Lean-to / Conservatory

[Tan]

Hi

Yet another house question.

The lean to on our house has a plastic roof which lets out all the heat, does anyone know if these roofs can be replace with glass panels?

Regards

Tan

 

[Benzowner]

Is the roof corrugated or flatish? You could replace the plastic with tripple wall plastic roofing sheet, easy to cut and a lot cheaper than glass.

 

[grasmere]

I would guess its a weight and safety issue - why not also look into replacing with plastic heat retention panels - I think they are like double glazed or something - someone on here will know . . .

oops like Geoff

 

[PJH]

Our 'lean-to' has an Ultralite 500 roof.
This is a plastic double box section design.
You will loose a lot of heat through the windows as well unless they are the coated heat reflecting type of glass. Pilkington K glass

 

[Howard]

Tan,

Part of the refurb of my pals restaurant, involves replacing a canvas roof approximately 25m x 7m with triple walled frosted polycarbonate...

Its lightweight , cheapish, easy to work with , and cut and really does help keep the heat in ... strong too ....

I would go down this route, glass will be too heavy probably without re-inforcement.

 

[Tan]

We had a builder come over yesterday and he said that he would remove the existing roof, raise the ceiling height and replace it with a regular roof.