Our display model features a scotia line around the internal frame to give that softness and look of a timber section and double opening high security doors with hook locking mechanism. The model shown is a 'P' shape style and has two opening roof vents in a polycarbonate roof.
Has a slim framework that does not blot out the landscape and will cope with the worst of wind snow and severe weather ratings. No wonder they are exported to Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and even Japan, to cope with snow and weather we'll never see here.
An
Aluminium conservatory will cost more than uPVC but the long-term benefits
are, we think, obvious.
Roof glass v-polycarbonate - Once upon a time there was only Georgian wired glass and then came plastic! First we saw corrugated PVC sheets nailed to a wooden frame and then came Twinwall polycarbonate sheets followed by the triplewall version in the early Eighties.
A wonderfully versatile and relatively cheap material it took the world by storm.
But - Be aware of its properties- it does expand and contract at a high rate, and makes creaks and groans as it goes and suffers from static electricity, attracting dust & dirt to its surface.
Polycarbonate will give about 15 years good service when cleaned regularly.
Glass costs considerably more but is silent and is a better insulator, with rain making only a fraction of the noise on its surface. It is less forgiving in its requirement for exacting frame construction and is notorious in its wastage factor in construction. It is of course more dangerous and strict safety control of the type of glass installed in your conservatory needs to be observed. Overall it still has to be the best and longest lived roof material. Today's technology in glass makes it the best material for any roof.