Are new conservatories cold?

con1_uk · 29 Oct 2013

Hello, we are looking at having a conservatory/Orangery built at the back of our house (East facing) it will have an L shaped brick wall, new style windows and a glass roof, are these new type conservatories cold in winter or are they a lot better now?

Heard a few stories about them being too hot in summer and too cold in winter but I know the technology has moved on, I want to be able to use it as another loving room all year round.

Question 2 would be what is the best type of heating that you are allowed in them please?

Thanks for reading folks

freddiemercurystwin · 29 Oct 2013

If you want to use it all year round build an extension.

con1_uk · 29 Oct 2013

Really, are they that cold in winter?

What is the difference between a conservatory and an extension? Is it the amount of glass? Our plans are 1 full brick wall, a window wall and a patio door apart from the roof there wouldn't be much less glass in an extension

noseall · 30 Oct 2013

Concur with Fred.

They are still too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter.

Build an extension.

topper harley · 30 Oct 2013

"I want to be able to use it as another loving room"

........dont we all !

geraldthehamster · 30 Oct 2013

con1_uk said:
What is the difference between a conservatory and an extension? Is it the amount of glass?

Shriek!

Cheers
Richard

foxhole · 30 Oct 2013

With relax in planning laws you can now often have roof and some walls other than pvc/glass option.

freddiemercurystwin · 30 Oct 2013

Area of glass is now irrelevant. Whether the external door is retained or not is more the determining factor.

JohnD · 30 Oct 2013

A conservatory does not have to meet the standards for heat insulation that a house does. With a lot of glass and plastic it will lose heat far far faster than a house, which has maybe 250mm of insulation in the loft, and proper brick wals maybe with 75mm of cavity insulation.

If you open it up to the house, it will still lose heat just as fast, but it will make your house cold and/or put up the house heating bill.

Adrian80 · 30 Oct 2013

Build an extension, with big windows and french doors, If you want to go mad get a couple of veluxs for the roof.

the roof has 150mm cellotex, double skin brick with 50mm cellotex, and wasnt that cold last winter without any heating.

Still havent finished it yet.

s60tsy · 30 Oct 2013

if you open up into the house or put a rad in i think it needs planning etc. anyway, orangeries look nice with a flat roof and a 'pod' glass roof. conservatories are just not the best for insulation etc. no matter what the nice salesman tells you

geraldthehamster · 31 Oct 2013

s60tsy said:
if you open up into the house or put a rad in i think it needs planning etc. anyway, orangeries look nice with a flat roof and a 'pod' glass roof. conservatories are just not the best for insulation etc. no matter what the nice salesman tells you

If it's not thermally separated from the house, or shares the house's heating system, it needs building regulations approval. Whether it needs planning depends on its size and other factors.

Cheers
Richard

Perry525 · 4 Nov 2013

As written above... once the sun comes out the temperature gets into the high 50's and its too hot. The only way you can beat this is with external shade. Inner blinds just don't work.

For the rest of the year under floor heating is perfect. With a low temperature warm floor it is just so perfect.

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