conservatory

We are planning to build a conservatory extension adjacent to the neighbour's wall. We have some concerns about the way in which the waste pipe from the neighbours' first floor bathroom connects with ours into a shared pipe on our property, as well as how their extension has a rainwater pipe...

Hi We've got old wooden conservatory which is rotting away and needs to be replaced with pvc. Full replacement is quite expensive as expected but one guy said that they can just replaced sides, widows, doors etc and left whole wood roof construction. I have to mention that all roof beam and...

Hi I'm looking to transfer my conservatory to a proper room with a solid roof and new glazing frames. And want it to adhere to building regs so I can remove the French doors. It has electric sockets, a small radiator and electric underfloor heating under a tiled ceramic floor already so I'm...

Hi, Had an offer accepted on a house it’s a 3 bed end of terrace in Scotland, the home report was not available until after the short closing date. The report states high moisture readings in localised parts of the kitchen wall near to patio doors and a damp/timber specialists advice is sought...

Can anyone help please? For the last couple of months or so there has been a banging noise coming from our conservatory. It sounds like someone is throwing a lump of mud at the window! It's completely random and can happen at any time of day (usually 5 or 6 times a day). Its very puzzling and...

hello everyone It's been brought to my attention that the conservatory which was built between 1999 and 2000s with planning applications may not comply with today's building regulation due to the glass safe and building control may enforce it and this would cost me a fortune to replace all...

I have a two story house where the my gable end chimney and upper section of gable end wall need to be taken down and rebuilt due to structural problems. Attached to the gable end wall is a large conservatory. This is a windy site where ordinary netting, tarpaulins just get ripped in no time...

Hi, I'm in a bit of a pickle... we had our wooden conservatory replaced when we bought our house 5 years ago. It was built on top of a foundation wall which is built against the exterior wall of the house. The wooden frame was replaced with a plastic/PVC one, and we had a self cleaning glass...

Hi all, I wondered if anyone can help me. I recently bought a house which has a radiator in the conservatory. It's an old style conservatory so the temperature drops quickly. I have sectioned off the kitchen (as doors were removed) using a heavy curtain. The kitchen now retains heat...

Hi, I'm trying to find out if it is possible to lower my conservatory floor level as it is 50mm higher than the rest of the ground floor. Im not sure what the floor base is made of, its a solid black/grey material, asphalt or concrete maybe? How deep could this layer usually be and could I...

I have a conservatory with French doors but the slave door cannot be opened because the Concealed Operating Lever to open the slave door is broken / missing. I have tried locksmiths and windows repairers but they do not know what the part is in order to replace it. The conservatory was...

Need some urgent help, please! I am having a east facing conservatory built and am a bit confused about flooring. It's a large rectangular conservatory (3m by 9m) and has two manholes that the builder will raise up to floor level and we will need some sort of double sealed manhole cover that...

Im wondering whether I can just buy something like kingspan/celotex and fit between the aluminium rafters so its in direct contact with the poly sheets? Could this approach be the cause of moisture/damp/mold in pockets of air between the insulation and the poly sheets? If so, could this be...

Looking to have a solid roof put on our lean to conservatory which currently has a poly roof. Im considering all options, perhaps the cheapest of which being to have a timber deck constructed and covered in EPDM. But Ive also considered a tiled room system using aluminium joists and...

Hi guys, Hoping someone will be able to help with a seemingly simple issue... I've recently moved into a house which has a conservatory that's well into it's teens (13-15 I think) and the gutter has developed quite a few leaks. All of the leaks are at the corner joints where I assume the seal...

Hi All, hoping someone could advise...we have had a company install a brand new conservatory with a tinted blue self cleaning glass roof. we have noticed smear marks and finger print marks on some of the glasses, however they are inside the glass and not on the outside. The company mentioned...

The previous owners had a conservatory fitted & did not change the guttering. I'm now left with a 70mm pipe that runs through the conservatory. My plan is to terminate it above the conservatory roof & install new flashing. Reading Building Regs Part H states I'm okay to make this change but...

Hello, this is my first post. I had a conservatory built at the beginning of 2007, over 10 years ago. It was built 2 meters longer that what I had planning permission for. The question is this, after all this length of time would the local council still be able to take enforcement action or...

I need some advice on installing a glass conservatory roof. I am designing a glass roof which will be 4000 mm long and 4 mm thick and approx 700 mm wide. From some research it looks like I will have to join this roof together as a 4000 mm double glazed unit will be hard to buy and heavy to...

Hi There, Our property is only 3 years old so is classed a new build. (Wales - United Kingdom) We recently had a conservatory built on the back of our house and the Installers told us that planning was not needed due to its size.. "Which is correct" After the work was completed we then decided...