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Conservatory knock though

Patricia Slocombe

last year

Has anyone knocked though into their conservartoy

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enembee
last year
I'm looking at getting a conservatory - and then knocking an opening through to it... something like the link below but with the exterior materials of the house preserved as part of the opening. https://www.aliceinscandiland.com/blog/2017/03/12/how-to-extend-your-home-with-style-for-less-than-you-might-think

Sorry i can't help but i'm interested in the discussion.
User
last year
Did this in a previous house, but then the room felt cold in winter so make sure you have sufficient heating.
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Daisy England
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As Sarah L says heat depreviation is a major factor. You might also want to take into account fire hazard. We regularly add fire doors to such an opening because customers are too cold and to conform to regulations.
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Kay Moden
last year
They typically can't take the building regs of an extension. When doing an extension it's crucial to have a good ratio of glass to insulation envelope (roof, walls, floors). It's very important to check with building control first but usually you have to do some uprades to the envelope, if not renew the extension entirely.
twamleyk
last year
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We knocked down the wall between our kitchen and conservatory in our previous house - see photo below. It worked really well and opened up the kitchen, and yes we got building regs approval. Heating wasn't much of an issue, but one side of the conservatory was an insulated wall and the other had part walls, as you can see. I wouldn't do it with one which is glass all around, as probably it would tip into too cold.
minnie101
last year
My mum did, again it needed building regs sign off. She’d installed the conservatory when moving in and it had UFH electric heating. When removing the doors years later to open up kitchen, dining and living space (conservatory) she also installed an electric wall radiator. Hers faces west, it definitely is not worse during the summer than our previous south facing kitchen and lounge! You can also consider blinds for heat gain/loss

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