lifestylewindowsandconservatories.comhttp://www.lifestylewindowsandconservatories.com/products/conservatories/roof-glazing/

Conservatory Roof Glazing

Styles & Colours Top Ten Tips Roof Glazing DIY Tiled Effect Roof Price Examples Specifications ReplacementRoofs Catalogue

Conservatory Roof Glazing:

POLYCARBONATE

Polycarbonate is a special type of translucent plastic that is used in most conservatory roofs. It has beendeveloped to provide a light, inexpensive and easy to install alternative to glass, whilst still offering similar levelsof heat insulation and light transmission to standard double glazing. Lifestyle offers you the choice of 16mm,25mm or 35mm polycarbonate – with the 35mm option offering the higher level of performance due to itsincreased thickness.

The Aspire 35mm system, which is 40% thicker than ordinary polycarbonate provides exceptional levels ofthermal insulation, keeping you warm in winter and cool in summer, whilst at the same time, reducing soundtransmission and unwanted glare. Combined with high performance standards and minimal maintenance theAspire system offers very real benefits to the homeowner.

Polycarbonate finish:

ClearBlocks out the least amount of day light. While this option is know as clear it is still a multi layered plastic so youdon’t get the same effect as clear glass.

BronzeThis has a slight tint to the glazing designed to take the edge of the incoming sun light

OpalThis has a white or peal finish and blocks out as much direct light as possible. This is an ideal option as with opalpolycarbonate roof blinds are not required. The opal finish reflects a lot of light and actually feels a lighter roomthan with bronze tinted polycarbonate even though opal blocks out more direct light. For this reason we also fitopal polycarbonate in a lot of north facing conservatories.

Bronze on OpalThis is a mix of two finishes bronze on the exterior and opal on the interior. This finish is designed for wood-grained finished conservatories; the bronze exterior finish is a better match to either mahogany or light oak. Thisfinish proves very popular in white conservatories as well because the bronze exterior doesn’t show up the dirt !!!

Smart PolycarbonateThis polycarbonate is available in a choice of colours and it is fitted with a solar control reflective insert thatprovides protection from solar gain and excellent U values. The reflective inserts reflect approximately 80% ofsolar gain which can make a massive difference to a conservatory with a southern perspective. We have this ondisplay in our conservatory village so you can see the difference in appearance and in natural light.

Glass:Glass is the alternative glazing option for conservatory roofs. There are several specification, cost and designconstraints linked to selecting glass for your conservatory roof which a member of our team can advise on further.Our most popular product is the Celsius Plus Solar Control Glazing. (A full Celsius Plus brochure is available fordown load on this page)

Benefits:

Down load our complete Celsius roof glazing brochure

Tiled Conservatory RoofsThe alternative to polycarbonate and glass conservatory roofglazing is a tiled conservatory roof. Our lightweight tiled roofs arebuilt onto heavy duty aluminum sub structures designed to take theweight of the design. A tiled roof provides total protection from thesun, fantastic insulation and a completely different feel to aconservatory. I have always loved a glass roof, to be able to seethe sky is what a conservatory living space should be. A soliddesign roof is a different living space to a conservatory. Theseroofs are great for a new project but can also be installedretrospectively. The roofs are heavier so the design of the sidestructure should be taken into account and building regulationapproval is required, we have an easy and great value route tocompliance for our customers. A tiled roof design is somethingelse to consider when looking at different roofing materials.