Stevo1987 said::worthless:Ole gits rule said:Stevo1987 said:
Its not that old fashioned looking
Pics of my sunroom ?
Conservatory roof
- Thread starter ronk
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Pics of my sunroom ?
Next door neighbour had this done and went for the UVPC roof with light weight tiles. It looks good but I have noticed that even on bright sunny days he has his lights on and in the summer his windows were always open. He says it's just as hot and said it darkened the conservatory a lot.
We went the other way and are very happy we did. We replaced our carbon roof with top of the range glass. The panels are filled with Argon and coated and slightly tinted to reflect excess heat. We also took the patio doors off so the conservatory is open to the kitchen / diner so we get the best of all worlds. Very little heat loss (in fact the morning sun quickly heats up the house) and the place is a lot brighter and filled with natural light.
We went the other way and are very happy we did. We replaced our carbon roof with top of the range glass. The panels are filled with Argon and coated and slightly tinted to reflect excess heat. We also took the patio doors off so the conservatory is open to the kitchen / diner so we get the best of all worlds. Very little heat loss (in fact the morning sun quickly heats up the house) and the place is a lot brighter and filled with natural light.
This may have been mentioned, but, if you opt full aluminium glazing bars then best if they are thermally broken between inside and outside to reduce condensation on the underside of the bars during winter.
Other option is a bit of both, timber glazing bars internally with aluminium capping bars outside, so you get pleasing warm timber internally and maintenence free aluminium externally.
Other option is a bit of both, timber glazing bars internally with aluminium capping bars outside, so you get pleasing warm timber internally and maintenence free aluminium externally.
Mt external ones have gone / are going black but internal is fine, I wanted to put a sealer on the external ones but the builder told me to just leave it weather.
Spaldingski
Are you replacing all the sides i.e in effect its a complete new conservatory .
Would have thought roofing company would have given advice about structure always a bad idea in my opinion to have two different suppliers- if things go wrong its typically other suppliers fault.
Having said that I used two suppliers( but roofer recommended by conservatory supplier and the guaranteed all the structure after completed and they has examined it. It was along time ago (1990's?) before roof insulation was taken into account(in my price range anyway). Got a UVPC double glazed white conservatory - circular posts at corners into which they put a steel support post with spreader plate on to dwarf wall and bracket at top hade a welded steel frame which to fix to wall and support brackets at corner. Roofer then constructed wooden roof -3 side at end) and the used welsh slate to finish with. Normal insulation boards to the underside. We pine clad it( in thing in those days) but could have been plastered. From outside just looked like a normal conservatory with slate roof. Will see if can grab a pic and post it.
Worked really well.
See pic 4 and 6 on this
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=63772838&sale=70332303&country=england
Would have thought roofing company would have given advice about structure always a bad idea in my opinion to have two different suppliers- if things go wrong its typically other suppliers fault.
Having said that I used two suppliers( but roofer recommended by conservatory supplier and the guaranteed all the structure after completed and they has examined it. It was along time ago (1990's?) before roof insulation was taken into account(in my price range anyway). Got a UVPC double glazed white conservatory - circular posts at corners into which they put a steel support post with spreader plate on to dwarf wall and bracket at top hade a welded steel frame which to fix to wall and support brackets at corner. Roofer then constructed wooden roof -3 side at end) and the used welsh slate to finish with. Normal insulation boards to the underside. We pine clad it( in thing in those days) but could have been plastered. From outside just looked like a normal conservatory with slate roof. Will see if can grab a pic and post it.
Worked really well.
See pic 4 and 6 on this
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=63772838&sale=70332303&country=england
Pondrew said:Oak should 'silver' when exposed to the elements. If it goes black it is mould which will rot it and is hazardous to health.
Yes mine are going silver - images above, just looks black when it rains
ronk said:
It is not in mine either, take a look at the pics, the frame is eternal but the interior (roof) is not exposed so still looks like oak
