Ben G
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bought these doors last month to finally seal the open hole in my house. retarded previous owners obviously didn't realise how cold it would get in winter  we experienced the coldness last year and its ridiculously cold. and in summer, it gets too hot in the living room.
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=10798267&fh_location=//catalog01/en_GB/categories%3C{9372016}/categories%3C{9372049}/categories%3C{9372274}/categories%3C{9392107}/specificationsProductType=interior/specificationsSpecificProductType=tri_fold_french_doors
luckily i paid £629 less through a 15% off and my grandads pensioner discount 
it may take a while as my dad can only do a couple hours of an evening.
day 1: bought materials, measuring up and prep, cut some wood.
day 2: built the first wall, just needs plasterboard.
will update as more gets done.
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Steve
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cool m8 i like these doors, id like to stand naked behind them and watch you and yvonne on the couch having snuggles
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Jake
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how much smaller have you made the studwork compared to the existing wall?
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Ben G
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pardon? my dad has been building for years (built his extension and 2 storey garage) so has a lot of experience. he's an engineer during the day so loves measuring things and stuff.
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Jake
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alright mate i was just asking a question i didnt need a paragraph out of your diary
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Ben G
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if you mean have we left room to fit plasterboard over the studwork, then yes we have.
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Ben G
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sorry m8, don't want to fight.
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Jake
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kewl. why are you fitting tri folding doors does it get cold in winter?
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Ben G
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yes. i remember when i snowed last year and we had our boiler on full blast and had to bring our winter thickness quilt downstairs when sitting on the sofa.
also want to be able to open the doors up fully when people are round and stuff, rather than french doors.
[Edited on 29-09-2011 by Ben G]
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by Jake
alright mate i was just asking a question i didnt need a paragraph out of your diary
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Ben G
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dad came round tonight and got on with the job managed to finish the 2nd wall, which was a Pain in the arse due to it not being straight.
plasterboard will be going on one night during the week, then it's just a case of putting the doors together and fitting, plastering the plasterboard, fitting the skirting, painting the wall and varnishing the doors.
i hate DIY 
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Gary
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Thought it'd be done by now 
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bigron1988
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Thought it'd be done by now
to much watching corry
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Thought it'd be done by now
He can only do a couple hours at a time. Will be done by next week hopefully.
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Jake
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properly built ones are warm in winter. summer on the other hand... 
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Fad
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Most of the heat loss in conservertories is through the slab. If a insulation tile (such as rockwool) is laid over the slab then the floor covering this should minimise heat loss. Also insulating the walls and dry lining the internal faces adds thermal benefits. If you pay a decent conservertory (glass and insulated frame with decent U values) there is no reason a conservertory cannot be a usable room in the winter.
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andys sxi
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also having 1 or 2 decent sized radiators will help aswell
cant wait to see what the doors look like when its finished
just looking at the pictures has it got any radiators?
[Edited on 04-10-2011 by andys sxi]
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Ben G
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the conservatory hasn't got any radiators.sure i read somewhere that it's against building regs to have them in there?
it doesn't look particularly well built tbh, probably worth knocking it down and building a bigger square one if we stay here for a few years.
i do remember last year we got loads of condensation inside, was like small puddles of water running down onto the ledge.
ideally, need new radiators in the living room aswell as we have 2, one up the wall and one behind the sofa which have the white covers on, which seem to keep a lot of the heat in. pretty shite really.
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mwg
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Slate roof sun room is the way forward. None of this crappy glass/polycarbonate roof shite.
The doors look good 
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VegasPhil
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You can have rads in the conservatory. 
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John
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Is it not something to do with you need planning if it's an extra room, which it is if you have heating plumbed from the house?
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mwg
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I don't think you even need planning if you keep the floor area and roof height below certain sizes/percentages? In which case you can do what you like with regards to heating as they will never know.
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Jake
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conservatories are described as a temporary structure so when he had it before was against building regs due to u values of them and why you cant officially fit radiators in them neither
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Ben G
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thats it i think. remember the solicitor telling us when we bought the house. if a conservatory has year round heating in it, it is deemed as a habitable room so is basically an extension.
we had problems with the lack of exterior doors seperating it with the living room aswell.
probably will put a radiator in there next year, although it's not exactly massive so no real need tbh.
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Ben G
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put the first coat of varnish on the doors tonight, it needs 2 but didn't have time.
should be some progress tomorrow with the frame going in, hopefully.
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