Buying a conservatory, all sorts of conservatories windows uk styles, online quotes, Victorian, Edwardian. Where to start? - OK, here goes: This double glazed conservatory is one of the most fancy designs, and is called a 'P' shape: How much would a Fab. conservatory model like this cost, all done including building work: £25,000? - £20,000? - £15,000? - £10,000? - under £10,000? Fully finished conservatory - DIY installed 'P' shape like this, and just for fun, guess the price. Professional lead flashing of a double glazed conservatory roof, easy when you know how. Use an angle grinder to take out the mortar as shown. Start at the top, and trim the lead down to the next course by cutting out the triangle shape, one at a time. Use a 'blunt instrument' to force the lead into the groove. Rolled up pieces of lead off cuts are used as wedges to hold the lead in place. Then re-point, job done! I cannot emphasise just how important it is to get the ground and building work right. Get this wrong, and so many do, and you have inherent problems that will never go away. Note the damp proof course, which should be a minimum of one course above ground, two courses if possible. If air bricks in the house wall would be covered over then these should be tubed out to new air bricks in the conservatory wall. This is a really GOOD example of an excellent soakaway design which I recommend is taken up by all professionals, and ASAP. Inside information suggests that new Building Regs. for Conservatories soon will require that rainwater displaced from conservatory roofs should not no longer be diverted into main drains, but should be dealt with by soakaways. This is because it has been the experience of the water authorities that main drainage on most new build estates, as well as existing older drain systems are unable to cope. Just remember, you heard it here first! Conservatories means no hosepipe ban anymore? Next Read about conservatories and planning permission It's very important to make certain that you carefully choose right roofing: Polycarbonate roof sheeting types. A new double glazed Conservatory is the latest 'must have', right? This is a scan of an original 1956 magazine cover, and if I am not mistaken I recognise the faces as my friends Barry and Tina D from when they first started up in the Conservatory game! (Joke). Nothing much changes really does it. Home improvement took off in a big way after the war, and this mag. was a pioneer of D.I.Y. Only now do we have the affluence and disposable income to realise our aspirations and have the job done for us with modern materials and know-how, and without having to try and do it on a shoestring as was the case in this 45 year old photo. My friends Barry and Tina D are into conservatories with their business on the internet in a big way and they have just brought out this brochure in 2003. FREE 'Your guide to buying a conservatory' posted to you, click here. Polycarbonate roof sheeting, online source for supply only, then click BIG Stuff, then Roofing. I used to think quite highly of Ultraframe (conservatory roofs) but I have just had papers issued to me as notification that they have made a 'challenge' action against me with the World Intellectual Property Organisation wanting my ownership of a certain conservatory domain name cancelled, without even a phone call or email as a courtesy in advance. Sour grapes if you ask me. I thought it a little odd when recently their rep. called at my home with a package of promotional stuff and free samples for me. If you think you might fancy a go at D.I.Y. for your own conservatory, have a browse at this: Do It Yourself Conservatory - Save between 50% - 70 % of what you might pay a fitting company. Pictures of my own recently finished conservatory News: Proposals that could bring an end to poorly built double glazed Conservatories may soon come about if they lose their present exemption from Building Regulations. The Government has now published a consultation paper on this called: The consultation package "The Building Act 1984. The Building Regulations 2000. Proposal for amending Schedule 2 - Class VII - Exempt buildings and work, with reference to conservatories, porches, covered ways, covered yards and carports" was issued on 21 December 2001. Responses are requested by 29 March 2002. Read all about it: http://www.safety.dtlr.gov.uk/bregs/consult/sched2/03.htm Last time I checked their website seems to be not working at the moment for some reason, try again another time. Step by step (downloadable PDF) construction guide (It may take a minute or two to download - and you need to have Adobe Acrobat reader installed)

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