Keeping heat in a conservatory

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taliz wrote: »

I've put underfloor heating in the conservaory so we can use it all year. I am looking at ways of retaining as much heat as possibe.

Hi,

We had a conservatory build 2 years ago. 6mt x 5mt with a 3mtr high 25mm glass roof. One of the long walls full height, the other a low and medium level dwarf wall. The remaining short wall is full height but with double doors to outside. I build our kitchen into the half furthest the house and have installed 2 x 9000BTU radiators.

The radiators raise the temperature quickly to a comfortable level and althought they are dialed up to to 4 or 5 compared to the rest of the house being around 3 to 4. The boiler is usually set to 1, occasionally 2 out of 5.

My point is that yes, the heat goes up into the headspace but I have ceiling fans I can circulate the air down when it's especially cold. In the recent -15 degree Christmas we've just experienced the radiators kept in cosy.

Yes, with suitable heating the conservatory is an excellent way to extend your home. We cook and dine in there more days, especially the summer.

Hope that helps some. We looked at underfloor but at £3000 it wasn't as economical as fitting the radiators (£600ish) and we're not heating the kitchen cupboards

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