How noisy is a Polycarbonate Roof? What about a Tiled Roof?

sk240

If you want to use the room all year round then i would opt for a proper extension with lots of windows or velux etc.
if your trying to use a conservatory in the winter then you are just going to end up trying to heat up the garden and your heating bills will go up qite a bit

gazfocus

sk240 wrote: »

If you want to use the room all year round then i would opt for a proper extension with lots of windows or velux etc.
if your trying to use a conservatory in the winter then you are just going to end up trying to heat up the garden and your heating bills will go up qite a bit

Thanks for your post. The conservatory is going to have cavity dwarf walls and a full height cavity wall on the one side. It will also be fitted with 2 x super efficient 2KW electric radiators so although I'm aware the heating bill will be a bit, I'm sure this will make the conservatory as usable as possible.

Poppie68

We have a large conservatory and have fitted two oil heaters and find it sufficent to use in the depths of our artic winters. The only time the noise effects us is when it hailstones and then ear defenders could'nt drown out the noise.

gazfocus

Poppie68 wrote: »

We have a large conservatory and have fitted two oil heaters and find it sufficent to use in the depths of our artic winters. The only time the noise effects us is when it hailstones and then ear defenders could'nt drown out the noise.

Thanks for your post. What is your roof made from? Is it polycarbonate, glass or tile?

phoebe1989seb

I definitely think you're doing the right thing if you opt for a glass roof. We've previously had a polycarbonate one and found it ridiculously noisy when it rained. Next house we fitted a glass one and I made muslin blinds to keep the room cooler in Summer. There were no issues with rain noise.

We moved a couple of years after that and inherited another glass roof when we bought our next house. Had we been staying there long-term I think we'd have replaced with tinted glass, but again we found that muslin/calico fabric draped from poles at each end did the job......only issue was our Persian cat who delighted in climbing from the top of the dresser into the fabric *ceiling* where she proceeded to make a bed, lol :rotfl:

All these conservatories were used all year round - the first and third ones acted as breakfast rooms and the second one as a TV room. They were all roughly 18' x 12' with tiled floors and we used standard electric convector heaters as well as an Esse Solo heater in Winter. The last one (already in place when we bought the house) was of timber/dwarf wall construction with windows on three sides and doors to the garden on each of the shorter sides - in the Summer when it was very hot we'd open both sets of doors so the air could flow through......

Poppie68

gazfocus wrote: »

Thanks for your post. What is your roof made from? Is it polycarbonate, glass or tile?

sorry...it's polycarbonate

Poppie68

Do you know i think a conservatory might be one of the best inventions ever.....
Lovely room in the winter to sit and enjoy the winter scenery.
Lovely sunny room in the summer to enjoy all the flowers, and has multiple uses. Ours has a dinning table, a huge corner sofa and a 42 inch tv on the wall and is easily the most used room in or house.

gazfocus

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

I definitely think you're doing the right thing if you opt for a glass roof. We've previously had a polycarbonate one and found it ridiculously noisy when it rained. Next house we fitted a glass one and I made muslin blinds to keep the room cooler in Summer. There were no issues with rain noise.

We moved a couple of years after that and inherited another glass roof when we bought our next house. Had we been staying there long-term I think we'd have replaced with tinted glass, but again we found that muslin/calico fabric draped from poles at each end did the job......only issue was our Persian cat who delighted in climbing from the top of the dresser into the fabric *ceiling* where she proceeded to make a bed, lol :rotfl:

All these conservatories were used all year round - the first and third ones acted as breakfast rooms and the second one as a TV room. They were all roughly 18' x 12' with tiled floors and we used standard electric convector heaters as well as an Esse Solo heater in Winter. The last one (already in place when we bought the house) was of timber/dwarf wall construction with windows on three sides and doors to the garden on each of the shorter sides - in the Summer when it was very hot we'd open both sets of doors so the air could flow through......

Thanks for your very helpful post. We've definitely decided to go for the glass roof. The additional cost is worth the peace of mind we think (especially as it's going to be our dining room for Christmas dinner, etc).

We'll deal with the heat in the summer if it's an issue but if it's cold in the winter, I work for an electric radiator manufacturer so will get some extreme heating from them

Poppie68 wrote: »

Do you know i think a conservatory might be one of the best inventions ever.....
Lovely room in the winter to sit and enjoy the winter scenery.
Lovely sunny room in the summer to enjoy all the flowers, and has multiple uses. Ours has a dinning table, a huge corner sofa and a 42 inch tv on the wall and is easily the most used room in or house.

I agree that they are such versatile rooms. I'm a bit miffed that the conservatory has ended up costing the amount it has (just under £13,000 for 5 x 3m) and for a couple of thousand more we could have had a brick built extension, but hey.

We're planning on putting a sofa, big dining table and a TV in there so hopefully it will be used a lot.