Insulation Values

Retaining your valueable heat

Making sure that your new conservatory is energy efficient and will retain valueable heat in the winter is an important consideration.

With the increasing costs of fuel it is important to examine the insulation value of your new conservatory to ensure your heat does not escape in the colder months of the year escalating your fuel costs.

Many existing conservatories are often too cold to use during the winter months with owners complaining that it is far too expensive to keep warm. This will usually be attributed to heat loss through the glass, frames and roof due to the low specification of the components used in the construction.

Triple Shield Double Glazing as standard

Glass is the biggest issue here and it is important to ensure that your conservatory is glazed with a heat retaining glass such as Triple Shield Double Glazing to ensure that heat is reflected back into the conservatory and not allowed to transmit to the outside. If your new conservatory is glazed with standard glass sealed units the cold ‘down draught’ from the glass will make it very uncomfortable to sit anywhere close to the glass in the colder months of the year making the conservatory virtually off-limits for this period.

Building Regulations

‘U’ Values

U values are the current form of measuring heat transfer of any product with the lowest U value having the best insulation value.

We have taken great care to ensure that our conservatories feature components that offer some of the lowest U values available in our industry making our product as efficient as possible at retaining your heat in the colder months of the year.

Our PVCu Profile System

Our Conservatory Roof System

Glazing Thick U Value Polycarbonate 16mm 2.4w m/2k Polycarbonate 25mm 1.6w m/2k Polycarbonate 35mm 1.5w m/2k Triple Shield Glass 24mm 1.2w m/2k Active Blue Solar Control Glass 24mm 1.2w m/2k

Triple Shield Double Glazing

All our self build conservatories are supplied with Triple Shield Double Glazing as standard for the windows and doors together with a 35mm polycarbonate roof. Triple Shield  and Activ™ Blue Solar Control Glass roofs are available as an extra cost option

Download the Triple Shield fact sheet PDF

Reduce your heating costs in the winter

If you are buying a self build conservatory during the summer you will need to remember that you will also have to heat it during the winter to be able to use it all year round.

How you heat your new living space is a relatively easy decision but considering how efficient the conservatory will be in retaining your valuable heat is just as important. A low specification product may allow your expensive heat to escape through the structure making it very expensive to keep warm.

In a price driven market it is still very easy to buy a low specification cheap DIY conservatory with 16mm or 25mm polycarbonate roof and standard double glazing. These basic DIY conservatory kits appear to be bargains but their lack of energy efficient components mean that they will cost you more in the long term.

Adding a conservatory to your property will increase your living space but it is important to ensure that you will be able to use it throughout the year without dramatically increasing your fuel costs otherwise your new extension may prove unuseable in colder weather.

The energy efficiency of the product you buy now is very important as there is little you can do to improve the insulation value once the conservatory has been built.

Naturally, you will want the best value DIY conservatory you can find but beware of low specification products that will ultimately cost you more to heat in the long term.

Read about climate control here