Re: Insulating/Improving a conservatory and fully utilising the space
Hi Rena, from memory and as far as I understand it, a conservatory is classed as a temporary building and would not have had to meet any building regs when constructed, and therefore there is nothing that you could now do to it, in a legal sense, to increase the specification to turn it into habitable space.Re: Insulating/Improving a conservatory and fully utilising the space
Mmmmm..... I wondered if that might be the case Barry and thank you for your reply. We may just have to wait until the roof leaks or it falls down then. I have seen folks just carry on and take the doors away, but it must get cold in winter. I wonder what they do when they want to sell the house if they have nibbled the walls out as well.Re: Insulating/Improving a conservatory and fully utilising the space
I googled a bit and found this thread on a forum: http://www.avforums.com/forums/home-cinema-building-diy/1527272-advice-insulating-conservatory-winter-use.htmlRe: Insulating/Improving a conservatory and fully utilising the space
Thanks for the link Annie. By the sounds of it this is going to be more complicated than I thought, but I think we will get a price for a new roof in double glazed glass and then maybe go for some underfloor heating. For much of the year the conservatory is fine and we do use it quite a bit. At the moment the doors are open between the dining room and the conserrvatory and it is not cold at all, but I know that it will get colder as winter comes on. We also have a ceramic tiled floor which doesn't help keep things warm, so maybe heating the floor and putting down something like laminate or wood on top of it will make a diference. Trouble is it is still too good to pull down and start again. OH has suggested taking the doors out and then putting them back in winter, but I'm not sure if that would truly bring the two rooms together. Need to have a bit more of a think.Re: Insulating/Improving a conservatory and fully utilising the space
Rena, this could be a nightmare.Re: Insulating/Improving a conservatory and fully utilising the space
Thanks Antibrown. The conservatory is of brick and block cavity wall construction, so it would be easy to insulate the walls. It's the roof that is going to be the thing we need to get sorted and I didn't know you could get triple glazed roofs, so I will investigate that. We did get planning permission when it was built because we have a double garage and outbuildings to consider, so it maybe OK to remove the interconnecting doors as it is included in the total floor space of the house. Maybe we will do the roof and insulate the floor and walls. What I want is seamless flooring from the dining room into the conservatory and if we insulate it and put underfloor heating in it may just do the job. I think we we also get the people who built it back to see what they think. Thanks for your help.Re: Insulating/Improving a conservatory and fully utilising the space
Don't confuse planning permission with building regulations Rena, they are completely different.Re: Insulating/Improving a conservatory and fully utilising the space
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