conservatory

Hi, I realised I posted this in the wrong forum earlier- I apologise to anyone who’s ended up reading this twice. I wonder if anyone with knowledge of permitted development could offer some advice? I have recently bought a house and was hoping to build what I thought was a simple conservatory...

Hi, I wonder if anyone with knowledge of permitted development could offer some advice? I have recently bought a house and was hoping to build what I thought was a simple conservatory - I thought it would easily fall within PD but now I'm not so sure. The house is detached and has no current...

Hi everyone, I hope someone can help as I'm going around in circles We have an old Wickes upvc conservatory (part brick/glass), with polycarbonate roofing. It's about 9sqm. The conservatory is attached to the house, and the house patio doors have been temporarily taken off (and used for a...

Hey all, At the beginning of 2020 I moved into a new build property in Reading. It's generally spacious enough, but we've always thought that we could maybe do with just a little extra space - especially when family visit and stay for some weekends, etc. We're thinking a good option will be...

Hey, Looking for some welcome advice from people that have had similar issues. Conservatory is damaged, moving away from wall, cracks in brickwork and flooring. Its around 25-30yrs old and most likely on shallow footings. Damage was showing over 10yrs ago and has gradually increased over...

I'm looking at getting a garden room built in my back garden in a conservation area. PD states that in a conservation area: E.3 In the case of any land within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse which is article 2(3) land, development is not permitted by Class E if any part of the building...

Hello all, This piece of plastic on the threshold of a conservatory sliding door is damaged. Can anyone suggest a replacement (or terms to use in searching)? I'm hoping it's not specific to this doorframe... Thanks for reading.

Hi, Our conservatory is leaking and its proving a challenge to figure out where its coming from. Where the external wall meets the conservatory there is an aluminum drainage channel. It seems to have a join there which I believe is where the leak is happening so I want to fix this first. I'm...

Good evening, I have a leaking window in a conservatory, it appears to be leaking out of the bottom left of the frame. I checked and there are no drainage or weep holes I think this is correct for non opening windows. I checked another non leaking frame and it also did not have any weep holes...

Hi all, We are going to replace our polycarbonate conservatory roof with a timber construction for all the typical reasons that people change them. What we understand from the various companies we have spoken to along with the research that we’ve done independently is that once the...

Water is getting into our conservatory and has ruined part of our windowsill. The water pools in one corner. Somebody advised me to apply CT1 to seal the gap between our conservatory windows and the sill on the outside to stop the leak. It didn’t work, and now somebody else has said that I...

Hi, we want to replace our old and dilapidated lean-to with a new consevatory. The existing lean to has our washing machine plumbed in - plumbing has been there since before we moved in. I'm now learning that that isn't okay in the eyes of building regs. So, I understand that if we build a new...

Hi. I have a lean to conservatory at the house I moved into in May. There have been two leaks in heavy rain since then. Nothing major but I need it fixed. There is no lead flashing and the only barrier to the elements is the grey stuff that the so called 'roofer' (previous owner) seems to have...

Hi all, I wonder if you might know the answer to a question I have. We are having a replacement conservatory built and wish to move the kitchen from its current position to inside it. The sink will be located on the far side of the conservatory and the waste pipe would run from that to the...

We bought the house 3 months ago.I only noticed the crack today. Had a home buyers report from a surveyor, nothing mentioned in regards to any issues with the conservatory. Not sure who I should approach on this? Contact the surveyor? Home insurance? Next door neighbour has a conifer tree...

Hi, I'd appreciate anyone's thoughts or suggestions or recomendations. I have a crappy old conservatory that needs something doing. Also it's too hot, so my thinking is to convert it into a garden / sun room. It's currently a lean-to with the left side wall being the garage wall, so the front...

After few season on not be able to use the conservatory as too cold on winter and too warm on summer. I`m now exploring the idea of converting the roof into a solid one but not sure what can be done without stripping everything down. This is a Victorian conservatory 3x3mm around 20 years old...

Hi. A few years a go I purchased window blinds using the perfect fit mechanism where they 'slot' in behind the rubber seal in UPVC windows. They've been in for nearly 5 years now but the seals in a few of the windows have stretched or something and the blinds are not flush to the top of the...

Have family members currently putting up a conservatory for me. Last week I noticed the boiler flue inside the conservatory. When I queried it, they told me they were putting attachments on so it comes out of the side.... I have queried 2 gas engineers who haven't been very helpful. Just...

Hello I am having difficulty getting the correct answer. I've had 2 different builders telling me completely different answers. I am looking a build a conservatory/ garden room joined to the back of my house. There is already a 3m longe by 2m wide concrete slab. This is approximately 300mm...