Anyone heard of polycool for conservatories? Instead of blinds?

rodney67

We had a double glazed roof and with the recent hot spell the conservatory has been unusable. Even though we had already blinds fitted (which were more like an insect trap), it was still unbearable.

I got a few quotes in for replacement roofs, the cheapest I came across was a company called Insu. The salesman mentioned it would be in the region of £3k but never came back to me as I was originally happy to go ahead at that price... I must have called Insu about 5 times to book them in.... No reply... Unbelievable!!

I looked on this website and called Polycool, I hadn't previously thought about them as I thought you had to have a existing polycarb roof to use their product.

However after reading the previous post I called them up and booked them in for a fraction of the cost. Andy and his Polycool team were brilliant from start to finish. They originally sent me the samples to take a look and then came down to measure up. A couple of weeks later they were back to replace the double glazed roof with a polycarbonate roof, with the inserts included.

They did a very professional job, everything was fitted well and sealed. They also helped me replace my existing window sill and fix the gutter that had a leak in it.

This was all done for under £1000. A third of the price from the other comany!!!

We are extremely happy with the results, it no longer feels like a sauna when you walk in and I think it looks a lot nicer too!

A huge thanks to Polycool for sorting our conservatory problems. One happy customer!:j:j

Dan-Dan

Nice spamming , top work Sir!

thorsoak

I have a west-facing conservatory - when we had it built we specified heat-reflecting glass - cost was 10% more than regular double glazing - but it was well worth it!

Even in this really hot sunny weather, it has been bearable - well as bearable as the rest of the house - and with all the opening windows open and the doors open as well, it is wonderful!

Similarly in the winter, it is useable! No blinds, no curtains - no additional expense!

DaftyDuck

I have doors in mine, on two sides. Open them up, and the breeze cools it. No wind, stick the fan on. When cold, stick a jersey on. Lo-tech, but works. I do like a good spam sandwich posting too... but that one was a bit... obvious!

Clive_Woody

DaftyDuck wrote: »

I have doors in mine, on two sides.

Bl**dy show offs.

Martinjones10

We have a glazed Georgian style conservatory about 4 x 3 so these inserts are no use to us although they sound great.
Is anyone aware of something similar for glazed roofs?
Looked at roof blinds which are way to pricey , also came across shade sails from this company shadeplus.co.uk has anyone got these or no of someone who has?

davehills

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread but with the summer coming I suspect that a number of people will be researching this stuff, in time for the summer.

I recently invested in some of this stuff as our conservatory was getting unbearably hot in the summer - so hot that plastic kids toys would occasionally deform under the heat!!

I bought the strips off ebay from a company called Rockwell-Meridian. It was marginally cheaper on ebay than buying direct, once postage had been considered. The strips they sell are "Solarflect" branded. As with all things, shop around.

Inserting the things was easy, although time consuming. The use of Silicone spray really helps on anything over about 2 metres. To fit them you need to buy a thin plastic 'stick' into which you cut a groove on one end.

The strips, once cut need a hole punching and the corners shamfering; there is also a right and wrong way up for these strips so I'd recommend marking the top side with a small blob of marker pen to ensure you get them the right way up (Apparently they are a pig to fit if you get them upside down - they have a 'pimpled' surface which reduces friction - get them the wrong way up and friction increases!)

The upshot is that these things work! We noticed a temperature drop immediately, and whilst the conservatory is still warm, it's not reaching the plastic-melting highs that it did before.

With regards to winter I don't yet know, but suspect it'll have little positive effect..

With regards to light reduction - yes, it does reduce the light levels, but not as much as you'd consider. We went for the cheapest silver option and looking up at the underside of the roof it gives a grey appearance, a bit like looking through sunglasses.


HTH.

bjcuomo

Glad to have found this forum as there doesn't seem to be a lot of info out there. Wondering if anyone has used any of the window films available such as Coolkote? I am waiting for a quote from polycool so don't know how they will compare for price. We have lean to polycarbonate roofed conservatory which gets so hot, any fabric in there is bleached, few things melted and plants even singed. In a 2 bed terrace it seemed like good extra space when we purchased but is pretty much unuseable. If we were staying in this house long term then I think we would knock it down and have a pergola instead but for now looking for a reasonably priced solution.
Have the people who originally posted on here a few years ago felt the benefits? Any advice much appreciated, thanks.