Conservatory temperature piece of mind please.

System

here's an idea -
get the conservatory built to the specs you want with the heating etc, leave the door and window in place.
Use it for a year and see how you feel about the cold in the winter and the overheating in the summer - if you think you can live with it being open after 12 months then remove the door and window...

in my opinion the extremes would make your kitchen uncomfortable for a lot of the year and cost you a lot of extra heating (especially if you are using electric ufh)
whereas if you keep the door and window in place for a while it would give the option to close off the space and not heat it when not in use in the winter
You could potentially put a glazed external door in to replace the current one to get light in

jamski07

Johnandabby wrote: »

So just carefully remove the door and window and store them if you must do it - if it's really bad then put them back in.

the_r_sole wrote: »

here's an idea -
get the conservatory built to the specs you want with the heating etc, leave the door and window in place.
Use it for a year and see how you feel about the cold in the winter and the overheating in the summer - if you think you can live with it being open after 12 months then remove the door and window...

in my opinion the extremes would make your kitchen uncomfortable for a lot of the year and cost you a lot of extra heating (especially if you are using electric ufh)
whereas if you keep the door and window in place for a while it would give the option to close off the space and not heat it when not in use in the winter
You could potentially put a glazed external door in to replace the current one to get light in

We have considered both these, especially keeping the door and replacing should we feel the need. Our feeling is it's a bit of a waste ruining new plaster a few months after having it done.

Although I think we may be thinking along the lines of replacing both with something that is just a little more aesthetically pleasing to us both.

System

it's not a waste at all, as it's very likely that after a year you will opt to keep the door and window - and a bit of plastering if you do decide to remove them eventually is nothing compared to the money you'll spent on the heating!!

jamski07

Ok, how about this.

The window is replaced with something we find more pleasing to look at, and the exterior door is replaced with an interior small bi-folding door?

Still need building control? Probably. But will keep the temperature better??

System

to be exempt from building regs the doors and window would have to be external quality, so you would still need all the calcs/drawings etc
and it would keep the temperature better than nothing, but no where near as well as external doors/windows

pcgtron

We bought a house with a massive conservatory on the back which leads onto thegarden. I wwished the previous owners had gone down the route of a proper ground floor extention. Anyway, I would say that the doors are a necessity if it's a conservatory, ours is lovely in thesummer aas we have the doors open to the garden but we can't sit in it in the winterwithout a heater blasting away. The last thing I would want is no doors between it and the kitche, jjust opening it for a few seconds in the winter freezes the place out.

I_have_spoken

I have D/G sliding doors between lounge and conservatory. Good thing too, as the room is freezing in winter if I leave door open.

DRP

+1

Wood/glass doors (not double glazed) to a large conserv . If they're open the whole kitchen-diner empties of warmth!

ukjoel

travellerboy wrote: »

Don't even consider a conservatory, they are glass boxes that are either too hot or too cold. A sun room where the glass to wall ratio is no greater than 30% would be the better choice and add real value to your home. Best advise is to forget your thought about a greenhouse otherwise you will live to regret.

Agree with this 100%.
We are in Hampshire (so one of the warmest parts of the UK) have a conservatory which previous owner paid £25k for and is well put together.

6 months the year its ok but 3 months its too cold and 3 months its too hot. It also makes the rest of the house freezing in winter and we end up putting on coats just to use the kitchen.

Would spend the extra on a proper room. YOu will get the money back in heating efficency costs and the added value to your house.

Rodney_Trotter

ukjoel wrote: »

Agree with this 100%.
We are in Hampshire (so one of the warmest parts of the UK) have a conservatory which previous owner paid £25k for and is well put together.

6 months the year its ok but 3 months its too cold and 3 months its too hot. It also makes the rest of the house freezing in winter and we end up putting on coats just to use the kitchen.

Would spend the extra on a proper room. YOu will get the money back in heating efficency costs and the added value to your house.

So yours is open from the house?