Insulating the igloo... (conservatory)

[Cue]

Somehow the idea of adding some extra storage units in the conservatory has turned into a full refurb. And the first thing I want to tackle is the roof.

Has anyone done the following, or knows someone who has?

There’s a DIY method for insulating a conservatory roof that involves attaching wooden batten to the beams, then applying a layer insulating material such as SuperQuilt, then more battens followed by plasterboard or more likely UPVC cladding as it’s lighter.

Some reading up tells me that this can be quite effective, and frankly I have better things to spend £5k on that paying someone a crazy amount of money to replace a roof with glass or some patented overpriced roofing “system”.

I’m aware of the potential issues such as condensation (resolved by venting the new cavity) or being too heavy for the roof (hence using cladding instead of plastering it) but am curious to see if anyone has done it for themselves around here

Anyone?

 

[Tilly]

 

[Martin]

Hi I've just come across this feed. I work for a local plastics company in the town and we offer a warm roof solution and I can suggest some reputable installers. If its something you wise to speak to me about please message me. I've put a YouTube video of it below for you to have a look at

 

[Cue]

Hi I've just come across this feed. I work for a local plastics company in the town and we offer a warm roof solution and I can suggest some reputable installers. If its something you wise to speak to me about please message me. I've put a YouTube video of it below for you to have a look at

Honestly we’re mostly looking to do something cheap and somewhat effective, that looks like it would probably be a touch over our unwritten budget I imagine? If I had the cash I’d just tear the damn thing down and build a proper extension plus extend our kitchen too, but that’s remortgage and equity release realm which isn’t going to be for a while

 

[BobClay]

Did mine a couple of years ago. A mate with roofing experience helped me out and we did it ourselves in two days. I bought the plastic tile things as a set, with the foldover side tiles, all the screws and other odds and ends all delivered on a pallet. I think it was about £600, can't remember the exact price. About £50 for the woodfibre treated sheets and just a few quid for the battens. Laid down a base of the woodfibre treated sheets. Then attached the battens and then the tiles were screwed into place on those. The tiles can been seen stacked in pix three, and are very light.
Withstood the beast from the east last year and many other severe gales since and the main advantage is the conservatory doesn't get super hot (it's east facing) anymore, whereas previously it topped 40C on really hot sunny days. Last summer was good here and the room was a vast improvement. I don't think I could have done it myself prior to this, my mate (in the picture) did all the technical 'roofy' bits. I was just the labourer.

 

[BobClay]

This is a current sideview so you can see how the tiles foldover the sides, and how it's weathered over two years.

 

[Cue]

This is a current sideview so you can see how the tiles foldover the sides, and how it's weathered over two years.

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Not bad! And clearly isn’t terribly damp inside as you appear to be keeping a myriad of PCs in there

How is it in the winter? Livable? One of the reasons I want to do this is so that we can buy a shiny new fridge freezer and it doesn’t die on us due to the ambient temperature.

Albeit, we’re looking at doing it on the inside not the outside, but it’s very much the same approach just with cladding instead of tiles

 

[BobClay]

No never had any damp problems. All the dwarf walls and the back wall are cladded which I did myself when it was built back in 2003. I just pine cladded over battens underneath which was inserted standard and foil backed insulation layers. I have slept in it in earlier Easters when I had visitors, Easters that were not like this one.

I do computer repairs in there which is why you can see those machines. The light is very good for such working.

 

[basil]

This is a current sideview so you can see how the tiles foldover the sides, and how it's weathered over two years.

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Phwoar!....