Hogweed, if you have he windows open and get burgled, insurance wont pay up, small print says you can only have open window at night in room you are sleeping in! If you put "solid" ceiling you have to have planning permission, Planning Portal states, at least 50% of conservatory must be clear or opaque, otherwise its an extension, I know a few years ago, lots of companies were doing "solid", felt rooves, Geoff Howell, the expert builder chappie we used to have on TV building projects, before the lovelly Goerge Clarke, said they caused condensation between the roof and glass. The roof cost £8.000, Joyce, get a dehumidifier for winter, then no mould to clean, I use the water to water the plants, mine also has a washing drying facility to remove even more moisture from the air.Blimey, Hosta, 46d can you bare to sit in it, at that temp?Ours is our dining room, mind you we can of course, sit outside at eat dinner at the moment. Definitely not any good at the moment for plants, they are outside tucked in as much shade as I can find. It was already here, and houses, washing machine PC desk, nice "Kitchen Maid" cupboard, overflow from my little kitchen, it was 25 years old, so needed re-building, the foundations were already there of course, I do love it, so does everyone else who sees it, especially with its posh fancy new roof. First thing I do when I get up in the morning,chuck kettle on in kitchen, open doors and windows, but even if you get a breeze, you cannot sit on the PC here, I would pass out!
@Nanny Beach we never sit in it, ever. We had a suite of wicker furniture made for it in India and had it shipped back and we've never sat on it. We got fed up dusting them so they've all got dust sheets on them now. Its sole purpose is to heat the rest of the house,and to dry the laundry. Edit to say, that's 2 purposes. oops.
@glasgowdan - it was a serious question. I was wondering what happens if you put a ceiling into a conservatory. It's a good solution to the heat problem, and am interested how much light levels drop.
I don't know anything about conservatories and have never had one. I am wanting to put an extension on to my kitchen with a glass roof. Everyone I know who has done this complains of overheating and bugs getting trapped etc.
In a " I'm sitting very comfortably on the fence" kinda way. Different councils have different rules / flexibility of those rules. Our council are evil sods and made me apply for planning permission for a polytunnel; many class them as "temporary structures" for which planning isn't required. @glasgowdan, maybe a discreet " I'm thinking of ....... would that infringe any planning rules? " phone call to the council to sound them out. Worst case scenario, is you remove it before selling?? I can't see it being a big deal either way.
Exactly. A stud ceiling is cheap and isn't much more difficult to build and remove than a built in wardrobe. I'd get an extension signed off then get this done afterwards.
The planning Portal is central government, and yes, then different local authorities, add on different rules. I have always been a play by the rules sort of gal, if anyone else wants to differ, thats fine, as long as it doesnt affect me, (ie. I buy the property that breaks the rules and it falls down!!) Our last property we used the "permitted developement" which was then 10 metre by 10, put up a small conservatory, we firstly used as a dining room, later a utility room, at that point you were allowed to have any heating, unless it was portable, no rad built in, no plumbing of any sort, luckily we kept the certificates, giving permission, because buyers solicitors got sniffy.Yes, fire, I expect you would have the same problems as me, but if it was a kitchen, would be super hot, my kitchen is off the conservatory, north facing, but again bungalows, in the afternoon, evening at the moment the sun is full on in there, cooking evening meal, makes me want to pass out!
Mind you, it comes into its own in the winter with the tiniest bit of sun shining through the roof, its very comfortable, some years back we had a SOUTH facing one, wouldnt want to be in that now! The blinds can then be unclipped, not so a structured roof, or ceiling.
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We had a suite of wicker furniture made for it in India and had it shipped back and we've never sat on it. We got fed up dusting them so they've all got dust sheets on them now.
Its sole purpose is to heat the rest of the house,and to dry the laundry.
Edit to say, that's 2 purposes. oops.
Well the presence of a lightweight internal ceiling hasn't turned it into a chicken!
Our council are evil sods and made me apply for planning permission for a polytunnel; many class them as "temporary structures" for which planning isn't required.
@glasgowdan, maybe a discreet " I'm thinking of ....... would that infringe any planning rules? " phone call to the council to sound them out.
Worst case scenario, is you remove it before selling??
I can't see it being a big deal either way.