Sunrooms

UPVC is an ideal material for the construction of sunrooms as it is relatively affordable, a good insulator and completely weather-resistant. The weather-resistant element is important as we know how temperamental the weather can be in this part of the world and the last thing you want is for conditions to eventually take their toll on the extension.

The thermal qualities of UPVC also help to keep the inside of a sunroom at a comfortable temperature, no matter what the weather is doing outside. Using UPVC affords you the option of incorporating gable ends to your sunroom should you want to make the design a bit more decorative.

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There are a surprising number of UPVC colours available and we’re not just talking about your standard whites and blacks. Chartwell Green is one of a series of fashionable finishes you can pick from. Each UPVC colour also has a visible woodgrain to give the impression that the UPVC material is actually wood.

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The addition of a door to your sunroom design so that you can make a quick exit into your garden will prove extremely useful and the most extravagant door for the job is a bi-folding door. A bi-folding door works in complete contrast to most door solutions as it operates like a concertina as you apply pressure and open it. Once it has fully folded at one of the track, you are left with a very generous opening.

You won’t be able to resist using your bi-folding doors every chance that you get as there is something about doing so that gives you lots of pleasure. The bigger the set of bi-folds, the more fun you can have with them in terms of the number of different openings you can establish by getting them gliding along.

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In case you were wondering, a tiled roof is just another name for a solid roof and ‘solid’ is an appropriate tag as the application of this roof causes sunrooms to offer amazingly solid thermal performance. There is no hiding from the fact that a tiled roof leads to a loss of natural light, but the inclusion of roof windows and/or integrated spotlights inside the internal pelmet, keeps a sunroom feeling bright and inviting. Existing sunroom owners can exchange their current roof for a solid roof if the former is letting them down.

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When you sit down with one of our designers they will inform you of every available option in terms of finishing touches for the sunroom or orangery and you can opt for as many or as a few of them as you like. For warmth under your feet in winter, consider having underfloor heating fitted, or if you want the interior to truly come alive at night, add LED downlighters. Heating and lighting are two of the most fundamental areas to think about as you want to be certain that you can use your sunroom throughout the seasons. If you anticipate the sunroom or orangery becoming the new heart of your home, you may want to include some sort of entertainment centre and arrange the internal layout accordingly.

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Some single story extensions can be built without planning permission and others need it.  If your house is a flat; or if you also use your house for business purposes (for example an office, guest house or bed and breakfast); or if the extension comprises a porch; or if the development is anything other than a single storey,ground floor extension, DO NOT USE THIS CHECKLIST.

If you answer YES to ANY of the following questions you NEED PLANNING PERMISSION.  If you have answered NO to ALL these questions you should not require planning permission

• Is your house in a Conservation Area? A list of Conservation areas can be found at http://www.pkc.gov.uk/conservationareas
• Will any part of the development be forward of a wall forming part of the principal elevation or side elevation,
  where that elevation fronts a road?
• Will any part of the development would be within 1 metre of the boundary of the curtilage of the house and will it extend beyond the line of the wall forming part of the rear elevation that is nearest to that boundary by more than:
  • (i) 3 metres in the case of a terraced house; or
  • (ii) 4 metres in any other case?
• Will the eaves height of the development exceed 3 metres?
• Will the height of any part of the development exceed 4 metres?
• Will the area of ground covered by the house (as extended) be more than twice the area of ground covered by the original house?
• Will the area of ground covered by the resulting development within the front or rear curtilage of the house (excluding the original house and any hard surface or decking area) exceed 50% of the area of the front or rear curtilage respectively (again excluding the ground area of the original house and any hard surface or decking)?
• Have ‘permitted development’ rights been removed? You will need to check the original planning permission for the development. Permissions from 2007 onwards can be found on Public Access. Use the map search to find your plot. Please be aware that the map function on public access is not available when using tablets or mobile phones.

You can check the planning history of the property on Public Access via website http://www.pkc.gov.uk/publicaccess For help on how to search on public access please see our ‘How to use Public Access’ guidance note.

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Customers usually presume that they will receive a 10 Year Guarantee with their new living space. We can do much better than that – Balhousie offers a 20 Year Guarantee.

We feel entirely comfortable with supplying you with such a long guarantee as we know that our entire stock of products can last that length of time and often beyond that. It definitely helps that we only ever use the best materials and components we can get our hands to vastly minimise the chance of any product failing before the guarantee expires.

This 20 Year Guarantee is also consistent with our Environmental Policy and continued effort to reduce carbon emissions and consumption levels.

A customer is entitled to get full value from their purchase as investment into a conservatory doesn’t come cheap, and if it does, questions should be asked. Our 20 Year Guarantee reflects this and ensures that you can part with your hard-earned cash without the slightest worry that the investment will disappoint.

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