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Building Regulations and Standards: Sun room/Conservatory

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    • CommentAuthorCWatters
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2011
     
    Anyone planning a sun room/conservatory might be interested to know that from last Oct you no longer had to have a certain minimum amount of glass in it to qualify as a exempt conservatory under the building regs. There are still other conditions. The advice page here has been updated..

    http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/conservatories/
    • CommentAuthorbatkinson
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2011
     
    Depends what you call a conservatory!!
    A room with TV, 3 piece suite and dining table is never a conservatory no matter how much or little glazing you have
    • CommentAuthorCWatters
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2011 edited
     
    Sorry yes I forgot to mention there has to be at least two rubber or Aspidistra plants, then it's ok :bigsmile:
    • CommentAuthorandy500
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2011
     
    If you look at the link, it states 'As long as over 50% of the furniture in the room is constructed from wicker/bamboo, the room can be considered a conservatory'.
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      CommentAuthorDamonHD
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2011
     
    Is it clear what fraction of the kitsch furniture also has to be cheap tat and mainly of merit because it's kept out of biomass burners? Will there be an Renewable Kitsch Incentive to fill up sustainable conservatories with more of this and small plaster objects recycled from gift shops bearing the prophetic works "Best Wishes From Scunthorpe"?

    Rgds

    Damon
    • CommentAuthorStuartB
    • CommentTimeJan 12th 2011 edited
     
    Posted By: andy500If you look at the link, it states 'As long as over 50% of the furniture in the room is constructed from wicker/bamboo, the room can be considered a conservatory'.


    :bigsmile: and you missed the part that says 'and a copy of Country Life on the coffee table'
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      CommentAuthorjonharris
    • CommentTimeJan 12th 2011 edited
     
    On a serious note, there is very little in that document to actually define what is a conservatory. Maybe I missed something but there appears to be no mention of a glass roof, and no mention of glass walls. Would it therefore be possible to build an extension, with proper insulated walls, an insulated tiled roof with velux windows, and pass it off as a conservatory? If that's the case, then I might even build one next year.
    • CommentAuthorMike George
    • CommentTimeJan 12th 2011 edited
     
    Removed
    • CommentAuthorJoiner
    • CommentTimeJan 12th 2011
     
    A lot of unhelpful sites still out there, but the laddo has a pretty good definition/explanation from the GGF...

    http://renegadeconservatoryguy.co.uk/tag/definition-of-conservatory/
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    :shocked:

    That seems to contradict the FENSA view, unless the site I linked to is distorting things. Better to remove my previous post I think.
    • CommentAuthorCWatters
    • CommentTimeJan 13th 2011 edited
     
    A lot what's out there was written while the Oct 2010 changes were in consultation. When the Approved Docs were actually published not everyone noticed the changes or updated their guide. Some written in November were wrong. Even the Planning Portal web page on conservatories was incorrect for awhile. To me it smells like the minimium glass rule was omitted by mistake.
    • CommentAuthorJoiner
    • CommentTimeJan 13th 2011
     
    Of such things opportunities are made!:wink:

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