Conservatory Roofs
Does anyone have ( or know someone who does) one of the new tiled roof replacements you can get for conservatories. We have been looking at them for a while now and have had far ranging prices from £5000 to £17,000.... We were sat in our's today but ended
up having to go back into the lounge due to a massive hailstorm, we couldn't hear ourselves think and we got back onto the subject of replacing ours. They do seem quite a new idea and for that reason ( and the varying prices ) we are a little reluctant to
take it further without knowing anyone who has had it done with success.
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If you can nail some board, battening down why not tile it yourselves. Check library for tiling/roofing instruction books. Should be a hell of lot cheaper, provided existing structure can take the weight!
never really considered DIY.....
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A neighbour recently had the roof of her conservatory replaced with a insulated
roof by this company. They made a neat job of it although it doesn't really match the rest of the house.David
PS, I have edited the discussion title to reflect the subject matter.
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They are a good idea, they have been fitting them in Ireland for years,a bit pricey though
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I know everyone's different but I like the sound of rain (when it has to) on my conservatory roof. It reminds me of being away in the motorhome.
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I had mine lined with insulation and tongue and groove board, it looks very tidy. I'd had quotes all over £10,000 for a replacement roof, this cost me £1200. A lot quieter, seems less cold in last week's chill. Hopefully not over warm in summer, although
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You don;t need planning permission to fit a tiled roof to a conservatory, provided that it remains substancially all glass in the side walls.
I've done my conservatory roof using these Small Planet lightweight tiles.
http://www.lightweighttiles.co.uk/
I constructed a timber frame, 100mm deep, to take 100mm Celotex insulation. Wall plate bolted to house wall, to take load off conservatory structure. Our conservatory is an aluminium framed one, so quite a bit stronger than the UVPC type.
Lightweight breathable felt and battens over the Celotex, then tiles as above, screwed into place. Made a world of difference, warmer and much quieter. I installed a Velux roof window at the same time.
I'd post a photograph, if it wasn't so bloomin difficult to do on this site.
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Thanks Richard that is really useful, do you find it is also a bit cooler in the Summer?Sounds exactly what we want to maximise use all year round.
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When we re-built our house three years ago, our builders installed an insulated roof on the conservatory in much the same way as Richard Pitman describes. 3x2 battens bolted to either side of the aluminium roof framework and then felted and tiled using
Marley composite tiles that look just like slate but without the weight. The inside of the roof - between the tiles and the plasterboard ceiling was then insulated using Rockwool and that 'space blanket' material and the room has been transformed. It's
now part of the house, rather than just being 'stuck on' and is cool in summer and warm in winter and no noise when it rains. I can't be certain as to cost because it was included in all the other works but I believe the builder allowed about £2000 for the
job. It really was very straighforward and was completed in a couple of days. Our Building Inspector arrived just after it had been completed - at a time in October when we had no heating (that was another part of the work) and immediately commented on how
the temperature of the house had improved dramatically.0 -
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Picture above says it all really. 45x95 treated C16 timber joists, sitting on top of existing aluminium joists, strong enough for me to walk on, although I did prop it from below, just in case.
Small roof light was replaced with a larger Velux, and proper guttering fitted at eaves.
Main reason for doing this was to reduce heat in summer. I'd already fitted an extra layer of opaque white polycarbonate sheeting, multichambered 50mm thick, internally, and this makes an acceptable ceiling, didn't bother with plaster boarding it.
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As I seem to got the hang again of posting pictures, here's the finished job. I secured the wooden joists to the aluminium frame using 150mm stainless self drilling screws from Screwfix. Entire job only cost a few hundred quid, these firms that charged 10K or more must be laughing all the way to the bank.
And the roof is now fully waterproof, used to leak in heavy rain and strong winds.
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Looks very smart. The downside is the reduction in light in the house though.
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Thanks Richard great pics just what we want to do....not expecting major lack of light CY our conservatory is 18ft X 10ft so plenty of light flooding in beyond the roof.
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Cheers Richard - we have a small 'lean to' conservatory on the back of the house using 2 external house walls. It has a polycarbonate roof and blindingly sunny/hot in summer - hence the need for a roof. Its only 2.5metres square and we've had quotes from
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I vote we get Richard to do all of ours
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