Conservatory glass roof - your real life experiences please!

Viper_7

sillygoose wrote: »

Another factor is weight, glass is a lot heavier, my conservatory has a steel cable brace from one side to the other.

Aye they should all have the cross brace to keep the sides together as you say. They are normally concealed with nice UPVC surrounds.

Weight for me though again is a good thing. It's a solid build, more an extension than a temporary structure.

sillygoose

Viper_7 wrote: »

Aye they should all have the cross brace to keep the sides together as you say. They are normally concealed with nice UPVC surrounds.

Weight for me though again is a good thing. It's a solid build, more an extension than a temporary structure.

An extension - exactly :beer:, mine is all plastered, with a proper corner sofa (no wicker please!) underfloor heated and the floor height matched to the house, its accessed via a 3 panel folding door with a low profile rail, to all purposes our lounge is a useful 4.2 metres longer.

BlondeHeadOn

sillygoose wrote: »

I do like the idea of the canopy but find out what maintenance it may need, access may be difficult when the conservatory is up, and its more dangerous for a workman to fall onto a glass roof than a polycarb.

Also please consider if you have a fire and are trapped in a room with its window above the conservatory, would you be able to escape that room? Reminds me, I need to get one of those escape ladders for the 'office' room as I dont fancy jumping out onto the glass conservatory roof!

More good points, thank you - I hadn't thought of these either.

Hmmm. Lots to think about....

BlondeHeadOn

capeverde wrote: »

no, they are actually in between the two pieces of glass in the sealed unit. Never need cleaning and retract by remote control so you can hardly see them. Heres a link;

http://www.sealed-units.com/

These are well cool - I like them!

Has anyone used these fr a conservatory roof? Seems like the answer to the solar glare problem. I suspect that it might be rather more expensive then my simple remote-controlled canopy/awning idea though....