The question needs to be asked can you insulate successfully a PVC flimsy built uninsulated conservatory afterwards, or a garden greenhouse, or a room containing several glass-windows, or a 50 000 sq feet all steel sheeted warehouse building with several huge doors. The answer is: In theory you can, but in practice "You can’t" due to constant cold air entering the building from outside and being drawn into the structure from 101 often unseen different points. Please bear in mind all conservatories or brick built buildings such as houses ideally need to be insulated when it's erected and any after measures such as those proposed by Conservatory Roof Conservation firms are rarely successful, or "if the truth be known don't do any real good!". Sealing your conservatory doors, windows and any air-gaps found is the correct answer [insulating a PVC conservatory is like insulating a poythene bag full of holes so don't expect miracles to happen]
*Some good ideas and suggestions: With a conservatory you can paint the polycarbonate roof panels for £15.00, the cost for one tin of Acrylic Paint, this will reduce the glare and green house effect. For a very effective DIY insulation job you also can purchase 3-4 large rolls of self-stick-Lumar-foil-Insulation for approx £40.00 from B&Q, and put it up yourself. Another successful alternative is to buy self-stik Hessian cloth rolls from a wall paper shop and glue this onto the silver foil mentioned or self-stick to each [of many] conservatory roof under-panels. Some clients are asking about flies, spiders, ants, moths and small insects including bats going behind the conservatory roof voids and living their. Please look upon this as your contribution to creating a greener and better society and they do no real harm.
The three ideas mentioned above will insulate the CONSERVATORY ROOF only, the other 2/3rds of the building, meaning the conservatory walls and windows will still act as rapid heat loss conductors and the heat you save by insulating the conservatory roof will just as rapidly be able to escape through the conservatory windows, door gaps and uninsuated wall areas - being lost there just as quick as it once was through the former un-insulated roof. In practice people increase the heating and give the credit for the extra warmth to the insulation installed.
With regards to a firm insulating and boarding your conservatory for you, this appears at first glance to be a good idea but is spoilt for many consumers by the extortionate prices these firms want to fit modest amounts of poor value goods. DIY Thrift and Thrifting are the key-words here. Conservatory Roof underlining materials for an average size conservatory cost approx £150.00 to buy. So this suggests a fair installation price is between £500 / £650 to be installed for you. Yet some firms are asking £2000+ for an average size conservatory, whilst others are boldly asking £3500+ upwards, which is far too dear for the work performed. A fair price suggestion for working out the cost of of conservatory roof insulation prices is: Measure your conservatory floor area, Length x Width, convert this to square yards and multiply your answer by x £35 per sq yd of estimated conservatory roof area. So 12 sq yds of conservatory floor area equates to £420-00 worth of roof insulation, meaning insulated as per these four items; [1] the wood boarding, [2] the insulation, [3] the labour and [4] replastering. Some firms are now offering mini-wind-driven-air-vent cowls which are not needed, but if you do buy them please bear wind-driven air-vent cowls cost about £7-00 each and that's all they are worth, motorised air vents cost less than £20-00 today? To continue; 15 sq yards of conservatory floor area costs £525-00 for the roof, and 25 sq yards is approx £825-00, plus vat if you have hired a vat registered company.
My views are overcharging is a sin and needs to be outlawed, so should firms who hire commission only sales people who owe no loyalty to anyone and need your order to survive themselves. Some reps are allowed to overcharge clients and keep 50% of any such over-charges. This racket is rife in the conservatory and double-glazing manufacturing market also the car trade and is a fraud on all consumers.
*Some good ideas and suggestions: With a conservatory you can paint the polycarbonate roof panels for £15.00, the cost for one tin of Acrylic Paint, this will reduce the glare and green house effect. For a very effective DIY insulation job you also can purchase 3-4 large rolls of self-stick-Lumar-foil-Insulation for approx £40.00 from B&Q, and put it up yourself. Another successful alternative is to buy self-stik Hessian cloth rolls from a wall paper shop and glue this onto the silver foil mentioned or self-stick to each [of many] conservatory roof under-panels. Some clients are asking about flies, spiders, ants, moths and small insects including bats going behind the conservatory roof voids and living their. Please look upon this as your contribution to creating a greener and better society and they do no real harm.
The three ideas mentioned above will insulate the CONSERVATORY ROOF only, the other 2/3rds of the building, meaning the conservatory walls and windows will still act as rapid heat loss conductors and the heat you save by insulating the conservatory roof will just as rapidly be able to escape through the conservatory windows, door gaps and uninsuated wall areas - being lost there just as quick as it once was through the former un-insulated roof. In practice people increase the heating and give the credit for the extra warmth to the insulation installed.
With regards to a firm insulating and boarding your conservatory for you, this appears at first glance to be a good idea but is spoilt for many consumers by the extortionate prices these firms want to fit modest amounts of poor value goods. DIY Thrift and Thrifting are the key-words here. Conservatory Roof underlining materials for an average size conservatory cost approx £150.00 to buy. So this suggests a fair installation price is between £500 / £650 to be installed for you. Yet some firms are asking £2000+ for an average size conservatory, whilst others are boldly asking £3500+ upwards, which is far too dear for the work performed. A fair price suggestion for working out the cost of of conservatory roof insulation prices is: Measure your conservatory floor area, Length x Width, convert this to square yards and multiply your answer by x £35 per sq yd of estimated conservatory roof area. So 12 sq yds of conservatory floor area equates to £420-00 worth of roof insulation, meaning insulated as per these four items; [1] the wood boarding, [2] the insulation, [3] the labour and [4] replastering. Some firms are now offering mini-wind-driven-air-vent cowls which are not needed, but if you do buy them please bear wind-driven air-vent cowls cost about £7-00 each and that's all they are worth, motorised air vents cost less than £20-00 today? To continue; 15 sq yards of conservatory floor area costs £525-00 for the roof, and 25 sq yards is approx £825-00, plus vat if you have hired a vat registered company.
My views are overcharging is a sin and needs to be outlawed, so should firms who hire commission only sales people who owe no loyalty to anyone and need your order to survive themselves. Some reps are allowed to overcharge clients and keep 50% of any such over-charges. This racket is rife in the conservatory and double-glazing manufacturing market also the car trade and is a fraud on all consumers.
