Conservatory

cyclonebri1

smashingyour... wrote: »

A free standing conservatory not attached to the house with plants in?

Most call them green houses.

I'll reply to that with the contemt it deserves, no reply.

smashingyour...

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

I'll reply to that with the contemt it deserves, no reply.

What type of flooring did you go for, gravel or slabs?

cyclonebri1

smashingyour... wrote: »

What type of flooring did you go for, gravel or slabs?

I suggest you take your ignorance elsewhere and research orangery, and I'll tell you what, I have a picture here somewhere showing my rear, take that how you will, I'll post it especially for you.

Here's 1 still under construction at this point, but that's the back wall of it.



For anyone such as the op, who is genuinely interested, the brickwork to the rear, (it also extends a couple of feet down the side and has an internal buttress between the windows), is needed as a standard UPVC structural does not have the structural stability to stand without being rigidly attached to a masonry wall.

That means you cannot have a free standing conservatory, but you can do something similar.

Dan-Dan

how much was that?

cyclonebri1

Dan-Dan wrote: »

how much was that?

Well it's about 6.2 x 4.5 mtrs internally

The cost was under £7k, but that needs qualifying. It panned out about £5700 for the plastic and £1200 for the building part.

That cost was the bespoke design and supply only of the plastic work and roof, did inc delivery. It also includes the foundation dig out by others and removal of waste, and labour to lay the concrete slab, basically bunged a couple of friends for a mornings work laying the insulated concrete slab.
It includes the cost of concrete, bricks and mortar, the two rear windows that I bought from ebay as mismeasures and the lintels, drylinings and window boards etc etc, even the rhino floor type vinyl.
In other words every part to finish it but no labour for brickwork or assembling the kit.

I've never photographed it fully when finished, let me know if you if you need any.

PS, I was quoted around £23 to £27k for the complete thing, and that was Nov 2011.

fluffymuffy

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Are the walls more than 50% glazing? - as they need to be for it to be classed as a conservatory and be exempt from the building regulations.

smashingyour...

fluffymuffy wrote: »

Are the walls more than 50% glazing? - as they need to be for it to be classed as a conservatory and be exempt from the building regulations.

It's what he says it is, cheap at 20% of what it should have costs.

Lets face it, most likely there is no planning and no building regs because he calls it a conservatory.

cyclonebri1

fluffymuffy wrote: »

Are the walls more than 50% glazing? - as they need to be for it to be classed as a conservatory and be exempt from the building regulations.

The other 3 sides are 900mm dwarf wall so escapes building regs, it is also sized just below the square footage that would need planning consent, ie it's just shy of 30 sq mtres, (my sizes from memory where a little out).

The size was decided on to fall inside the planning requirement. Initially I wanted it to be able to house a full size snooker table, but going by the recommended guidelines, there wouldn't be enough clearance all round, it's actually big enough to take an 11ft table which are actually made, but it would be a 10ft version if I ever went that way, which is now unlikely, it's been taken over by the rest of the family

smashingyour...

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

The other 3 sides are 900mm dwarf wall so escapes building regs, it is also sized just below the square footage that would need planning consent, ie it's just shy of 30 sq mtres, (my sizes from memory where a little out).

The size was decided on to fall inside the planning requirement. Initially I wanted it to be able to house a full size snooker table, but going by the recommended guidelines, there wouldn't be enough clearance all round, it's actually big enough to take an 11ft table which are actually made, but it would be a 10ft version if I ever went that way, which is now unlikely, it's been taken over by the rest of the family

Do you do everything on the cheap?

Sounds like you waste money to save it.

You wanted a snooker room so decided your dodge planning and building regs. You saved 20k but wasted 5k on a building not fit for purpose

You're not the sharpest tool in the box are you?

jonnyb1978

Agreed with the extension.

You will find the conservatory remains unused most of the year and will be used as a store room in the winter to get rid of the clutter.
An extension all the way.

As for the OP asking for a conservatory. Fair enough but not everyone knows what's best or all the options.
I nearly bought new double glazing at a good few grand until i realised i could just replace the glass. Its called advice.