Advice on Conservatory Roofs

Conservatories in Lancashire

2006-11-22T13:54:00.000Z

We receive lots of emails from individuals wanting a conservatory. Our main business is to manufacturer and supply conservatory roofs to double glazing companies, conservatory fitters, builders and DIY. If you would like a quote for a fully installed conservatory why not email us and we can put you in touch with the right people in your area.

Visit www.roofs.tv and click on the contact page.

Portal framed conservatories

2006-09-12T13:31:00.000Z

Ever had a vision of a huge conservatory but not known who to turn to?
At Grand Design Conservatory Systems we now have the right people who can undertake such a large project. We have teamed up with a couple of companies to offer you a total package of conservatory roof, portal frame, glass and windows and doors. Using the Fitrite Xtreme, possibly the worlds most advanced portal conservatory system, we can supply a portal frame conservatory direct to your door.
If you are unsure about the installation of a large span conservatory thats not a problem either. We can put you in touch with an installation team that will undertake the project for you.

For more information on portal roofs for conservatories please click the link below.

www.portalroofs.com

Website address

2006-07-24T20:40:00.000Z

The address for the new site is

www.roofs.tv/conservatoryroofs/new_index.html

or you can visit

www.roofs.tv and click the dial up button.

International enquiries

2006-07-24T20:29:00.000Z

Due to the popularity of the website we have had a lot of interest from overseas. We at Grand Design Conservatory Systems Ltd have done quite a bit of advertising in Scandinavia. With the Company Directors involvement and the ability of his language skills (He speaks Swedish) we are now exporting between 3 and 5 roofs a week to one of the biggest building companies in Sweden! Although aluminium/PVCu conservatory roofs are a new concept for the swedes (timber conservatories being cheaper) more people are choosing to have our Global roofs. In a time where more and more people have less time to look after their timber products the aluminium/PVCu conservatory is a better option.

Grand Designs New Website

2006-07-24T20:20:00.000Z

Well the time came to design a website for all you people out there still on dial up. The broadband website, although very popular, wasn't available to all. Now with the new dial up site the website is now for everyone with fast and slow connections. Since the site went live 4 months ago we have had over 13,500 hits.

In the new year we are planning to offer a total online experience. After you login you can access all your previous orders, get online quotations and even order direct from the website. Watch this space for more info...

installation guide

2006-07-24T15:26:00.000Z

Our installation guide can be downloaded from here

www.roofs.tv/conservatoryroofs/guide.pdf

Eaves beam height

2006-07-20T11:47:00.000Z

The dimensions of our eaves beam are as follows:-

Height 118mm x Width 82mm

Thanks for your question Paul.

Raised box gutters

2006-07-17T22:29:00.000Z

Here is the answer to a question we received from one of our customers based in Manchester.
Yes we do box gutters which wrap around buildings. The box gutters which we use are made from the same aluminium box gutter you would find on one of our double hipped edwardian roofs. The difference is, the box gutter is elevated to allow for a pitch variation due to the building being in the way. Turnaround for an elevated box gutter job remains the same at 5 days.
Hope that answers your question Keith!

Polycarbonate thickness

2006-07-05T13:11:00.000Z

We were asked this question today by one of our customers in Blackpool.

Do you do 35mm polycarbonate? I've heard it's a lot better.

The answer is:- Yes! We have both systems here at Grand Design Conservatory Systems. 25mm and 35mm. The 35mm polycarbonate comes in the same colours as the 25mm, the difference being that the U values on the 35mm are a lot better than the 25mm (..ooh and its 10mm thicker!)

We have found that at the begining of the year 15% of the roofs were being specified with 35mm polycarbonate. Only 7 months later and 25% of the roofs being ordered with us are 35mm.

Furthermore, the amount of roof quotes with 35mm have nearly doubled.

Lean to pitches

2006-07-04T15:20:00.000Z

We must get asked the question every day so here goes. The highest pitch on one of our Global roofs is 30 degrees. The lowest pitch is 5 degrees. Between 5 degrees and 30 degrees there is one one wallplate that we use. Global has 2 types of wallplate a 5 - 10 degree and a 10 to 30 degree. We have tried and tested the system and indeed the 10 - 30 degree system will go down to 5 degree.

Now.... If you have a pitch which is lower than 5 degrees you must then use the Global 600 system. Both of these systems can be purchased from us. Simply fax, email or phone us your sizes, colour etc and we can send you off a quote. Simple!!

Hope thats cleared things up.

Lowest pitches on edwardian and victorian conservatory roofs

2006-07-03T21:26:00.000Z

We were asked today about the lowest possible pitch on our ridges. Well thats an easy one! The lowest pitch on our conservatory roofs (ie Edwardian and Victorian) is 15 degrees. Unlike other roofing systems out there ours seems to be the lowest. K2's roof will only go down to 17.5 degrees.

Our first post !!

2006-07-03T20:53:00.000Z

Welcome to Grand Design Conservatory Systems blog. This is the first of many blogs which will be posted. When we receive questions via email, telephone or via this blog we will do our best to give you the best advice on your conservatory roof as we can. This blog is to help those people who may not of already bought their conservatory roof and need help on which roofing system to buy (there are many out there, good and bad) and for those people that already have conservatories and need assistance on problems.

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