Conservatory project (few pics)

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I used to have my computer stuff in the box room upstairs nice and cosy..

We are know expecting a child together, so I had to vacate the room to make it into a nursery. The only other viable room we had was the conservatory, but as they go, to hot in summer to cold in winter.

But I had a plan and here it is in pictures.

This is it prior.







Started by attaching wood to the sides and adding foil insulation on the ceiling.



Then added the pvc cladding to act as a ceiling



Installed LED spotlights into the ceiling. Removed the wall lights



The end result.





Nice and warm and shouldn't be to hot in the summer.
 
technically it no longer meets the definition of a conservatory so may require pp - although would be a very fussy planning office to actually call it! Comment was tongue in cheek...
Have you vented the roof at the ridge? looks like you've left a gap from the glass to the insulation, that's the bit that might need venting....
 
Tempted to do this to my conservatory depending on what happens at mine, it obviously has the hot/cold issue that you had.

What have you done about the appearance of the roof from the outside? :)
 
The roof has been left as is, so from the outside it still looks like a conservatory
 
What i mean is, through the roof glass have you done anything so that you dont see a mess of foil insulation?

I was thinking perhaps the glass should be boarded or something from the inside to make it look neat? :)
 
the_r_sole said:
technically it no longer meets the definition of a conservatory so may require pp - although would be a very fussy planning office to actually call it! Comment was tongue in cheek...
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Fussy? I'm not so sure. I'm no expert but if that was allowed that would be a massive loophole; build a conservatory under permitted development or whatever and then just change it post-build.

Nobody would spot it other than neighbours but it may cause an issue when selling. You may even have to pay more council tax as you've added an additional permanent room?
 
Isn't there a 4-year rule under planning permission which means they can't take any enforcement action? Unless they get a tip-off, you'll easily see that through, and can then get it signed off if you have to (for selling)

Oh, and nice job there OP. Conservatories are total **** due to the hot/cold issue, but hopefully you've solved it with the modifications.
 
Jez said:
What i mean is, through the roof glass have you done anything so that you dont see a mess of foil insulation?

I was thinking perhaps the glass should be boarded or something from the inside to make it look neat? :)
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No m8, I left it as is, it doesn't look to bad looking from outside
 
Russinating said:
Fussy? I'm not so sure. I'm no expert but if that was allowed that would be a massive loophole; build a conservatory under permitted development or whatever and then just change it post-build.

Nobody would spot it other than neighbours but it may cause an issue when selling. You may even have to pay more council tax as you've added an additional permanent room?
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well, you are right, but the changes are easily reversed in this case and it's clear that the work has been done after the conservatory was built, if they did serve an enforcement notice the op can easily undo the work or apply for retrospective permission (the major issue with that is that building regs would never sign it off as an extension but that's a different kettle of fish)
 
Russinating said:
Fussy? I'm not so sure. I'm no expert but if that was allowed that would be a massive loophole; build a conservatory under permitted development or whatever and then just change it post-build.

Nobody would spot it other than neighbours but it may cause an issue when selling. You may even have to pay more council tax as you've added an additional permanent room?
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Easy to dismantle, if we ever decided to sell, and council tax is based on house value not rooms in a house
 
mattyg said:
Surely under permitted he could have knocked it down and rebuilt in brick with a slate roof
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yup, as long as the property benefits from pd rights and the conservatory form meets all the other requirements for pd... Also would have to meet current regs too which would be a lot more expensive
 
It looks like a good job, but I wouldn't be surprised if planning permission would be required for the change of use.

Do conservatories need planning permission? If not, then you've just changed a conservatory to an extension, so it could be an issue.

Also, is anyone going to get dazzled by the foil surfaces?

Rgds
 
How sturdy is the existing conservatory? It appears to be an off the shelf, CR Smith type affair and I would have thought that would be a bit flimsy to slap all that timber against it. I'd be concerned with the whole lot collapsing on my head working at the computer :eek:
 
Derek W said:
How sturdy is the existing conservatory? It appears to be an off the shelf, CR Smith type affair and I would have thought that would be a bit flimsy to slap all that timber against it. I'd be concerned with the whole lot collapsing on my head working at the computer :eek:
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Not that sturdy, moves about when the wind picks up, least a cool breeze in the summer
 
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