Case Studies

Conservatory Case Study

Davinia is a personal coach and trainer based in Ruislip, who works from home most of the time.

When Davinia moved into her house, she inherited a very old and tired lean to conservatory which was situated at the back of her house. The conservatory encapsulated a kitchen and a small lounge for which she used as a gym for her private clients.

Davinia wanted her clients to get the best from their workout’s and opted to upgrade her conservatory from the lean to, to an Ultraframe Georgian Conservatory with bi-folding doors.

Over the kitchen, a spacious Ultraframe Orangery was also built, the result- an Ultraframe upgraded build with added light and space.

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Case Study 1

“We moved into our bungalow last summer which had a timber conservatory circa 1990. The roof was poly carbonate.

We have never owned a conservatory or lived in a house that has ever had one. We were surprised how much time we spent in the conservatory. The reason we more or less lived in there was because it was large, bright and airy. But it did make the adjacent room dark and when the sun shone it was incredibly hot and if it rained you couldn't hear yourself think!

And so we decided to replace what was there but changed the parameters. We decided to replace the conservatory with a PVCu frames and a glass pitched roof. At the same time we removed the living room window and replaced it with French Doors. We also decided to push out further by an extra 600 mm. Bi-Fold doors would have been nice but the cost was exorbitant so we had to settle on wide French Doors.

We use the conservatory as a dining area and sun lounge. The French doors between the conservatory and the lounge are wide open letting light flood in, until such times as my wife wants to close herself in the lounge in the evening.

As yet I haven't taken any photos of the completely finished job because the garden is being landscaped with a patio area.”

Mr & Mrs Gifford, Burnham on Sea

 
 

Case study 2

I had a conservatory built some twelve years ago - wood - which proved to be a terrible mistake as it was high maintenance so 'bit the bullet' and decided to replace it - just retaining the brick base so it is the same footprint but actually feels and looks bigger.

I am enjoying the replacement conservatory very much and am very impressed. A work of art as it all went together so easily and looks so good - not one leak despite all the rain we have had here since it was erected!!

Congratulations on your product.

Beryl Rowley

 

Case Study 3

My wife and I bought our home last Christmas and inherited a lean to conservatory (17 feet x 7 ) across the back of our lounge which we believed was about 8-10 years old . Regretfully it leaked badly and due to its location reduced the light into our lounge drastically.

After the demolition of the old conservatory, the base was used to provide the foundation to our new patio which the attached photos show giving us another feature of improvement !

Our new conservatory ( 16 feet X 10 ) projecting out from the left hand side of our lounge via the double glazed door gives us so many benefits providing both a dinning area and additional living area which we greatly enjoy .

With the added bonus of more light into our lounge we are delighted with the finish and quality of the improvement to our daily lives.    

Bob Bell

Case Study 4

We inherited our conservatory with the house seven years ago and it rapidly became our main daytime room throughout the year. Over time the polycarbonate roof collected large numbers of flies inside it and the material began to darken making it very gloomy in the lounge, which allowed access to the conservatory. Additionally, after some years we began to notice condensation in some of the sealed units in the side frames. About two years ago we had one unit replaced followed by a second some months later.

At around the same time I noticed that a hole had appeared in the top of one roof panel although it wasn’t leaking. I patched it, short term, with gaffer tape and we began looking at options for repairs.

We obtained two quotes which didn’t proceed for one reason or another and eventually asked a local company to have a look with a view to replacing the roof and, if possible, increasing the light to the lounge. They noticed the condensation in the sealed units and suggested that the cost of replacing the structure on the existing base would not be far different to doing the roof and side panels separately. The existing structure tended to get very hot as ventilation was limited to two top openers on one side and a sliding door on the opposite side. They recommended “Ultraframe” for the roof as a solution to both heat and light problems.

The quotes we were given covered a) roof only in polycarbonate or glass, b) glass to ground sides, c) brick and glass sides. All using the existing base and tiled floor. Our decision was to go for the glass roof and glass to ground sides with ventilation on all panels and double opening doors on the front rather than a door at the side.

So far the new conservatory has met our expectations; we have more light in the lounge, it is cooler and easier to ventilate and appears to be much larger even though it is exactly the same base.

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