Hi there
My wife and I are looking to add an extra room to the rear of our house. We're torn between a single-storey extension, with tiled roof, velux windows and bi-fold doors onto the patio; or a glass conservatory with bi-fold doors etc.
We live in the South-East of England and have a South-West facing garden: it can get very hot at the back of our house in the summer. Despite the claims of the salesman from Everest, I just can't help but feel that a conservatory would become a greenhouse, even with 'solar-control' glass: does this stuff make that much of a difference? Glare would be an issue too, wouldn't it? We want it to be very much a room we can use all year round as we need the extra space (children!).
I suspect a 'proper' extension would be more expensive, but don't know whether the difference is worth saving up for? We're not averse to blinds in a conservatory, but I see they can be expensive too (perhaps making up the difference between extension and conservatory?) and not sure if they will make that much difference either?
FYI - the room would be approx 3.7m x 3.1m with a wall on one side (as it adjoins a fence), dwarf wall and windows at end (as it meets a retaining wall) and bi-dold doors on the other side.
Many thanks for any help.
My wife and I are looking to add an extra room to the rear of our house. We're torn between a single-storey extension, with tiled roof, velux windows and bi-fold doors onto the patio; or a glass conservatory with bi-fold doors etc.
We live in the South-East of England and have a South-West facing garden: it can get very hot at the back of our house in the summer. Despite the claims of the salesman from Everest, I just can't help but feel that a conservatory would become a greenhouse, even with 'solar-control' glass: does this stuff make that much of a difference? Glare would be an issue too, wouldn't it? We want it to be very much a room we can use all year round as we need the extra space (children!).
I suspect a 'proper' extension would be more expensive, but don't know whether the difference is worth saving up for? We're not averse to blinds in a conservatory, but I see they can be expensive too (perhaps making up the difference between extension and conservatory?) and not sure if they will make that much difference either?
FYI - the room would be approx 3.7m x 3.1m with a wall on one side (as it adjoins a fence), dwarf wall and windows at end (as it meets a retaining wall) and bi-dold doors on the other side.
Many thanks for any help.