, would it be better to build an extension? I say this as someone with a lovely conservatory that looks great but,

1. it is expensive/impossible to keep warm in the winter - and gets so cold
2. in the summer (when you think it would be great) it heats up like an oven
3. furniture out there fades in the summer with the intense light, we have a lovely old sideboard that has been ruined as parts have faded and the parts with stuff on have remained dark
4. any flies/spiders that find their way in pretty much cook and i seem to be forever removing dead bodies.
5. when it rains it is too loud (although sometimes nice) for people to sit and chat, when the sun shines it makes it difficult to use a tv or laptop.

Its nice to sit in in the morning with breakfast and watch the birds, its good to have a drink in the evening and feel like you are in the garden but if I could go back in time I would persuade my parents to build an extension - far more uses and in the long run much cheaper to heat


xxx

I have thought about an extension but in order to make it look less like a box shoved on the back of the house I think we'd need to extend along the whole of the back of the house which I don't really want to do.

It's going to be a playroom so in terms of noise on polycarbon roof, well it might drown my little darlings out for once
It's a north facing garden so it doesn't get full sun and I would invest in some oil fired rads to work with the cavity wall insulation. I am under no illusions what the cons are, we had a wooden conservatory when we were kids and it was the 2 extremes in seasons.
Thanks for taking the time to mention these issues, not thought about the dead insects but hoping the cat might light to crunch on those :rotfl:

Buffythedebtslayer

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

I have thought about an extension but in order to make it look less like a box shoved on the back of the house I think we'd need to extend along the whole of the back of the house which I don't really want to do.

It's going to be a playroom so in terms of noise on polycarbon roof, well it might drown my little darlings out for once
It's a north facing garden so it doesn't get full sun and I would invest in some oil fired rads to work with the cavity wall insulation. I am under no illusions what the cons are, we had a wooden conservatory when we were kids and it was the 2 extremes in seasons.
Thanks for taking the time to mention these issues, not thought about the dead insects but hoping the cat might light to crunch on those :rotfl:

:rotfl: sorry for being so negative, I just you know wanted you to be sure!

xx

maryb

We built a conservatory as an extension to our kitchen. We were able to get away with not having to have doors between it and the kitchen because taken as a whole it actually increased the energy efficiency of the kitchen which was a 1960s gerry built extension with NO insulation. We put in an insulated floor, new insulated flat roof to the original kitchen extension and insulated the walls. We have wet underfloor heating.

It's north facing so it gets the sun in the morning but doesn't get too hot at midday. It has made the whole kitchen light and airy and it's usually a lovely temperature because of the underfloor heating. I love being in there.

But yes, we do get lots of insects. However we have a spider which I cannot get rid of, it hides in a crevice where the roof meets the windows, which takes care of the flies - I tell you, it's whole ecosystem in there!! It means that the light fitting is always festooned with cobwebs within a day of cleaning, but we have got used to it and we are quite fond of Spiddy now

Memory_Girl

We have got a "pet spidey" in the bathroom window alcove.

DS2 has a favourite video :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFhwdkz1TDUhere.

So of course, cos the wee lad in the cartoon looks like DS2 (Just ask Clootie) he thinks it's him - so can't get rid of the spider cos it's his friend.:o

And that's my excuse for not doing any "high dusting":rotfl:

MG

Buffythedebtslayer

I hoover up spiders, cannot stand them!
this could explain why I am so annoyed by the conservatory!!!

Souk08

Hey all, intenets been down for too long and will take AGES to catch up. So whats been happening in the last month....Any takers!

Memory_Girl

Think the short answer is - we have found our collective Mojo'a and are looking and feeling brighter:D

Is that right ladies?

MG

ClootiesMum

Kind of sums it up MG

Buffy - wee PM on its way to you (if that's OK)

Off for a cuppa before starting work - really should work today as than have the 4 days off & next week I might not be in work - I've been summoned by the courts to be one of 12 good men & true

Edited to add - your mailbox is full Buffy - I'll catch up with you later

Memory_Girl

Clootie - remember when you are at the court that coffee and biscuits - or a wee lunch is always available just around the corner.

Now - just fnished breakfast with my accountant pal - so need to compose the next email carefully - off for a wee think.

MG