vallumlj

We have got someone coming round tonight to talk to us about having our conservatory build. We have looked at many places and he seems to be the right one for us.

We have decided on the gable style but not sure about the rest so if you have any advice it would be great.

What type of windows / doors should we look at?
Types of lights? I do like the led lights build into the roof.
We are going for a tinted blue glass roof.

Should i put a tv in there?

It is going to be 5m wide and 3m out with brick walls either side so glass just at the front and on the roof.

Thanks for the help

jonc

Sounds more like a garden room that a conservatory which is what we built. It it is of a timber frame construction with kingspan insulation, insulation plasterboard and rendered exterior walls on a 1m deep block foundation. Has a slated roof with 8 rectangular skylights, 4 on each side on a pitched roof. The front is wood framed glass panel doors. All the glazing is double glazed Pilkington K glass.

The timber frame allows for thinner walls than a brick wall which will give more interior floor area.

speedking

We had Pilkington K in our old house and thought that it gave a tint to the light (and hence the whole room) that we didn't like. For double glazing in our current property we specified non PK glass. Probably not an issue if you have a blue glass roof.

I would specify a couple of small openers in the windows so that you can get some ventilation without having to open a large window. Particularly useful in the winter.

Yes to a TV point.

Underfloor heating good for this type of room.

MMT WRX

We had a Daikin climate control unit installed in ours and it makes the room useable every day regardless of the weather/temperature outside. Ours is open straight on to the dining room so in the summer when its hot we can whack the chiller up and cool the whole of the downstairs. Another good thing we've found is the heat/cool is instant, no waiting for rads to warm up.
If its something you may consider, its worth doing before the build as power supply - ours runs straight from the fuse board - and condensate pipework route can be considered.
We don't have a TV in ours but I did run an aerial point in just in case.

yellowvanman

Blue glass significantly reduces the heat in and out, but it will still get fairly hot in the summer, so I would seriously consider either ventilation / fans or an AC unit.
Solid flank wall will mean is is out side the guidelines for percentage glass to the walls, but these are guidelines. We built one like like this recently, just confirmed with building control that they still considered it a conservatory.
At 3m extension, there will be no requirement for planning or building regs.
But there should still be an exterior door between the house and conservatory, else it will be deemed and extension and will then require building regulation approval.