Advice on conservatory into room or not so!

Afternoon all!!

Currently have conservatory as shown below (never used as too hot or too cold) and next to it is a utility room with flat felt roof.

I ideally want to make the conservatory into a proper room ideally with internal door leading into it which will be expensive but if needs be I'll do it properly but I will probably end need to nock it all down and re do footings etc. Its a strange set up as it steps out from the house I presume to make it a more usable size.

As you can see it on pic who ever did the build before I bought the house went one the bloody drain which isnt great at all!! Still works and drains okay but I'm sure its not allowed!

If I dont go down the full route is it even possible to make the space more usable and warm.
I want a continuous flat roof over utility room and conservatory and maybe a sky latern in the roof of the conservatory.
I was wondering if it's even possible to put a full flat roof and sky latern as it currently stands or will it be to heavy? If so could I brick up some parts of the conservatory walls higher to act like pillars to support the new roof (similar to last pic I uploaded)? I will have to get the drains sorted also as that's a no no!

Any advice in this mix match set up!

Cheers

Another think i was thinking of trying to brick some of it up and just add large windows rather than ring all glass but not sure on depth of current footings etc and wether I need building control for that? Then I should support a flat roof?

Or

Can you timber frame it all from the dwarf walls up and add windows in? Then stick a full roof on?

Cheers

I replaced my lean-to conservatory with polycarb roof a year or so ago, using lightweight tiles and two velux windows. Building control were involved but didnt actually ask about the existing footings.

darreng1983 said:

I replaced my lean-to conservatory with polycarb roof a year or so ago, using lightweight tiles and two velux windows. Building control were involved but didnt actually ask about the existing footings.

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Thanks, I have looked at them and they looks very good, I probably would go down that route is it was stand alone and didn't want to match the height of the utility room next to it. May need to get someone round to take a look to see if there is a way to support a flat roof as I presume they are quite heavy compared to them lightweight tiles

sean oc said:

Another think i was thinking of trying to brick some of it up and just add large windows rather than ring all glass but not sure on depth of current footings etc and wether I need building control for that? Then I should support a flat roof?

Or

Can you timber frame it all from the dwarf walls up and add windows in? Then stick a full roof on?

Cheers

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what you are proposing is all quite straightforward.

if you take out the upvc conservatory framework, you could build new with timber frame quite easily. Externally it could have rendaboard which is then rendered and painted.

to do a proper job it would need a full roof across both rooms -and yes you can add a lantern or veluxes

it all depends on how far you want to go
are you DIYing or getting somebody in?

to do correctly it needs building regs, for both heat loss and for structural. Note that the walls would need to be strong enough for both load and lateral stability.

Notch7 said:

what you are proposing is all quite straightforward.

if you take out the upvc conservatory framework, you could build new with timber frame quite easily. Externally it could have rendaboard which is then rendered and painted.

to do a proper job it would need a full roof across both rooms -and yes you can add a lantern or veluxes

it all depends on how far you want to go
are you DIYing or getting somebody in?

to do correctly it needs building regs, for both heat loss and for structural. Note that the walls would need to be strong enough for both load and lateral stability.

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Thanks for the info,

Ill be getting someone in to do the work, If was to nock it down and do it as a proper extension i estimated to be around 10-15k so exploring other options like the framing it up and fitting a full flat roof. The rendaboard sounds like a good idea to match it all.

Cheers

Not sure what do about the drain, but I will speak with a builder over that see if it can be moved! god knows why they didn't sort it before building the dwarf wall!