hi hope you are well and thanks in advance.
i have a little project i want to do - i want to make a lean-to down the side of our existing extension.
i want to put a washing machine and tumble dryer in it amongst other things and so it needs to be kept reasonably above freezing. i dont really want to heat it so it will need to be insulated. what i dont want to do is cut out all the light that comes in through the existing external door into the dining room (see pictures) - so i would like to make the whole roof clear if possible (but also reasonably well insualted). ive seen polycarbonate roof sheets to do this but dont know how good they are at actually keeping in the heat.
i could also put in a velux style roof window or two but that will be time consuming and expensive and want to avoid if possible - also im not amazingly competent at diy so i want to make it as easy as possible. if i can piolycarbonate the whole roof that would be much easier - much fewer changes of materials and junctions between materials.
im planning to put a wood frame on concrete footings or maybe just lintels and then insulate the floor. i can insulate the whole left hand side wall as it will have cupboards on it and wont be see through (hence the need for light from the roof).
im thinking to remove the gutter on the existing extension extension on the right hand side and run the new roof under it (it has flashing there already). i want to get the shallowest angle i can to avoid the door but also go under the black round boiler exit (and i will need to get some kind of plume management kit for it i realise) - see pic below.
any thoughts please either on the roof material or the general construction idea?[/img]
i have a little project i want to do - i want to make a lean-to down the side of our existing extension.
i want to put a washing machine and tumble dryer in it amongst other things and so it needs to be kept reasonably above freezing. i dont really want to heat it so it will need to be insulated. what i dont want to do is cut out all the light that comes in through the existing external door into the dining room (see pictures) - so i would like to make the whole roof clear if possible (but also reasonably well insualted). ive seen polycarbonate roof sheets to do this but dont know how good they are at actually keeping in the heat.
i could also put in a velux style roof window or two but that will be time consuming and expensive and want to avoid if possible - also im not amazingly competent at diy so i want to make it as easy as possible. if i can piolycarbonate the whole roof that would be much easier - much fewer changes of materials and junctions between materials.
im planning to put a wood frame on concrete footings or maybe just lintels and then insulate the floor. i can insulate the whole left hand side wall as it will have cupboards on it and wont be see through (hence the need for light from the roof).
im thinking to remove the gutter on the existing extension extension on the right hand side and run the new roof under it (it has flashing there already). i want to get the shallowest angle i can to avoid the door but also go under the black round boiler exit (and i will need to get some kind of plume management kit for it i realise) - see pic below.
any thoughts please either on the roof material or the general construction idea?[/img]