Replacing conservatory roof with tile roof?

Willow31

Hi
We have a large conservatory but it is too hot in summer/too cold in winter. We have thought about looking into replacing the roof with tiles so that it becomes a more useable room - has anyone done this? If so, who did you use? We are in Hertfordshire. The conservatory is roughly 22' x 12' - anyone have any idea if we would need need building regs & any idea of cost?
Many thanks.

k3v1n123

Hi if your adding all that weight to Upvc frames it wont be able to hold it you would need some kind of brick pillars upvc framing can hold a conservatory roof because there isnt too much weight but if you want a tiled roof your talking well over a tonne with all the rafters and tiles etc.. You would also need building regs as it would be classed as an extension because it has a classic roof structure. The regs did change which if you had 70% or more glass it wouldnt need building regs but depends on your part of the country.

pompeyfaith

Have you thought about having roof blinds fitted ?

themanbearpig

just do it brah, dont bother with planning permission, whos gonna know?
and let the builder worry about the weight of the tiles, there is no way its gonna weight 1000kg... maybe 300kg max, so might be ok

moonrakerz

themanbearpig wrote: »

just do it brah, dont bother with planning permission, whos gonna know?
and let the builder worry about the weight of the tiles, there is no way its gonna weight 1000kg... maybe 300kg max, so might be ok

"Cowboys" form an orderly queue here please.................


"Standard-weight concrete roof tiles generally weigh between 9 1/2 and 12 pounds per square foot"

22' X 12' X 10lbs = 1200kg !!!!!!

marvic31

just do it brah, dont bother with planning permission, whos gonna know?
and let the builder worry about the weight of the tiles, there is no way its gonna weight 1000kg... maybe 300kg max, so might be ok

:rotfl: make sure you life policy is in order for when the roof comes crashing in