Conservatory Heating

Sorry, my bad.. what I meant was you dont always have to pay a building inspector to inspect things are being done according to regs.... we've only had that twice.... both times while building extensions to houses at the same time... one was tincy, and the other one was a mahoosive conservatory...

with regards to planning permission, weve taken to the safe option... write in to the council, with a drawing of planned conservatory along with an OS map asking if it requires planning permission... said reply is then kept for safe keeping if the crap hits the fan due to neighbours etc at a later date...

there are a few things you have to stick to while doing conservatories as you pointed out.. but dont always require a bloke to come along and look around, drink tea.. and then bugger off and send you a large bill to say he thinks its been built correctly... and send you a ceretificate saying such..
( I want that job! )
our building inspectors never really bothered with conservatories.. on both occasions, he was only interested that the bases were put in properly, drainage around it was sufficient etc.. pipes under the conservatory were bridged over.. much more concerned that the extensions were done correctly...

though we left the stickers on the glass until after he had done his inspections incase he wanted to gander at the glass type etc...

Im just the office boy... so ignore me

Some of it was wrong, I had a million things left to do when I posted that, and only 20 minutes to do it.. so didnt re-read for mistakes

Originally Posted by hovi5

i havent got a conservatory i have a porch with no heating

i have a ferarri with dodgy aircon

Originally Posted by valleyboy

there are a few things you have to stick to while doing conservatories as you pointed out.. but dont always require a bloke to come along and look around, drink tea.. and then bugger off and send you a large bill to say he thinks its been built correctly... and send you a ceretificate saying such..
( I want that job! )
our building inspectors never really bothered with conservatories.. on both occasions, he was only interested that the bases were put in properly, drainage around it was sufficient etc.. pipes under the conservatory were bridged over.. much more concerned that the extensions were done correctly...

though we left the stickers on the glass until after he had done his inspections incase he wanted to gander at the glass type etc...

Ok most people knock the ol BI but that is the sign of a bloody good one. Comes in does his biz and all you notice is that he drank the tea. Funny but true! - Just for info, there are pretty hefty penalties for the BI or correctly put BCS, if he don't do it properly.

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Tim makes a good point i think.

Also i would say out of your listed options underfloor if you have a tiled floor. Neer pleasant to cross from a warm carpet to a cold tile floor.

I could even give you an estimate for the underfloor heating we sell if you like to give you some idea of cost. Just let me know the sq mtrs of the floor space.

Spidey, you have PM!

Originally Posted by timwilky

neither


Go for a split air conditioning unit. The theory is that it should generate more heat than the equivalent power consumption. I know that breaks the conservation of energy rules. But that is what is claimed.

so cool in summer, warm in winter

Whats that then mate, never heard of it

Ta

or electric oil rads....

not a daft idea.. u will only need them 3 months of the year i guess?

cheaper than underfloor, cheaper than extending the heating system and easy to install... and you can get some every high out put ones now too..

i even use them in new builds when the cleint asks for a conservatory last minute.. (and there BIG conservatories )