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The sun sail is a great idea and we will give it a go plus those UV window films. I think that winter use will always be unrealistic but protecting our belongings from UV damage is already a massive advance.

I'd be happy if we can use the room for a few hours per day and have none of our belongings UV damaged. I agree that conservatories are a waste of money. We will in future be looking at an extension but just can't afford it right now.

Thank you. We do like the idea of the sail. The conservatory itself is actually wood so we will be able to fix hocks to it. I think we will give the sail and potentially one of those UV films a go.

Gosh, that's crazy. I honestly wonder why anyone would install a conservatory nowadays. Thank you for your reply

Roof lantern? As in convert the roof into a proper roof? Read that a proper roof is around £7k

Would you not even bother with all these films you can buy? The UV damage of our belongings is also quite considerable.

Yes I guess we will have to concentrate on Spring and Autumn. Only problem we still have is the UV damage

We will but it's a project in the future - need the pennies for it first. Honestly, I don't understand why anyone bothers building conservatories

Haha...those were there from the previous owners

Haha...those were there from the previous owners

Hello, After having used our conservatory for storage only, we would like to convert it to a play room. As per usual, it's either too hot (UV damage is crazy) or too cold. Replacing the roof is outside of our budget this year so we were wondering whether somebody had success with blinds/foils...

Yes, I should have mentioned that this soil analysis team or whatever they are did in fact check the foundations. 1.2m in the extension. We honestly thought the builders of the extension were cowboys but all investigations come back clear - except the wet soil in one part of the house.

Thank you but I doubt we'd have any chances there. We, for a long time thought they were settling cracks that appeared in the past 2-3 years - well, builders agreed with us back then. It then became more obvious with doors and windows jamming and funky cracks. We also had a structural survey...

Yes - foundations are 1.2m. We were convinced that the builders must have been cowboys but every investigation comes back absolutely fine. Drains dude said it looks like they were laid yesterday...

Thank you for the reply. They are monitoring it and have done lots of investigations. Nothing obvious other than wet soil under foundation in one area of the house. Why is underpinning not a good idea?

Hello, We have bought a house in 2020 which has an extension from 2008. After noticing more and more cracks in the extension, we engaged our insurance. They have gone to monitor cracks and foundation. They have also conducted a drains survey (fine) and a soil survey (one area definitely far...

Update-we will have sockets and light switches at a "normal" height :-)

Thank you all very much! We are now drafting an email.We will argue that, if he doesn't agree, we will take the (nonexistent) risk in case that there is ever an inspection (we are not extending so no council etc involved). FYI...today is the first day of a 10week total refurb....already fed up

Hi, I am sorry if this has been asked a lot of times but I am in a terrible rush as works have started this morning. This morning our electrician (complete rewire and new consumer units of 1930s house) told us that all sockets need to be 45cm above ground and light switches no higher than...

Thank you very much for that! Just reading this list is exhausting ;-)