modern warm roof conservatory feedback please

p1tse

I’ve read many reviews about how bad conservatories are, but each post is very old and nothing new to 2020 or even 2019.

we would like to open up our dining room, remove window and enlarge the opening to a modern warm roof conservatory. 

It will be bricked one side facing neighbour, glass at the end and bifolds the other end; with a solid roof and a velux window on each sided slope; with a gable end in design. 

Basically a replicate of this lady one shown on YouTube blog, approx 3m x 3m for us: 
https://youtu.be/uNvF4APbI9M

it will have building regs due to the opening and design.
any feedback welcomed

DOH_a

What feedback are you after as no questions have been asked? Unless you’re just asking people if they think it looks nice?

Martin_the_Unjust

'Warm roof' is that another name for thin plastic tiles?

if I was going to do what your planning I would do it properly and have a proper 'garden room' with a proper tiled roof.

p1tse

DOH.a said:

What feedback are you after as no questions have been asked? Unless you’re just asking people if they think it looks nice?

Ah sorry, I meant anyone have one and experience.

i will seek other options of an extension too. 

Doozergirl

Get an extension. 

Have you seen the prices of those warm roofs?  Proper roofs are cheaper and actually meet building regs.  Those conservatory roof companies really just exist to try and improve existing conservatories.  

That picture is, to all intents and purposes, an extension.  Just because it has a lot of glass, it doesn't suddenly make it a conservatory. 

The conservatory industry is largely unregulated and they avoid key parts of building control, despite using tactics that suggest they're fully compliant.  Get a decent builder that builds fully compliant extensions as a matter of course.  

DOH_a

And just following on from the above...

“The definition of a conservatory contained in the superseded Approved Document L1B 2006 still gives a valid basis for a definition:

• have at least 50% of its external wall area formed from translucent materials (not including walls within one metre of boundary*)
• have at least 75% of its roof area formed from translucent materials.”

So as per @Doozergirl’s comment above, that structure would be treated as an extension where Building Regulations would apply. Planning may also be required unless PD rights remain intact and the proposals meet the PD guidelines.

TELLIT01

I investigated the possibility of replacing the existing glass pitched roof of our conservatory with a part glazed, part tiled version.  It's not straightforward as many conservatories simply aren't strong enough to support the additional weight.  In my case I called the people who did the original conservatory installation to get an idea of cost.  The main conservatory structure is up to the job, but the replacement roof would cost in excess of £15k and would comply with all current building regs.  I would be able to remove the door between the conservatory and the adjoining room but had no plans to do so.  Conservatory is 14' x 10' to give you a guide.

WaywardDriver

Doozergirl said:

Get an extension. 

Echo this. We started with a polycarbonate roof then converted to light-weight tiles. Satisfied with end result but with hindsight a proper extension in the first place would have been no more expensive. 

TELLIT01

WaywardDriver said:

Doozergirl said:

Get an extension. 

Echo this. We started with a polycarbonate roof then converted to light-weight tiles. Satisfied with end result but with hindsight a proper extension in the first place would have been no more expensive. 

Our figures would tend to support that theory.  We paid about £20k for the conservatory, add £15k for the roof (which we aren't going ahead with) and a single storey extension would have been no more expensive.

Davesnave

....And we decided to settle for large doors to external standard, so we could close off the conservatory as required. The money saved was used elsewhere. We thought we'd come back and make them bi-fold when we were more flush, but to be honest, I doubt if we'll do that now. What we have works fine.

It looks as if the people who built the structure in your picture ran out of cash for the step and don't have lots of insects, like we do in the country!