Tiled or glass conservatory roof?

SuzieSue

jamski07 wrote: »

Blimey. Have you got any blinds in there? We're having reflective pleated blinds installed on the roof, and venetians on all windows.

No we haven't as they are so expensive - we use parasols instead as our conservatory is big enough. Reflective blinds on the roof would probably be a good idea.

pollypenny

North East facing one, too. We love the glass roof. It's quiet and we see the Sky, birds and clouds.

SuzieSue

pollypenny wrote: »

North East facing one, too. We love the glass roof. It's quiet and we see the Sky, birds and clouds.

Do you use it all year round?

pollypenny

Only finished at end of November. We did use it occasionally, but it's only come into its own in March. OH sits there in the evening, listening to classical music and looking at the stars.

HG12345

Hi, we looked at getting a conservatory built with a lightweight tiled roof and had a quote from a highly recommended local conservatory company for a 3x5 room with one full wall, dwarf walls the rest of the way round and french doors at the end. The roof was going to have one velux style window to let light into the room we were building off. The quote was just under £16,000 which compared very favourably to quotes we had had for a full extension. They were going to use a roof company called Sentinel.

But we hit a snag when we contacted building control - as the roof is solid they would treat it as an extension rather than a conservatory and therefore the build had to meet all the criteria for an extension which meant deeper foundations and cavity trays. This is likely to push the cost of having it built up a fair bit so we are waiting for the owner of the company who were going to build it to get back to us with a new price. My advice would be to contact building control to discuss it and find out what they would expect to see if you were to have it built.

jamski07

HG12345 wrote: »

Hi, we looked at getting a conservatory built with a lightweight tiled roof and had a quote from a highly recommended local conservatory company for a 3x5 room with one full wall, dwarf walls the rest of the way round and french doors at the end. The roof was going to have one velux style window to let light into the room we were building off. The quote was just under £16,000 which compared very favourably to quotes we had had for a full extension. They were going to use a roof company called Sentinel.

But we hit a snag when we contacted building control - as the roof is solid they would treat it as an extension rather than a conservatory and therefore the build had to meet all the criteria for an extension which meant deeper foundations and cavity trays. This is likely to push the cost of having it built up a fair bit so we are waiting for the owner of the company who were going to build it to get back to us with a new price. My advice would be to contact building control to discuss it and find out what they would expect to see if you were to have it built.

I hadn't said anything but this seems exactly right to me. Even removing the external door between the house and conservatory would been deeper foundation, SAP calculations (something to do with heat gain/loss I think) and a whole host of things that you don't need to worry about with a conservatory. We were quoted an extra £2.5k for the extra work needed to comply with just removing the door.

arbrighton

We're just getting tenders for a project that includes taking down our existing conservatory and replacing it with what is being called a 'sunroom' on the plans.

The existing beast is a VAST L shape wrapping round the south and west sides of our house. Yes it lots in a lot of light, especially into the dining room, which the windows and roof light of the replacement won't do as much, but it has a leaky valley gutter, slipped panes, rotting wood, noisy polycarb roof, boiling in summer and freezing in winter. Not really a functional room, although it's done well as a greenhouse, store for the bird feed and gym type equipment etc

Curlytop_2

arbrighton, we're just doing exactly the same thing, We have an lshaped single glazed very rotten wooden conservatory which wraps round two outer walls of our living room and meets part of the dining room on one end. South to southwest facing. Measures approx 8 metres by 6.5, by 2.3 deep. Just got a quote for a very modern glazed roof orangery style conservatory (salesman preferred to call it a sun lounge). Quoted a tad under £32k. Good job I was sitting down! More normal conservatory was £25. Waiting on a couple of other quotes, one for a slate tiled roof.
We are planning to use the existing base, 600mm block cavity wall. Anybody know if building regs applies in the same way if its a replacement (or major repair) rather than a new build? All the glazing will come with certificates but I wonder whether the existing base will be allowed?

steveing64

We have just placed an order for our new room after numerous quotes and meetings with sale staff we have gone for a 4.5mtr wide x 4mtr deep it is haveing a solid roof with two widows in roof will have pillar at each corner with windows inbetween and dwarf wall plastering as required three double sockets and six downlights and we have opted for the New Wave type doors at total of £20k. This is with full building regs Our quotes went up to over £35k and the cheapest was £18k We picked the supplier who we found the most helpful a local glazing company. We have an full glass conservatory at the moment but have only needed to apply for permitted deveolpemnt which costs.


Build time is 4 weeks and should be starting as soon as the 42 day period has expired for the permitted development

We thought about a glass roof but after speaking wuth friends they all said was too cold

jonathapthomas

The only way to be able to use your conservatory all year is to have either a Supalite tiled roof or a Guardian tiled roof. These two roofs are the only insulated roofs that will comply to building regulations